Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands

by W. G. Ivens

luu v. tr., to move, to depart. S. luu.

M

m adjectival prefix; moi broken.

ma 1. conjunction; ma ana, though; ma ka langi, or not, in questions; ma ta, but.

ma 2. adjectival prefix of condition; madiu; matala. S. ma.

maa 1. (gu) n., eye, face, aperture, gate; i maa, at the door, in the courtyard; gula i maa, outside; maana bara, gate; maa too (gu) to visit; toongi bono maa, sackcloth: 2. art. one, a; maa ni dara gi, young men; fai maae oru qailiu, the four winds; maae dangi, a day, maae dangi i fafo, two days hence; maae rodo, darkness; maae fera, a village. S. maa.

maa 3. voc., father; maa nau, father. S. ma'a.

maabala to no effect; rao maabala, to work unprofitably. S. maatala.

maabe v. i., to be willing; mu maabe ni elela, you were willing to rejoice.

maadara (gu) n., forehead. S. dara.