Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language by Walter G. Ivens
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_buro_; _lio buro_, _manata buro_, to forget. S. _pu'o_. _burosi_ v. tr., _burosi lio_, to keep in doubt. S. _mahuro_. _buroburo_ v. i., to bubble, to spring up, of water. S. _hure'i_. _buru_ v. i., to be narrow; _tala e buru_, narrow is the way. _buruburu_ v. i., to be frequent; adv. frequently. S. _puru_. _busu_ v. i., to squirt, to eject spray; _busu asi_, a whale. S. _pusu_. D There is no sound of n in the d. The pronunciation of d in Lau is much the same as that of d in English. _da_ 1. pers. pron. pl. 3. they; used by itself as subject, or follows _igera_; _igera da ada_, they saw. _da_ 2. pers. pron. sing. 3. suffixed to verb and to prepositions as an anticipatory object, them. _dada_ v, i.; _dada fafi_, to leave undone; to pass over. _dadaola_, _daodaola_ adj., tired; _noni daodaola_, weary. |
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