Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands

by W. G. Ivens

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.

U

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.