Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language by Walter G. Ivens
page 44 of 148 (29%)
page 44 of 148 (29%)
![]() | ![]() |
|
_aliburi_ (_na_) v. tr. to shorten, curtail.
_alida_ v. i. to journey by sea. S. _alide_. _alidea_ v. n. _alifii_ v. tr. to lament. _alifooa_ n. blood money. _alinga_ (_gu_) n. ear; _alinga bungu_, deaf. S. _'alinge_. _alitafu_ n. a dung heap, refuse. S. _alitehu_. _alofi_ v. tr. to shake off. _alu_ v. tr. to put, bury; v. i. to become; _alu ere ana_, to burn; _alu mwela_, to have children; _salo e alu maraqai_, the sky is red; _alu fafola_, addition, increase. U. _'alu_. _alua_, dehortative, no! don't! _alua fasi_, wait a while! _alula_ v. n. putting, becoming. _alualu_ v. i. _bae alualu_, to promise. _aluga_ partic. unloosed. _luga_. _amu_ 1. poss. sing. 2. for thee, thee (obj.). _gera soea amu_, they asked it of thee. S. _amu_. |
|