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.

iano adv., on the ground, down; mai iano, on the earth.

iangita adv., when? at what time?

ibobongi adv., tomorrow.  Mota qong.

ida v. i., to be ashamed, to reverence; ida fasi, to reverence,

   idala v. n., respect, shame.

idalu pers. pron. pl. 3. they; used by itself as subj. or follows dalu, more restricted in application than igera.

idaro pers. pron. dual 3, they two; used by itself as subj. or follows daro.

idu 1. v. i., to count.

   idumi v. tr.  S. idu.

idu 2. v. i., to move position; lea idu, to pass by; lea idu mai, to enter.

idula- (gu) n., on behalf of.

ie (gu) n., stomach, womb.  S. ’ie.

ifafo (gu) prep, above; maaedangi i fafo, two days ago.

ifai adv., where.

ifara (na) n., underneath.

ifi v. i., to open, ifingi v. tr.

ifitai n., a mat, a bed.

   ifitaini v. tr., to spread as a cloth.

ifu (gu) n., hair.  S. ihu.

ifu v. i., to be uprooted.  S. ’aihu.

   ifula v. n., a fall, an uprooting,

igamelu 1. pers. pron. trial excl. 1. we; used as subj.; more restricted in application than igami.

igamere pers. pron. dual 1. excl. we two; used as subj.

igamolu pers. pron. trial 2. you; used as subj.; more restricted in application than igamu.

igamoro pers. pron. dual 2. you two; used as subj.

igamu pers. pron. pi. 2. you; used as subj.

igera pers. pron. pi. 3. they; used as subj.; also as plural article;

   igera fiolo, the hungry.  S. ikire.

igia pers. pron. pl. 1. inch we; used as subj.  S. iki’e.

igolu pers. pron. trial. 1. incl. we; used as subj.; more restricted in application than igia.  S. ikolu.

igoro pers. pron. dual 1. we two; used as subj.  S. ikure.

iida (na) n., pinnacle of house.

iidimani only, just, to be about to; iidimani si doo, the uttermost farthing; tesi gida iidimani, the merest piece.

ikamu n., a lime spatula.

ilangi adv., up, above, in the sky.

ilefou n., a precipice; fou.

ili v. i., to choose; Hi doo, to choose.  S. ilisi.

   ilisi v. tr.

ilao (gu) n., used as prep.; within; ilaona, inside.  S. ila’o.

ileli v. tr., to judge.

ilelia adj., bruised.

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