Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 84 pages of information about Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language.

Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 84 pages of information about Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language.

afui partic. precedes verb, altogether.  S. ahu’i 4.

afuta- (gu) n. all; afutana, all of it; afutagamere, both of us.  S._ahuta_.

aga poss. pl. 1. among us, for us, for our part, ours (of things to eat), used also as obj. with neuter verbs.  S. aka.

agalimae a spirit, a ghost.

agalo a ghost; qaife agalo, a witch doctor.  S._’akalo_.

agamelu poss. pl. 1. excl. for us, for our part, among us, us (obj).

agamere poss. dual, excl. for us two, among us two, us two (obj.)

agamolu poss. pl. 2. for you, among you, you (obj.).

agamere poss. dual, excl. for us two, among us two, us two (obj.).

agamolu poss. pl. 2. for you, among you, you (obj.).

agamu poss. pl. 2. for you, among you, for your part, you (obj.); ati mwane agamu, what man among you?

agani v. tr. to pluck out.  S. akani.

agau to be ready.  S. akau.

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.

aia 1. sister, female relations; used with art. ni for sing., ote for pl.

aia 2. exclam.  Hey! well then!

aini trans. suffix to verb.  S. aini.

ainitalongaini v. tr. to proclaim.  S. talonga’ini.

ala 1. v. i. to answer; alagwau, to nod the head in affirmation.

   alamai v. i. to answer.

   alamaini v. tr. to obey, to take notice of.  S. ala.

ala 2. v. tr. to bite; ala meme, to bite and rend; ala tagalaa, to feed promiscuously (of animals).  S. ala.

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