Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_tofuli_ y. tr., to build, to chop down.S. _tohu_.
_tokekela_ (_gu_) n., judgment.
_tolafa_ (_gu_) n., way, method, custom. S. _tolaha_.
_toli_ down; _ada toli_, look down; _dau tolingi_, to cast down; _toli fanga_ to fast, _toli fangala_, fasting.
_tolingi_ v. tr., to apportion, give share to at a feast.
_tolia_ v. n., a portion at a feast. S. _toli_.
_tolo_ a hill, the hill country; _toloe fera_, a hill. S. _tolo_.
_tona_ v. i.; _liona e tona_, he was p.r.i.c.ked at the heart, afraid.
_too_ 1. (_gu_) v. tr., to hit; _sato toona_, the sun struck it; _too matafana_, to know; _manata toona_, know it; _too ani_, understand; _too meme_, hit and break in pieces; 2. to possess, have, _too ai_, to have relations.
_tooa_ v; n., _lio tooa_, wisdom.
_toonala_ v. n., _manata toonala_, thought.
_too_ 3. v. i., to live, dwell, be; _too laulau_, to be whole; _too salaa_, to be a stranger, _too ka tau_, for ever. S. _'o'o_.
_toola_ (_gu_) v. n., way, fas.h.i.+on.
_too_ 4. people, race; _na too_.
_too_ 5. prefixed to numerals, at a time; _too te ai_, one at a time. S. _too_.
_too_ 6. numeral, one thousand. S. _to'o_.
_toongi_ 1. v. i., to clothe; n., clothes. S. _tooni_.
_toongi_ 2. v. tr., to pack, load, place. S. _tooni_.
_toromi_ v. tr., to pierce. S. _toromi_.
_tosi_ v. tr., to throw away. S. _'asi_.
_tosiomelamwane_ a parable, proverb.
_totolo_ v. tr., to raise the voice. S. _totolo_.
_tou_, _totou_, v. i., to be little; _manata tou_, to make little of; adj. little; _ni ai tou_, humbly.
_toula_ v. n., _manata toula_, humility; _toula_ (_gu_) in youth.
_toula-_ (_na_), i _toulana asi_, on the surface of the sea.
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_ua_ adv., still, yet; _ua mai inao_, from of old; _e mae ua na_, already dead; _ua mai ana lua_, from the time of the flood, _ua inao_, old, aforetime; _ua go i uarodo_, while still dark; _e langi ua_, not yet, still wanting. S. _ue_.
_uarodo_ dawn, morning. _rodo_.
_ubuubu_ v. i., to be thick, deep. S. _'upu_.
_uda_ v. i., to be new, fresh.
_udu_, _uduudu_, v. i., to drip, n., a drop. S. _'udu_.
_udufa_ v. n., a dropping, drops.
_ueli_ v. tr., to happen adversely to.
_ufi_ 1. v. tr., to blow; _ufi bungu_, to blow a conch sh.e.l.l.
_ufiani_ v. tr., to breathe into, inspire. S. _'uhi_.
_ufi_ 2. a yam. S. _uhi_.
_ufi_ 3. v. tr., to draw water.
_uga_ v. i,, to spill, to be wasted.
_ugani_ v. tr., to grumble at. S. _uqe_.
_ui_, _uiani_ v. tr., to throw, cast. S. _'u'i_.
_ulu_ v. i., to wade.
_ulufaini_ v. tr., to carry a person over water. S. _ulu_.
_ulufi_ v. tr., to vex, grieve. S. _unuhi_.
_ulunga_, _urunga_, to serve as a pillow; n., a pillow.
_urungai_ v. tr., to recline the head. S. _ulunge_.
_umu_ oven. S. _umu_.
_unua_ n., folk lore, a yarn. S. _unu_.
_unga_ (_gu_) n., skin.
_uo_ hill; _fe uo_. S. _uo_.
