Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language by Walter G. Ivens
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_bara_ n., a fence, gate, wall, courtyard; _gule bara_, family (tribe). S. _para_. _baraa_ n., a feast. _baru_ n., a large sea-going canoe, ship (late use). _bata_ n., shell money. S. _haa_. _bebe_ n., moth, butterfly. S. _pepe_. _bele_ v. i., by mischance, by mistake, in error, of no avail. _belengaini_ v. tr., to do a thing by mischance, in error. S. _pele_. _beli_, _belibeli_ v. tr., to steal, to rob, to steal from a person. _belila_ v. n., theft. S. _peli_. _beu_ n., a chamber in a house; _kade beu_, inner chamber. _bibii_ n., mud. S. _qiqi_. _bibisu_ n., shiny starling, _callornis metallica_. s. _pipisu_. _bibiu_, _mwela bibiu_, a baby, an infant. ?Mota _piopio_. |
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