Names of Days and Times of the Day

DAYS of the WEEK &TIMES  of the DAY

Days of the week/Aumana Bung

The names of the seven days of the week are:

Bung tikai        Day one            Monday

Bung kubak
The Pidgin word for Monday is Mande

Bung aurua      Day two            Tuesday
Tude is Pidgin of Tuesday.

Bung autul       Day three          Wednesday
Trinde or Tiride is Pidgin of Wednesday.

Bung aiwat       Day four           Thursday
Fonde or Fode is Pidgin for Thursday.

Bung ailima     Day five            Friday
Paraide or Fraide is Pidgin for Friday.

Waruruai           Day Six           Saturday
Sarere or Tarere is Pidgin for Saturday.

Bung tabu        Day Seven        Sunday

Lotu
Sande or Tade is Pidgin for Sunday.

Monday (Bung tikai) is also known as bung kubak. Sunday is also known as lotu. The word lotu was introduced by the early Fijian missionaries and has remained to this day in the Kuanua Language and like some Kuanua words it has crossed over to Pidgin.

Times of the Day/ Aumana Pakana bung

Kawunwun    Dawn

Malana           Morning

Keake             Noon

Ravian           Afternoon

Talwiwi         Dusk

Marum          Night

Midnight      Warupia