Lau
Lau is an Austronesian language spoken in Solomon Islands.
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Lau, also known as Mala, is an Oceanic language spoken on northeast Malaita, in the Solomon Islands. In 1999, Lau had about 16,937 first-language speakers, with many second-language speakers through Malaitan communities in the Solomon Islands, especially in Honiara.
From Wikipedia · Lau language (Malaita) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Lau
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | geni | |
| person | toa* | |
| name | sata* | |
| eye | ma* | |
| ear | aliNa* | |
| nose | gwalusu* | |
| tooth | lifo* | |
| tongue | mea* | |
| hand | aba* | |
| blood | abu* | |
| bone | suli* | |
| skin | uya* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | saefou* | |
| water | wai | |
| fire | ere* | |
| star | bubulu* | |
| stone | fou* | |
| leaf | elo* | |
| night | boNi* | |
| dog | kui* | |
| fish | i7a* | |
| louse | u* | |
| one | tai* | |
| two | rua* | |
| I | nau* | |
| you | i7oe* | |
| we | gia* | |
| drink | iNo* | |
| see | ada* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · lauu1247 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · llu