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.

   tafangi v. tr., to understand; liona e tafangia, he
   understood it.

tafe, a bed, bench, barn, bier.  S. tahe.

tafi v. i., to flee.

   tafila v. n., flight.  S. tahi.

tafo 1. v. tr., to catch fish; tafo ge ia.

tafo 2. v. tr., to purchase;

   tafoa v. n., a bought person, servant.  S. taho.

tafua dung heap.  S. alilehu.

tafusi v. tr., to strain; gae tafusi.

taga 1. v. i., to scatter, throw away.

   tagaani v. tr.

taga 2. v. tr., to lay out, spread.

taga 3. v. i., to sprout, burst into leaf.  S. taka.

tagala 1. v. i., to be lost.

   tagalaini, tagalangaini v. tr., to drive away, cause to be
   lost.

   tagalaa adj., promiscuously, ala tagalaa, feed here and
   there.

tagala 2. adj., irreverent; soe tagala, take one’s name in vain, tataga.

tagalo v. i., to be wandering.

   tagalola adj., overgrown.  S. takalo.

tagaloloa n., dust.

tagesi v. tr., to garnish, decorate, adorn.

tai 1. numeral, one; agala mana tai, eleven; taifili, alone.  Wango. tai.

tai 2. v. tr., to mend.

   taila v. n., a patch, seam.

tai 3. trans. suff. to verb; goni, gonitai; olitai participle.

taifili (a) alone; taifili gera, they alone.  S. hili.

taini trans. suff. to verb; foaa, foaalaini.  S. ta’ini.

taingaini v. tr., to lay up, store up.

take, tatake, v. i., to stand; takefonosi, to guard.  S. ta’e.

takedila v. tr., to cause to hit, knock.

takufi v. tr., to receive.  S. takuhi.

tala 1. way, path.  S. tala.

tala 2. (gu) n., place, room; nao talagu, lead the way for me; roo talai fangala, work for food.  S. tala.

tala 3. with prefix ma, matala, only, alone.  S. tala 4.

talaa v. i., to shine, of sun.

talae v. i., to begin, to become; talae na ne, from this (that) time forth.

   talaela, v. n., beginning.  S. tala’ae.

talai, talani, partic., wantonly, for no reason.  S. tale’i.

talatala v. i., to be diligent.

talo, with prefix aini; ainitalongaini, to proclaim.  S. talo.

talu v. i., to sprinkle; talu fafi.  S. danu.

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