LAMA 
lama 1 (continued). 
lamasi tr. 
Jamata‘ini U., tr. 
lama 2.n., a lake, hdi lama; lamai Korea, Lake 
Korea, Little Malaita. Mota lama, 
open sea; Borneo lama, lake. 
lama 3. v. i., to spread over, to cover; wii e 
lama haahi ue kolune mwakana, the 
water still covered the face of the earth. 
lama |. hanuelama, S., da‘ilama‘a, U., peace. 
lami n., a phase of the moon; héu ni lemi, full 
moon; to‘ohunga lemi, S., full moon; 
lemi mwaa, U., full moon. 
langa 1. v.i., to moderate temporarily (of rain); 
n., a spell between the showers. ha‘a- 
langa; U. la‘a up. n., kele me‘ilanga, it 
lets up a little. Lau lalanga, dry; 
Mota langa, to lift; Viti langa, Samoa 
langa, Niué langa, Mao. ranga, lift. 
langa 2. ha‘alanga, to expose to the air in order 
to dry. 
langa‘a, langalanga‘a adj., up, on high, clear; 
hele langa‘a, hele langalanga‘a, to hold 
up conspicuously. Mao. rangai, raised. 
Langalanga a village on Big Malaita where 
shell money is made. 
langi ha‘alingi, a house on piles; ilengi, sky, 
heaven. Motalang, wind; Maori rangi, 
sky; Salakau, Borneo, angin, wind. 
lingilengi‘e adj., aloft, lifted up. Jaéngi. Faté 
langilangi, proud. 
lango n., a fly; lango rae, bluebottle fly. Mota 
lango, Maori rango, Gilbert Islands 
nango. 
langu. v. i, to pluck up; huni lengu ha‘aodohie 
‘aeka, to guide our feet; laéngu holo, to 
break in two. 
lingu‘i tr. Wango rangui. 
la‘o 1. nunula‘o, stinging-nettle tree. mnunu 4. 
la‘o 2. in, inside; with suffixed pronoun za; 
locative i may be prefixed. cf. lalo 1. 
la‘o t‘ola, in the canoe; la‘ona nime, in 
the bow]; hai la‘ona, wai la‘ona, within, 
inside; ni‘i ‘ae la‘o t‘ola, to board a 
canoe; kohukohu la‘ona salo, far-off 
clouds. 
la‘o 3. cone shell, trochus; a forehead ornament 
of trochus or tridachna shell, it is cir- 
cular or oval and incised with the device 
of a frigate-bird, the hair is threaded 
through a small hole in the la‘o, which 
then hangs on the side of the forehead; 
semicircular pieces of trochus_ shell 
inlaid upon the sides of large canoes; 
t‘ola la‘o, a canoe thus inlaid; armlets 
(kokome) are cut from the trochus. 
Florida lago. 
la‘ola‘o huhu la‘ola‘o ana wé‘i, to be contorted 
with spasms of tetanus. 
la‘ongi S., la‘oni U., v. tr., to step over, to 
cross over. 
la‘ongila-(ku) gerund. 
lako, Motu lao. 
lapasi, la‘alapasi v. tr., to attempt a thing. 
Wango raba. 
lapata‘i 1. v. i., to complain, to moan; noko 
lapata‘i ulo ‘oto, t complain in mourning. 
Mota lago, Viti 
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lapata‘i, la‘alapata‘i 2. v. i., to be concerned 
about, to endeavor. la‘alapa. 
lapi v. i., to change shape, to change appearance 
(of ghosts); e lapi ana pa‘ewa, he 
changed into a shark. 
laqa 1. bracken. 2. I Laqa, a district on the 
hills above Sa‘a on the ridges below 
‘ano mola. 
lagi ointment, coconut oil for anointing. lagi 
Nt SU. 
laqitaa U., an oven of food. 
lasu 1. to be aged. fpdipeilesu‘a. 2. used as 
an endearing term to a young boy, 
anglice ‘‘old man.”’ 
lau, lauleu 1. v. i., to snatch; lau ‘ae, be quick, 
quickly; ‘aka léu, to pull out violently. 
2. to defend, to help; lau haahi, to make 
a defense in words. Mao. rau, catch. 
lauhi tr., to defend, to succor; laéuhi ola, to 
help; léuhi olanga, v. n., succor. 
lauhila-(ku) gerund. Wango raw. 
liu 3. v. tr., to weed. 
lauhi green snail shell (Turbo petholatus); su 
leuht, to dive for the shell. 
liuleuil.tobequick. léui. 2.quickly. Lau 
loulou, Wango raurau. 
lauleu‘a U., adj., quick, fast. 
launa U., v. i., to be speechless, to lose one’s 
voice in sickness. 
liuna‘o v. i., to go before. 
launi, lauleuni 1. v. tr., to adorn. 2. bodily 
ornaments, mu leunt. 
launihe (ku) bodily ornaments. lduniheku. 
lauleunita-(ku) U., v. n., ornaments. 
laiuleunitana nga ‘inoni, ornaments of 
men. 
launga‘i U., to occupy first, to be the first 
to live in. 
lauwanga S., the firmament, open space of 
~ heaven. maalau. 
lawa 1. spider’s web; used as bait and made to 
skip on the surface of the sea (lilie‘t) at 
the tail of a fish kite (sa‘o) to catch 
garfish (mwanole). 2.a spider. Mota 
marawa, Viti lawa, net; viritalawalawa, 
cobweb; Visaya lawa, cobweb. 
lede U. 1. v. tr., to break. ha‘alede, malelede; 
lede ola, to be mischievous; lede 
olanga, mischief. 
ledela-(ku) gerund. 
Lede 2. a boat harbor on Little Malaita north 
of Roasi Bay. 
ledi, leledi 1. v. tr., to refuse, to examine and 
reject. maleledi, hd‘ileledi. 
ledila-(ku) gerund. 
ledi U. 2. v. i., to ask, to question; soe ledt, to 
question. Lau ledi. 
leesi, leeleesi S., v. tr., to see; noko lai leesie, 
go to see it; Riu neke leesie, please let 
me see it; nou ka‘a to‘ohuunge‘s leesie; 
I surely did not see it; na i leesie palonga 
aku, and saw my works; e ka‘a ola neke 
leesie, I saw nothing; ‘omu ka‘a mana- 
ta‘inie wa ‘omu ke leesie, ye neither 
know him nor have seen him. 
leesila-(ku) gerund. 
lehu, lahu U., le‘u S. 1. place; 2. thing: the 
