Kalou "a spirit...a god ..."
Gata "a snake or viper, of which there is a number of kinds..." "
Kalou-gata "blessed, happy; as n., happiness, and formerly a mode of worship rendered to Degei conceived as a giant snake in the cave at
Nakauvadra ..."
- A New Fijian Dictionary, Compiled by A Capell M.A. (Sydney), Ph.D. (London) 1941 for the Government of Fiji, 1991.
Abstract taken from – “Tukutuku kei Viti – O VITI MAKAWA”
..."A nodrau qase vu na Tomanaivi, sa tolu na yacana era dau cavuta na neimami qase:-
1. O Ratu-mai-Bula (koya sa bula mai Bulu). E ra sa qai dau cavuti koya tale kina, o Ratu-mai-Bula, era kaya, koya ka taukeni Bulu kei Vuravura talega.
2. Kotoinaqara. Era kaya sa nona vale o Bula, o ya na loma ivuravura. Sa katuba kei Bulu i Vuravura, na gusu ni qara levu e ruku ni ulunivanua ni Kalou o Nakauvadra.
3. Degei. Sa dua tani vei iratou na yaca oqo. Sa bale ki na ulu-ni-gata levu ka vakalomana (me luaraka mai na veika kece sa dau yacovi vuravura). O ya sa cavuti kina me iDegei se Degea, Degelaka (me tasova mai na lewe ni kato o ya). O Ratu-mai-Bula oqo, o koya ka kacabote mai Bulu, ki na Molikalagi e cake mai Nakauvadra, o ya mai na Vanua ni Yalo e ruku ivuravura e ra. Era qai cavuti koya kina nodrau kawa na Tomanaivi, me yacana o Ratu-mai-Bula (A Kalou Vure iBulu). Oqo ga neimami Kalou-vu-levu duadua na kai Viti. Sa gata ka ulu vakatamata, ni rogo mai na nona vosa i vuravura, sa mana i na ka kecega sa vosa kina; ni lutu na kuru, era kaya na Vu kei Viti; Sa vosa mai bulu o Ratu. E na dua tale na gauna, sa dau rairai mai na gusu ni qara, sa gata ka ulu vakatamata, ka yago va-gata, sa cavuti koya me Kalougata, na noqu Kalou. "
- Chapter 3; Author – Mokunitulevu Narai, written in 1907 -1925
203 VERSES USING "KALOUGATA" IN THE OLD TRANSLATION
"KALOUGATA"
Gen 12:3, Gen 14:19, Gen18:18, Gen 22:18, Gen 24:31, Gen 26:4, Gen 27:29, Gen 28:14, Gen 30:13, Gen 49:28, Lev 25:21, Num 22:6, Num 24:9, Num 25:12, Deut 7:14, Deut 23:5, Deut 28:3, Deut 28:8, Deut 33:29, Josh 15:19, Judg 1:15, Ruth 2:19, 1 Sam 25:33, 1 Sam 26:25, 1 Kings 2:45, 1 Kings 10:8, 2 Chr 9:7, Job 5:17, Ps 1:1, Ps 2:12, Ps 32:1, Ps 32:2, Ps 33:12, Ps 34:8, Ps 40:4, Ps 41:1, Ps 64:4, Ps 84:4, Ps 84:5, Ps 94:12, Ps 106:3, Ps 112:1, Ps 119:1, Ps 119:2, Ps 126:26, Ps 127:6, Ps 128:2, Ps 128:4, Ps 144:15, Ps 146:5, Pv 3:13, Pv 8:32, Pv 14:21, Pv 16:20, Pv 22:9, Pv 28:14, Pv 29:18, Isa 19:25, Isa 30:18, Isa 56:2, Neh 13:2, Jer 17:7, Dan 4:4, Dan 12:12, Zec 4:7, Mal 3:15, Matt 5:3, Matt 5:4, Matt 5:5, Matt 5:6, Matt 5:7, Matt 5:8, Matt 5:9, Matt 5:10, Matt 5:11, Matt 11:6, Mk 11:9, Lk 1:2, Lk 1:42, Lk 1:45, Lk 1:48, Lk 6:20, Lk 7:23, Lk 10:23, Lk 11:28, Lk 12:15, Lk 12:37, Lk 13:16, Lk 14:14, Lk 16:17, Lk 19:38, Lk 21:9, Lk 24:46, Jn 12:13, Jn 13:17, Jn 20:29, Acts 3:25, Acts 26:2, Rom 1:10, Rom 4:7, Rom 4:8, Rom 4:9, Rom 8:18, Rom 14:22, 1 Cor 7:40, Gal 3:8, 1 Thes 2:14, Js 1:12, Js 5:11, 1 Pet 3:14, 1 Pet 14:14, Rev 1:3, Rev 14:13, Rev 16:15, Rev 19:9, Rev 20:6, Rev 22:7.
"VAKALOUGATATAKA"
Gen 39:5, Ex 23:25, 2 Sam 7:29, 2 Chr 17:27, Job 1:10, Job 42:12, Ps 5:12, Ps 29:11, Pv 3:33, Isa 61:19, Heb 6:7, 1 Pet 3:9
"VAKALOUGATATAKI"
Gen 12:2, Gen 17:16, Gen 17:20, Gen 22:17, Gen 25:11, Gen 26:3, Gen 27:35, Gen 30:30, Gen 39:25, Ex 20:24, Ex 32:29, Num 6:24, Num 24:1, Deut 7:13, Deut 15:4, Deut 26:15, Deut 30:16, Josh 17:14, Judg 13:24, Ruth 2:4, 1 Sam 15:13, 2 Sam 6:11, 1 Chr 13:14, 1 Chr 4:10, Ps 45:2, Ps 67:1, Ps 107:38, Ps 115:13, Ps 128:5, Ps 129:8, Ps 147:13, Pv 28:20, Pv 31:28, Isa 51:2, Eze 44:30, Hag 2:19, Mal 22:2, Matt 25:34, Act 3:36, Rom 8:17, 1 Cor 16:2, Eph 1:3
"VEIVAKALOUGATATAKI"
Gen 12:2, Gen 27:12, Gen 28:4, Gen 49:45, Deut 11:26, Deut 28:2, Deut 30:19, Deut 33:1, Josh 8:34, Ps 3:8, Ps 21:3, Ps 118:25, Ps 133:3, Pv 10:6, Pv 10:22, Pv 11:11, Isa 18:24, Isa 44:3, Isa 65:8, Eze 34:26, Joel 2:14, Zach 8:13, Mal 3:10, Act 20:35, Rom 15:29, Gal 3:14, Eph 1:3, Titus 2:13