Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 84 pages of information about Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language.

Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 84 pages of information about Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language.

gelogelo v. i., to be shaken.

gelogeloa adj., shaken.  S. kidekule.

geni n., a woman; ni geni ne (Voc), woman; tole genila, marriage.  S. keni.  Alite mangeli.

gera 1. pers. pron. pi. 3. they; used by itself as subj. or follows igera; used to mark plurality; gera priest; gera na Judea.  S. kire.

gera 2. as gera 1. but suff. as obj. to v. and prep.

gi article, denotes plurality, follows the noun; na mwane gi, the men; na mwane oro gi, many men; used with the forms of the pers. pron. pl. but not with those in lu; gi may be separated from the noun; na doo nia gi, his things.  S. ’i 8.

gia 1. pers. pron. pi. 1. incl. we; used by itself as subj. or follows igia.  S. ki’e.

gia 2. as gia 1. but suff. as obj. to v. and prep.

gidigidi v. tr., to knock with the knuckles.

ginigini v. tr., to pinch.  S. ’ini.

girigiri; girigiri lifo, to clench the teeth; girigiri lifoa v. n.

go 1. adv., of place, there, thither, away; added to lau; e bae lau go, he said also; logo, over there; sifo go, come down, descend.  S. wau.

go 2. a demonstrative; inau go agu, I for my part; tefe doo go ana, only one thing; ne may be added; inia gone, that is it.  S. hou 2.

golu 1. pers. pron. trial 1. incl. we; used by itself as subj. or follows igolu.  S. kolu.

golu 2. as golu I, but is suff. to v. and prep, as obj.

goni, gonitai v. v. tr., to receive, to keep, to observe and do.  S. koni.

goro 1. pers, pro. dual 1. incl. we two; used by itself as subj. or follows igoro.  S. kure.

goro 2. as goro 1. but is suff. to v. and prep, as obj.

gougou (na) n., husk, shell,

gu 1. pers. pron. sing. 1.  I, used by itself as sub. or follows inau.  Florida, ku.

gu 2. as gu 1. but is suff. to v. and prep, as obj.

gula n., place, part; gula i maa, outside; gule bara, family.

gulu v. i., to be heavy, to be enceinte,

   gulufi v. tr., to be too heavy for.

   gulua adj., heavy.

gumu v. tr., to strike, to punch.  S. kumu.

gutafi v. tr., to persecute.  S. kotahi.

gwa; faigwa, to shed, to spill.

gwaa v. i., to be open, of ears.  S. wa’a.

gwagwaria adj., patient, gentle.

gwai 1. v. tr., to anoint; 2. n., ointment.

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