Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_oluna_ ordinal, third, for the third time. S. _'olu_.
_omae_ v. i., to weep.
_omaea_ v. n., _omaela_ v. n., wailing. Cf. _oimae_.
_onionga_, to mock, used with poss.; _onionga ana_, mocked him.
_ono_ numeral, six; _e ono_.
_onona_ ordinal, sixth, for the sixth time. S. _ono_.
_ongataini_ v. tr., to vex, annoy,
_ongiongi_ v. tr., to deceive.
_oo_ a drum. S. _'o'o_.
_oobala_ a shed, hut.
_oofa-_ (_na_) approaching to, with child.
_ooga_ v. tr., to be tied together, to incur a debt.
_ooganga_ v. n., debt.
_oolo_ v. i., to be straight; adj. straight.
_ooloa_ v. n., straightness.
_ooni_ adv., temporary, empty, idle, naked; _too ooni go_, fleeting.
_ore_ v. i., to fail, to fall short of, to lack; _ore fanga_, to abstain from eating, fast; _ore fua_ to be lacking; _ore ana_, to be lacking; _ani ore_, to eat and leave some over. S. _ore_.
_oro_ v. i., to be many; adj. many. _faoroa_.
_oru_ 1. v. i., to blow; n. wind. S. _ooru_.
_oru_ 2. widow; _qe oru_, a widow.
_oso_ (_gu_) n. food for a journey. S. _oto_.
_ote_ 1. plural article; _ote ai gi_, you women; _ote ruana_ his fellows; _ote geni_ women.
_ote_ 2. v. tr., to fash, cause ennui to; _gera ote gera_, it wearied them.
_ote_ 3. valley.
_oto_ adv. perhaps; _oto mone_, is it so? denotes indefiniteness, used with _ni_ following, _tani oto ni saiai_, certain persons.
_otofa-_ (_na_) because of, on account of.
Q
The sound represented by _q_ is _kw_. In the words from Alite given by Dr. Codrington in M. L., p. p. 39 ff. the sound which appears in Lau as _q_ is there written as _ku_; e. g. _kuai_, Lau _qai_, Sa'a _wai_, water; _q_ in Lau may represent _w_ in _Sa'a qato_, _waato_; _qalu_, _walu_; _Ulaqa_, _Ulawa_.
_qadangi_ v. tr., to open up.
_qae_ 1. v. tr., to beat, strike; _qae mousi_, to strike and cut off; _qae maeli_ to kill with blows.
_qae_; 2. _qae tafusi_, to strain.
_qae_; 3. _qae kudona_, guiltless.
_qai_ 1. prefixed to verbs, denotes reciprocity; _sua_, to encounter, _qaisuasuafi_, to meet; _manata_, to think, _qaifamanatai_ to instruct; _liu_ to move position, _qailiu_ reciprocally; _mani_, (Sa'a _mani_, altogether), _qaimani_, to stand together, be of help to. The action of the original verb is enlarged and the subject included.
_qai_ 2. n., water; _maana qai_, mouth of the stream, a harbor on the northeast coast, south of Aio.
_qai_ 3. v. tr., to load, to fill up.
_qaiara_ n., a command.
_qaiaraa_ n., reward.
_qaidori_ v. tr., to desire.
_qaidoria_ v. n., desire. _dori_.
_qaiduu_ v. tr., to revenge.
_qaiduula_ v. n., vengeance. _duu_.
_qaierisi_ v. tr., to command, importune.
_qaierisia_ v. n., a command. _erisi_.
_qaifamanatai_ v. tr., to instruct.
_qaifamanataila_ v. n., instruction. _manata_
_qaife_; _qaife agalo_ to drive out evil spirits; _mwane qaife agalo_ a witch doctor.
_qailangaini_ v. tr., to wag, nod, waive. _langa_, up.
_qailiu_ adv., reciprocally, used of mutual action; _manata baita fuagamu_, _qailiu_, love one another; _lea qailiu_, to walk about.
_liu_.
_qailiua_ adj., humble, of low estate.
