Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_idalu_ pers. p.r.o.n. pl. 3. they; used by itself as subj. or follows _dalu_, more restricted in application than _igera_.
_idaro_ pers. p.r.o.n. 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 pa.s.s 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. p.r.o.n. trial excl. 1. we; used as subj.; more restricted in application than _igami_.
_igamere_ pers. p.r.o.n. dual 1. excl. we two; used as subj.
_igamolu_ pers. p.r.o.n. trial 2. you; used as subj.; more restricted in application than _igamu_.
_igamoro_ pers. p.r.o.n. dual 2. you two; used as subj.
_igamu_ pers. p.r.o.n. pi. 2. you; used as subj.
_igera_ pers. p.r.o.n. pi. 3. they; used as subj.; also as plural article;
_igera fiolo_, the hungry. S. _ikire_.
_igia_ pers. p.r.o.n. pl. 1. inch we; used as subj. S. _iki'e_.
_igolu_ pers. p.r.o.n. trial. 1. incl. we; used as subj.; more restricted in application than _igia_. S. _ikolu_.
_igoro_ pers. p.r.o.n. 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.
_ilifaini_ v. tr., to give commands to, to signify.
_ilitoo_ v. tr., to tempt; takes _gu_, _mut_, _na_, as p.r.o.nominal suffixes; _a ilitooa_ v. n., the tempter.
_imaa_ adv., outside, in the courtyard.
_i moumouli_ (_gu_) on, in, the left hand (late use).
_inakesi_ v. tr., to examine, take account of, beseech, importune; _inakesi ingola_, to beseech.
_inala_ v. i., to discern by casting lots. S. _ilala_.
_inali_ 1. v. tr., to plait; 2. a rope. S. _i'eli_.
_inao_ (_gu_) n., before, in front of, of old time. S. _ina'o_.
_ini_ v. tr., to pinch, _ini_ i _luana_, to throttle. S. _'ini_.
_inia_ pers. p.r.o.n. sing. 3. he, she, it; used as subj. and followed by _nia_. S._inge'ie_.
_inite_; _inite arai_, the elders.
_initoo_ to be glorious; _soe initoo_, to glorify; _too initoo_, the rulers; _initoo_, _initoola_, majesty.
_inumae_ v. i., to be orphaned, to be poor.
