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laag n. fly. Category: insects, grubs etc..

laap adj. many, more. Category: numeral.

laas n. cup. Category: human artefact, human artefact.

lag₁ vambi. scale, to take the scales off a fish. Category: aquatic creatures.

lag₂ vambi. sing.

lagarof n. mourner.

lagi adj. fancy, proud.

laglaga vintr. cast spell.

lagsu n. wind, east wind (Lit: 'up wind'). See: toklau. Category: natural features.

lai vambi. spit out.

lainmar v. breathe out quickly.

lailaipako n. fish sp. Fiveband flagtail. Category: aquatic creatures.

lak₁ n. fence for a pig. See: p̃er. Category: human artefact.

lak₂ n. peg used to hold the outrigger (nsem) to the cross-member (nakiat) on a canoe. Category: human artefact.

lak₃ n. well, water source, spring. Category: natural features.

lak₄ vintr. marry, to be; to be wed.

nlakwen wedding, marriage. See: taulu; tousok; ptour; ptour.

kano lak n. bridegroom. Category: human relations.

lakle n. sores, thick large sores (not boils). Category: body part or product.

lakor aux. maybe, might be.

laktao n. vine sp. Category: plants.

lalu vintr. absent, of an octopus, when you look at the octopus's hole in the rock and it has gone. You can take a stone from the hole back to your house and then the next day when you go back the octopus wil be there.

lao₁ vintr. establish, stand up.

lao₂ v. 1 • drip.

2 • fall, of water over a waterfall.

lao₃ vambi. 1 • plant.

2 • stand, to stand.

3 • spear, as in lao naik 'spear a fish'.

4 • gouge, as in gouging out the inside of a canoe.

5 • land, as in a bird landing on something.

lao₄ n. fish sp. Sandperch. Pinguipedidae. Category: aquatic creatures.

laokinasusu n. fish sp. Nebulous wrasse. First fish to some in with the tide, also identified as Bluntheaded wrasse. Halichoeres nebulosus. See: patru. Category: aquatic creatures.

laokor Variant: laokro. obstruct.

vambi. obstruct.

laokot vambi. break.

laolao n. table, seat.

laop̃or vambi. break.

laorpek n. fish sp. fish, small white fish which lives in the mangroves and seaweed. Category: aquatic creatures.

laosok vambi. pound (e.g. copra, kava), spear fish.

laotu v. stand up.

laru num. seven.

kelaru Variant: klaru. adj. seventh. Category: numeral.

lat vambi. cut (e.g. using scissors) hair, clothes, paper.

latana n. lantana, use the leaf on cuts. Category: plants.

lates num. six.

kelates Variant: klates. adj. sixth. Category: numeral.

latlat vintr. froth, as of water boiling, or froth on a stream, or lather with soap. See: nlatlat; nai; latlat.

latol num. eight.

klatol adj. eighth. Category: numeral.

lau vintr. dance. See: nlauwen.

laufal n. pineapple. Category: plants.

le sulsul vintr. squint, like when the sun is too bright.

le wi vintr. covet, desire.

le vintr. look, see.

lek vtr. look at, see something. See: lel.

leel n. bracelet, rolled pandanus leaves. Category: human artefact. See: tarim.

lefek Variant: lfek. go.around.

vintr. 1 • around, to go around.

2 • spin, as in p̃au kilfek, my head is spinning. See: fiif.

leg vintr. straight, correct.

lei vambi ImpO. pick fruit.

lekor vintr. watch over, beware, care for.

lel₁ vambi. look for. See: le.

lel₂ n. turtle shell. Category: aquatic creatures.

lelep n. black stone used for cooking in a ground oven. Category: human artefact.

lelkau v. avoid something by walking around it. See: lelu.

lelu vambi. avoid.

lemis vambi. look at, visit.

lep adj. big. See: p̃ur.

leperkat vambi. copy.

1 • copy.

2 • watch over, as in a child, or a cooking pot.

3 • check if someone is there.

4 • look out, beware, be careful.

ler vintr aux. return, repeat; repay.

lereki Variant: loraki. look forward.

vintr. 1 • look forward to something.

2 • depend on someone doing something, depend on something happening.

les n. pawpaw. Carica papaya. Category: plants.

lesap̃sap̃ vintr. don't recognise. See: sap̃.

leskes n. tree sp. Kind of pawpaw with small seeds, trunk can be smashed and used to poison fish. Category: plants.

lesmp̃aun n. skull. Category: body part or product.

lesok adj. important, useful.

let n. epilepsy.

letae vambi. realise.

1 • realise, recognise.

2 • identify.

lewi vintr. admire.

lgaru vintr. double or cross weave of a mat. See: lgaskei.

lgaskei single weave of a mat. See: lgaru.

li Variant: lei. female name marker, old fashioned. This cannot be used as a pronoun. See: kalo.

lia vintr. together, be in one place.

lig vambi. pour out.

liglig vintr. shake (as in one's head), refuse.

likat n. basket made from coconut leaf and used to carry garden produce. See: nlafkir; napor. Category: plants, human artefact. See: fuelig; nroog; tip̃el; sp̃ol; tasal; polpol; nlafkir; napor; sarpotpot.

liksaal vintr. hang, as in a bat or flying fox hanging, or a person hanging by their hands.

lilip Variant: lipep. spirit. Variant: lisepsep.

n. spirit. Category: other supernatural.

lim num. five. Category: numeral.

kalim adj. fifth.

limen v. poke out one's tongue.

limur n. adze with a curved blade. See: kram p̃el; took.

limuti n. cleared piece of land. See: em̃au. Category: natural features.

lipep n. butterfly. Category: insects, grubs etc..

lip̃eslilip n. Staghorn, plant that lives on branches of a tree. Category: plants.

lisan n. clam.

1 • shellfish sp. clam, giant clam, Hippopus clam. Hippopus hippopus. See: kram. Category: aquatic creatures.

2 • vagina (slang). Category: body part or product.

lit n. wasp. Category: insects, grubs etc..

litas n. Box jellyfish. Chironex fleckeri. Category: aquatic creatures.

litot n. bêche-de-mer, sea cucumber, this is a general term for all kinds of sea-cucumber. Holothuriidae. See: nap̃lai; pako nap̃lai. Category: aquatic creatures.