Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands Part 9

Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands Part 9

_bibiu_, _mwela bibiu_, a baby, an infant. ?Mota _piopio_.


_bilage_ v. tr., to shut; _bilage maa_, to shut the door.


_bili_; _fabili_, to make dirty.


_bilia_ adj., dirty, unclean.


_bilili_ v. tr., to press upon, weigh down. S. _pilingi_.


_bilingi_ v. tr., to press down.


_binaae_ v. i., to shine, of sun.


_binisi_ v. tr., to bind.


_bito_ 1. v. i., to sprout, to shoot, to begin to grow; 2. n. a sprout;


_bitona e bito_, it sprouted. S. _qito_.


_bobola_ to be fitting, meet.


_bobongi_ with loc. i, i _bobongi_, tomorrow. Mota _qong_.


_boe_ v. i., to be whole, big.


_boeboela_ adj., whole, sound, fat, well.


_bokosi_ v. tr., to hinder.


_bola_ n., a pigeon, _carpophaga rufigula_. Florida _bola_.


_bole_; _teo bole_, to dream; _Teo bolea_, _teo bolela_, a dream.


S. _qole_, Mota _qore_.


_bona_ v. i., to cease speaking, to be silent.


_bono_ v. i., to close a hole; _toongi bono maa_, sackcloth. S.


_pono_.


_bongara_, _bongangara_, v. i., to succor, nourish; _bongara fonosi_, to oppose.


_bongi_; 1. _too bongi_, to be sad of face.


_bongi_; 2. _dau bongi_, to take hold of.


_boro_ 1. (_na_, _ni_), _borona aena_, heel.


_boro_ 2. adv., perhaps, probably, possibly.


_boro_ 3. v. i., _boro tafa_, to emerge, come out from. S. _pola_.


_boso_ n., a pig. Bugotu, _botho_, Florida, _bolo_, New Guinea, _boro_.


_bota_ used with poss., blessed, to receive a thing gratis, to be well provided with; _bota ana_, haply.


_fabota_ v. tr., to be of a.s.sistance to.


_bouruuru_ v. i., to fall down, to kneel down.


_bouruurula_ v. n. S. _pouruuru_.


_bubu_ v. i., to look; _bubu tete adalu_, to look earnestly at them.


_bubungi_ v. tr., to look at.


_bubulu_ n., a star; _fe bubulu_, a star; a bottle (late use).


_bubulua_ adj., black. S. _pulupulue_.


_bubungi_; _bubungi luma_, a village. S. _pungu_.


_bukonu_ v. i., to be grieved; _lio bukonu_, to be sad of heart.


_bulo_, _bulobulo_ v. i. to turn; _afe bulobulo_, a tide rip. S.


_pulo_.


_bulu_ n., gall. S. _pulu_.


_bungu_ 1. a sh.e.l.l trumpet; _ufi bungu_, to blow the trumpet.


_bungu_ 2. v. i., to be deaf; _alinga bungu_, deaf. S. _pungu_.


_buri_ (_gu_) n., back, stern, behind, after, of persons, _buri mwane_, second son.


_burina_ after that; _i burimu_, in your absence. S. _puri_.


_buro_; _lio buro_, _manata buro_, to forget. S. _puo_.


_burosi_ v. tr., _burosi lio_, to keep in doubt. S. _mahuro_.


_buroburo_ v. i., to bubble, to spring up, of water. S. _hurei_.


_buru_ v. i., to be narrow; _tala e buru_, narrow is the way.


_buruburu_ v. i., to be frequent; adv. frequently. S. _puru_.


_busu_ v. i., to squirt, to eject spray; _busu asi_, a whale. S.


_pusu_.