Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language by Walter G. Ivens
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_age_; _age reresi_, a lily. _Crinum asiaticum_. _agera_ poss. pl. 3. for them, among them, them (obj.). _ago_, _agoago_, 1. v. i. to be hot, to shrivel up; _manata agoago_, to be zealous; 2. n. _si agoago_ heat. _agofi_ v. tr. to cause to be hot. _agolu_ poss. pl. 1. more restricted in meaning than _aga_. _agoro_ poss. dual. 1. incl. for us two, of us two, us two (obj.). _agu_ poss. sing. 1. for me, for my part, me (obj.). _ai_, _aiai_, 1. n. a person, kindred, you (voc.) _Joe, ai_, I say, Joe! _mwela ai_, Hey, you! _ai ana fera nau_, my neighbour; _ai salaa_, a stranger; _James ai tou_, James the Less; _ogule ai_, a company; _too te ai_, a few; _te ai gone_, only one, _aiai_ is used as a relative pronoun, the one, that, or as a plural, _tani aiai_, everybody; _tani fufue aiai_, some seeds. Compounded with _sai_; _saiai ne_, that which. Mota _gai_. _ai_ 2. n. a tree; _ai rarafolo_, a cross. S. _ai_. _ai_ 3. _ai lado_, to graft. _ai_ 4. trans. suffix to verb; _sato_, _satoai_. |
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