Lau

Introduction

Lau is a language of Solomon Islands. It is spoken in Northeast Malaita island.

Dialects

Dai (Ndai), Lau, Suafa.

The Lau Verb

Verblist

• [ʔa]ʔaru, ʔasia -- to fall
• abulɔ, abulo -- to turn
• ada, riki -- to see
• afita, ala, fogā, fola, seka -- to split
• ago, agwa, muni -- to hide
• āŋi -- to cry
• bae, haea, sae, saea -- to say
• beli -- to steal
• bole -- to dream
• ɔru, ʔufu, sau, ufi, ufilia, ōru -- to blow
• dau, dau ʔana -- to hold
• eno, teo, uruŋa -- to lie down
• eno, tɛɔ, teo -- to sleep
• fafana, fakwasi, nani -- to hunt
• fali, lea, lea i ano, lea i laŋi, sifo -- to walk
• fana -- to shoot
• faŋainia, sugi, tafai -- to stab, pierce
• fasi -- to plant
• fele, lɔsi, losi -- to squeeze
• fili -- to choose
• firi, kani, āri -- to tie up, fasten
• foli, ūsi -- to buy
• fufu, oga, ria, ubu, ūbu -- to swell
• gā, waela -- to laugh
• gama, garu -- to scratch
• gasu, moko, nonomoko -- to sniff, smell
• gata, lomu, sau -- to pound, beat
• gouru, gwouru -- to sit
• idu mai, lae mai, lea mai -- to come
• idu -- to count
• igwa, toŋo -- to flow
• kwae, lima, sau -- to kill
• kwae, naŋa, rabu, tō -- to hit
• laŋɔ, lɔfɔ, lofo, sisimi -- to fly
• mae -- to die, be dead
• mamao|fi -- to yawn
• manata, tago -- to think
• maŋɔ, maŋo -- to breathe
• masubu -- to grow
• mɔu, mou -- to fear
• mɔuri, mouri -- to live, be alive
• meme -- to chew
• moa, momoa -- to vomit
• ŋisu -- to spit
• rā -- to climb
• rao -- to work
• rɔŋɔ, roŋo -- to hear
• saitamana, saitoma, tomatafa -- to know, be knowledgeable
• sarufia, sasu, sū -- to burn
• tai, taia, tai-a -- to sew
• take -- to stand
• ʔala, ʔale, ʔāle -- to bite
• ʔani, faŋa -- to eat
• ʔaraŋa, garu ʔaraŋa, sisiu -- to swim
• ʔɔle, ʔiri, ʔole, kinu, lae, taba, tofu, toto -- to cut, hack
• ʔɔme, ʔomi, noto -- to suck
• ʔeli -- to dig
• ʔifi, foe -- to open, uncover
• ʔiŋo, gwɔugwɔu, gwou -- to drink
• ʔofu -- to cook
• ʔui -- to throw