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PDFlangae, to throw; langae fou, to cast stones.
langi 1. negative, no, not; e may be prefixed; used as negative particle; e langi nau gu lea, I did not go; si may be added, nia langi si saea, he does not know, e langi nau gu si lea, I am not going; e langi si langi lau, not again; langi lau no more; langi ana, not existing, lost; langi ta, or, if not; ma langi, ma e langi, or not, in questions; lalangi ana, nothing.
langi 2. sky, heaven; ilangi. S. langi.
lao (na) n, in; lao rodo, at night; i laogamu, amongst you, in you, laona maamu, in your eye. S. lalo.
laongi v. tr., to cross, step over; S. laongi.
Lau 1. name of the language spoken by the coast peoples of Big Malaita on the artificial Islets off northeast coast, spoken also at Port Adam on Little Malaita.
lau 2. adv. again, anew, also; go may be added, inau lau go. S. lou.
lau 3. v. tr., to wrest, abduct; lau doola, extortion; lau fafi, to deliver. S. lau.
lausi v. tr., bae lausit to compel.
lea lelea, v. i., to go; lea fonosi, to afflict; lea isuli, to follow.
leafi v. tr., to cause to move.
lelea v. n., going.
leala v. n., a herald. S. lae.
lebelebe v. i., to be weak, sick.
lebelebela v. n., trembling.
ledi 1. v. tr., to ask a question; aoe ledi, to question a person.
ledila v. n., questioning.
ledi 2. v. tr., to abominate, to renounce; qatiedi. S. leledi.
lelefe, a dish, bowl, of wood.
li 1. genitive; maalimaea, enemy; maalitafa, channel; a variant of ni.
li 2. transitive suffix to verbs, mae, maeli.
lifo (gu) n. tooth; girigiri lifoa, gnashing of teeth. S. niho.
liligali (nau), prep, all around. S. lilikeli.
lima 1. (gu) n. hand, arm. S. nime.
lima 2. numeral, five; e lima. S. lime.
limana ordinal, fifth, the fifth time.
lingisi v. tr., to reverse, turn upwards. S. lingi.
liqa, cave, hole. S. liwe.
liu, liliu v. i., to ply, come, pass by; liu idu, to pass by; liliu kali, to spread; liu inao fuagamu, go in front of you. liufa v. n., an epidemic. S. liu.
lio 1. v. i., to look, seem.
lio (gu) n., appearance. S. lio.
