| OC | ||
| Vitu | hani-hani | get infected |
| Nggela | kani-kani | a skin disease which leaves white scars or patches on the skin, different from (‘showing first patches of leprosy, whiter than ’) |
| 'Āre'āre | kani | a skin disease, white spots |
| Motu | kani-kani | full of dirt, weeds or mud (metaphor of infectious diseases, wars, raids or killing) |
| Wayan | kani-kani | (of land, body) be wasting away, be wasted, eaten away, eroded; (of skin) be flaky, scaly, as patches of skin in a habitual kava drinker |
| Fijian | kani | scales and roughness of the skin caused by excessive drinking of (kava); also the dregs of in the cup or bowl |