Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands

by W. G. Ivens

ariabasi v. i., to strive, endeavor, attempt. S. lapasi.

ariri v. i., to be shaken. S. ariri.

aro v. i., to soar. S. aro.

asi 1. n., the sea, salt water, salt; i toulana asi, on the surface of the sea; asi namo, a lake; busu asi, a whale. S. 'asi.

asi 2. man's brother, woman's sister; used only with art. mwai; mwai asi, brethren. Cf. sasi. S. 'asi.

asi 3. v. tr., to cast away, to fall down; daro langi si asidaro laona kilu, shall they not both fall into the ditch?

asia 1. adj., scattered; 2. adv., much, excessive, very; tou asia na, very lowly; elangi asia, far from it, by no means. S. 'asi'a.

asua n. daylight, daytime; fe asua, a day. S. atowa.

asufe n., a rat. S. 'asuhe.

ati interrog. pron. sing, who, pl. gerati; ati gera, who among them? ati susulia, who knows? (I can't say); doo ati, whose thing, who owns it? ati satana, what (who) is his name? S. atei.