Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands

by W. G. Ivens

aliali forthwith.

aliburi (na) v. tr. to shorten, curtail.

alida v. i. to journey by sea. S. alide.

alidea v. n.

alifii v. tr. to lament.

alifooa n. blood money.

alinga (gu) n. ear; alinga bungu, deaf. S. 'alinge.

alitafu n. a dung heap, refuse. S. alitehu.

alofi v. tr. to shake off.

alu v. tr. to put, bury; v. i. to become; alu ere ana, to burn; alu mwela, to have children; salo e alu maraqai, the sky is red; alu fafola, addition, increase. U. 'alu.