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.

sangoni v. tr., to feed, nourish.  S. sangoni.

sao sago palm, thatch.  S. sa’o.

sara beach, shore.

sarii a maiden; geni sarii; too ni sarii, to be unmarried.

sarofaia adj., gentle; harmless, blameless; too sarofaia, quiet,

sarufi v. tr., to burn.

sasala adv., up, upwards; adj. light.  S. sa’asala.

sasalu v. i., to start, arise.

   sasalungaini v. tr., to collect, make ready.

sasara 1. (gu) n., limb, branch, member.  S. sasara.

sasara 2. v. i., to warm oneself at a fire,

sasi 1. (gu) n., brother, sister; sasigu, my brother.

   sasina n., of relationship; ro mwai sasina, two brothers. 
   S. ’asi.

sasi 2. to desire, used with fua; sasi fua, to desire; sasi diena fua, to love a person.

saso sun.

   sasoai v. tr., to expose to the sun, dry.  S. sato.

sasu 1. v. i., to smoke, of a fire. 2. n., smoke; rage sasu, to be angry; rage sasua, anger.  S. sasu.

sata (gu) n., name; te satana, his name only; ati satamu, what is your name? with pers. pronoun, friend; sata nau, my friend.

   sasata v. i., to be friendly with.  S. sata.

sau 1. v. i., to kill; sau mwane, to commit murder; sau mwanea, murder.

   saungi v. tr., to kill, to be ill of.  S. sau.

sau 2. v. i., to become; sau ana mwane, to become man.

saufini 1. v. tr., to turn away, to hide. 2. adv. secretly,

saulafi evening.  S. saulehi.

saumala adv., granted that, even supposing.

saungaini v. tr., to make, construct.

se n., here:  used with locative i; i se, at the place; i sena, at that place, there.

seka, seseka, v. tr., to rend, tear.

sesele harlot.

si 1. negative, not; gu si saea, I do not know; langi may precede, gu langi si saea; e langi nau gu si lea, I am not going; follows the particles ka, ko.

si 2. article, a part, a piece, any; si fou, a stone; si mangs, uta, what time? na may be prefixed, na si baea taa ne, what words? si doo gu saea na, the thing (that which) I said; a si Eaea_, the Word; is more definite and particular in meaning than na.  U. masi.

si. 3. trans. suff. to verbs; ada, adasi.

si. 4. genitive; ofu si doo, bundles.

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