Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands Part 15

_fuura_ v. i., to be dropsical. S. _pule_.

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_gagaro_ (_gu_) n., flank, side, of persons. S. _karokaro_.

_galai_ v. tr., to strike, beat.

_gale_ adj., precedes noun, small, little, of young persons or children; _ro fe gale bola_, two young pigeons. S. _kele_.

_gali_ (_nau_) verb used as prep., round, around; lea _galia_, go round it. S. _kali_.

_gamelu_ 1. personal p.r.o.noun trial, 1. excl. we; used by itself as subj. or follows _igamelu_.

_gamelu_ 2. as _gamelu_ 1. but suff. as obj. to v. and prep.

_gamere_ 1. pers. p.r.o.n. dual 1. we two; used by itself as subj. or follows _igamere_.

_gamere_ 2. as _gamere_ 1. but suff. as obj. to v. and prep.

_gami_ 1. pers. p.r.o.n. pi. 1. excl; we; used by itself as subj. or follows _igami_.

_gami_ 2. as _gami_ 1. but suff. as obj. to v. and prep.

_gamolu_ 1. pers. p.r.o.n. trial 2. you; used by itself as subj. or follows _igamolu_.

_gamolu_ 2. as _gamolu_ 1. but suff. as obj. to v. and prep.

_gamoro_ 1. pers. p.r.o.n. dual 2. you two; used by itself as subj. or follows _igamoro_.

_gamoro_ 2. as _gamoro_ 1. but suff. as obj. to v. and prep.

_gamu_ 1. pers. p.r.o.n. pi. 2. you; used by itself as subj. or follows _igamu_.

_gamu_ 2. as _gamu_ 1. but suff. as obj. to v. and prep,

_garangi_ (_nau_) verb used as prep., near; adv., almost. S.

_kara'ini_.

_garo_ v. i., to be astray, loose, to be lost, to wander, to be wrong; _manata garo_, to think astray, to err.

_garola_ v. n., transgression. S. _takalo_.

_gau_ 1. v. tr., to extract, to pluck.

_gau_ 2. v. tr., to bind.

_gefu_, _gefusi_ v. v. tr., to tear down, to roll away, to remove.

_gege_; _ada gege_, to look behind.

_Adagege_, name of artificial islet next to _Ferasubua_. S.

_keke_ 3.

_gele_ 1. adv., a little, somewhat. 2. adj., little; _gele qe ia gi_, small fishes. S. _kele_.

_gelogelo_ v. i., to be shaken.

_gelogeloa_ adj., shaken. S. _kidekule_.

_geni_ n., a woman; _ni geni ne_ (Voc), woman; tole _genila_, marriage. S. _keni_. Alite _mangeli_.

_gera_ 1. pers. p.r.o.n. pi. 3. they; used by itself as subj. or follows _igera_; used to mark plurality; _gera priest_; _gera na Judea_. S. _kire_.

_gera_ 2. as _gera_ 1. but suff. as obj. to v. and prep.

_gi_ article, denotes plurality, follows the noun; _na mwane gi_, the men; _na mwane oro gi_, many men; used with the forms of the pers. p.r.o.n. pl. but not with those in _lu_; _gi_ may be separated from the noun; _na doo nia gi_, his things. S. _'i_ 8.

_gia_ 1. pers. p.r.o.n. pi. 1. incl. we; used by itself as subj. or follows _igia_. S. _ki'e_.

_gia_ 2. as _gia_ 1. but suff. as obj. to v. and prep.

_gidigidi_ v. tr., to knock with the knuckles.

_ginigini_ v. tr., to pinch. S. _'ini_.

_girigiri_; _girigiri lifo_, to clench the teeth; _girigiri lifoa_ v. n.

_go_ 1. adv., of place, there, thither, away; added to _lau_; _e bae lau go_, he said also; _logo_, over there; _sifo go_, come down, descend. S. _wau_.

_go_ 2. a demonstrative; _inau go agu_, I for my part; _tefe doo go ana_, only one thing; _ne_ may be added; _inia_ gone, that is it.

S. _hou_ 2.

_golu_ 1. pers. p.r.o.n. trial 1. incl. we; used by itself as subj. or follows _igolu_. S. _kolu_.

_golu_ 2. as _golu_ I, but is suff. to v. and prep, as obj.

_goni_, _gonitai_ v. v. tr., to receive, to keep, to observe and do. S. _koni_.

_goro_ 1. pers, pro. dual 1. incl. we two; used by itself as subj.

or follows _igoro_. S. _kure_.

_goro_ 2. as _goro_ 1. but is suff. to v. and prep, as obj.

_gougou_ (_na_) n., husk, sh.e.l.l,

_gu_ 1. pers. p.r.o.n. sing. 1. I, used by itself as sub. or follows _inau_. Florida, _ku_.