Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands Part 23

Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands Part 23

_moi_ adj., broken. S. _'o'i_.

_moko_, _momoko_ 1. v. i., to be corrupt, to smell; 2. n., corruption.

_mokola_ v. n., corruption;

_mokofa-_ (_na_) v. n., the smell of.

_molagali_ n., all the islands; the world,

_momoi_ v. tr. to buffet; _afe e momoia na ola_, the wind buffeted the ship.

_momoko_; _momoko ia_, breast, bosom.

_mone_ adv., gives life to the narrative; _tamone_; _otomone_.

_mori_, _momori_, as _mouri_, to live. Cf. S. _moli_, _walaimoli_, _mauri_.

_morumoru_ v. i., to be broken in pieces. S. _morumoru_.

_mou_, _momou_, v. i., to fear.

_mouni_ v. tr.

_moumoula_ v. n., fear. S. _mau_.

_mouli_ to be left-handed, awkward. S. _mauli_.

_moumouli_ (_gu_) n., left hand.

_mouri_, _momouri_ v. i., to live.

_mourisi_ v. tr., to survive, escape from.

_mouria_ v. n., life.

_mourila-_ (_gu_) v. n., life. S. _mauri_.

_mousi_ v. tr., to cut off, sever. S. _mousi_.

_mu_. 1. pers. p.r.o.n. pl. 2. used by itself as subj. or follows _gamu_; _mu kafi lea mai i angita_, when will you come?

_mu_. 2. p.r.o.noun, suff. to nouns, sing. 2., thy.

_mumudi_ crumb, chip, sc.r.a.p; _mumudi i doo_, sc.r.a.ps.

MW

_mwaa_ snake. S. _mwaa_.

_mwaela_ laughter. _famwaela_.

_mwaemwae_ v. i., to be obedient. S. _mwae_.

_mwai_ 1. a bag;

_mwaila_ adj., rich. S. _mwa'i_.

_mwai_ 2. prefix marking reciprocity of relationship; _ro mwai telana_, mother and child; _ro mwai fungona geni_, mother and daughter-in-law; used as plural article, _mwai asi nau_, brethren.

S. _mwai_.

_mwaimwane_, woman's brother, man's sister, _a mwaimwane nau_.

_mwaluda_ adj., soft, gentle, kind, possible, easy.

_mwane_, a male, man, boy, exclam. you! added to proper nouns and to certain other words to show s.e.x distinction. S. _mwane_.

_mwaomwao_ v. i., to be weak, feeble.

_mwela_, child, boy, person; used with article _ni_ of women; _ni mwela ne_, this woman; _mwela bibiu_, little child. S. _mwela_.

_mwemwedua_ honey.

N

_na_ 1. definite article, a, the; used with both sing. and pl.; _gera na Grekia_, the Greeks. Cf. Florida _na_. M. L. p. 524: _na noni_, the body; _na sasigamu_, your brethren; is in more frequent use than the corresponding _nga_ in Sa'a; in many cases nouns are used without any article when the signification is general. S.

_nga_.

_na_ 2. p.r.o.noun suffixed to nouns, sing. 3; _abana_, his hand: added to the first of two nouns to express a genitive; i _tolona fera_, on the tops of the hills; _gwauna na ai gi_, head of men: added to cardinals to form ordinals. S. nd, Mota _na_.

_na_, _nana_ 3. demonstrative p.r.o.n., there, that, follows noun; _si doo na_, that thing.

_na_, _nana_ 4. adv. follows the verb and denotes a preterite, already, finished; _e sui na_, _e sui nana_, it is finished; _sui na_, thereafter.

_naga_ v. tr., to waste, to spend.

_namo_, inner harbour, lake, pool; _suu i namo_; _asi namo_ a lake.

S. _namo_.

_nana_, _na_ 3. 4.

_nani_, _nanani_, v. i., to seek for.

_nanisi_ v. tr.

_nao_ (_gu_) n. face; with locative _i_; in front of, before; _naoe gula_, first place; _i naogu_, before my face; before my time, _naonao tolia_, chief portion at a feast.