Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands

by W. G. Ivens

lalifu (na) n. corner.

laliqate v. i., to make an oration, to preach.

laliqatela v. n. S. wale.

lamua a dove; fe lamua; ta ro fe lamua, two doves.

langae, to throw; langae fou, to cast stones.

langi 1. negative, no, not; e may be prefixed; used as negative particle; e langi nau gu lea, I did not go; si may be added, nia langi si saea, he does not know, e langi nau gu si lea, I am not going; e langi si langi lau, not again; langi lau no more; langi ana, not existing, lost; langi ta, or, if not; ma langi, ma e langi, or not, in questions; lalangi ana, nothing.

langi 2. sky, heaven; ilangi. S. langi.

lao (na) n, in; lao rodo, at night; i laogamu, amongst you, in you, laona maamu, in your eye. S. lalo.

laongi v. tr., to cross, step over; S. laongi.

Lau 1. name of the language spoken by the coast peoples of Big Malaita on the artificial Islets off northeast coast, spoken also at Port Adam on Little Malaita.