title: Finding Fiji (Moon Handbooks Fiji)
author:  David Stanley 
description: <span>David Stanley has spent much of the past three decades on the road. He has crossed six continents overland and visited 181 of the 193 United Nations member countries. His travel guidebooks to the South Pacific, Micronesia, Alaska, Eastern Europe, and Cuba opened those areas to budget travellers for the first time.</span>
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  # Death by Tradition
  
  
  _Fiji Islands Mysteries #2_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  B.M. Allsopp
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![logo](../images/00001.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
    
    
  
  
  To all the people of Fiji
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![map](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Glossary and Guide to Fijian Pronunciation
  
  
  _bula_ – hello
  
  
  _moce_ – goodbye or goodnight
  
  
  _moce mada_ – see you later
  
  
  _io_ – yes
  
  
  _tanoa_ – large wooden bowl for ceremonial mixing of _yaqona_ (kava)
  
  
  _ndina_ – true, indeed
  
  
  _vakalevu_ – very much
  
  
  _vinaka_ – thank you
  
  
  _yaqona_ – kava (applied to the plant, its roots, ground powder and drink)
  
  
  
  
  
  Acronyms
  
  
  DI – detective inspector
  
  
  DS – detective sergeant
  
  
  DC – detective constable
  
  
  SOCO – scene of crime officer
  
  
  NLTB – Native Land Trust Board
  
  
  
  
  
  Spelling
  
  
  The Fijian alphabet is based on English but it is phonetic, so each sound is
  always represented by only one letter, unlike English.
  
  
  
  
  
  Vowels
  
  
  _a_ as in _father_
  
  
  _e_ as in _met_
  
  
  _i_ as in _Fiji_
  
  
  _o_ as in _or_
  
  
  _u_ a