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_lalaoa_ v. n., a herald. Mota _valago_.
_lalifu_ (_na_) n. corner.
_laliqate_ v. i., to make an oration, to preach.
_laliqatela_ v. n. S. _wale_.
_lamua_ a dove; _fe lamua_; _ta ro fe lamua_, two doves.
_langae_, 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_, gnas.h.i.+ng 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, pa.s.s by; _liu idu_, to pa.s.s 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_.
_lio_ 2. (_gu_) n., heart, mind; _lio sarofaia_, harmless; _lio bukonua_, sorrow; _ro si lio_ double mind; _lio too_, to be wise, _lio tooa_, _lio_ _toola_, wisdom; _alu te si lio_, to be brave.
_lita_ (_gu_) n., waist, loins,
_lo_ adv., there, used with _go_, and _gi_; _ita mai logo_, thence; _logo_ north west; _na ogule boso logi_, the herd of swine over there.
_lobo_ v. i., a lake, pond. S. _lopo_.
_lofo_ 1 v. i., to jump, to fly; _lofo laongi_, to jump over; _ano lofo_, dust.
_lofoi_ v. tr., to a.s.sault. S. _loho_.
_lofo_ 2. (_na_) n, in the neighborhood of, over against, opposite to; _i lofona fera_, opposite the village.
_logosi_ v. tr., to incline, bend. S. _lolosi_.
_lola_ v. i., to drown.
_lologu_ v. i., to be palsied, crippled. S. _loku_.
_lolosi_ v. tr., to bend. S. _lolosi_.
_lolou_ v. i., to make a noise, reverberate. S. _lolou_.
