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.

tefou with one accord, together, always.

tefua adj., irreverently, haphazard.

tefliana all, every, ta tefuana tani too, all peoples; te 1. fu

tegelai partic., lost, dropped.  S. tekela’i.

teo, teteo v. i., to lie down, sleep; teo bole, to dream; teo bolea, teo bolela, v. n., dream.

   teteola adj., sleepy; maada e teteola, their eyes were
   sleepy.

teqa v. i., to be tall, high.

   teqala adj.; take teqala, to stand erect.  S. tewa.

terefi v. tr., to move as a fan, to fan.  S. tetere.

tero v. i., to be ulcerous, lame, halt, withered.

tete; 1. manata tete, to be anxious.

tete; 2. bubu tete, to look fixedly.

teu a wooden bowl, a measure.

ti interrogative pronoun, sing, who? pl. gerati; ti gera, one of them; with pers. article a, ati gera, who of them? ati satamu, what is your name?  S. tei.

tobi v. tr., to gather, garner; n. a chamber.

toda v. i., to gain, get, collect; toda bata, a tax gatherer.

toe v. tr., to strike against, to desire; liona e toea, he desired it.

tofu, totofu v. tr., to chop.

   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 pricked 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, fashion.

too 4. people, race; na too.

too 5. prefixed to numerals, at a time; too te ai, one at a time.  S. too.

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