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langbaualienable nounEnglishinsect type; fly typestupid/crazy flyThe langbau greatly swarm around in the village and dig in the ground to make their houses. Langbau, it is not just one alone when it travels. They travel together in their groups. The color of the langbau is bluish. Their work is only to swarm in the village and dig in the village. When they swarm together in the village, then we hear the sound of their wings.bau2lang1.6.1.7Insectinsect
langlanguralienable nounSurkesá matngan isuEnglishfish typeThe langlangur is just the young of the langur. langur1.6.1.5Fishfish
langra-itransitive verbSurarahi; omlawaiEnglishuse up completelyThis can refer to using up all one's firewood or spending one's life on unprofitable activites.Kalik, kápate marán á kang kubau iau kiski uri tutun. Koion una langrai mai oboi marán i kamnah. Má ngo una arahi má, ki sinih na kisak kelsei?Child, there is not a lot of wood I gathered for cooking. Do not use it all up by putting a lot on the fire. If you finish it, then who will collect replace it?
languralienable nounSurkesá matngan isuEnglishfish type; jackfish (generic term); Horse-eye Jack; Speckled Jack; Black JackTok PisinbatbatLangur is the big/generic name, and there are quite a few varieties. Some langur are white in color, and some are light yellow in color, and some are close to blue. All langur live out in the deep. When we see them along the shallows, then they are hunting for food. And when there are tala (herring), then they go for the purpose of grabbing them with their mouths.langlangurlangur bálngátlangur konamutlangur kurwalwal1.6.1.5Fishfish
langur bálngátalienable nounSurkesá matngan isuEnglishfish type; jackfish; Blue Jack; Golden TrevallyThis langur gets its name from the trees they call bálngát. Its color is white like the bálngát tree and it is a very large langur. It is also just like the other langur, it lives out in the deep. They (people) see them along the shallows when they (langur) go to search for food and when they go for the purpose of grabbing tala (herring) with their mouths in the shallows.1.6.1.5Fishfish
langur konamutkonamutalienable nounSurkesá matngan isuEnglishfish type; jackfish; Big-headed Jack; Giant TrevallyKonamut, it is like its back is blue and its stomach is white. And its face is flat. It also is a big langur like the langur_bálngát. 1.6.1.5Fishfish
langur kurwalwalkurwalwalalienable nounSurkesá matngan isuEnglishfish type; jackfish; Striped Jack; Black-spotted Jack; Bluefin TrevallyThis langur is light yellow in colour and is one more of the big langur. Everything about this langur is just like all other langur. 1.6.1.5Fishfish
langwáninalienable nounSurtáit a lu roh, a mon i bábánEnglishinsect type; flying insect (generic term); body of an insectThis term is combined with the name of a specific flying insect, such as langwán_tomos (wasp). It also seems to refer to the body of an insect as in the description of midu (bee).langwán táitlanglangwán táitlangwán tomos1.6.1.7Insectinsect
langwán táitalienable nounEnglishflying insect (generic term)This comprises a certain group of flying insects, all bothersome, including lang (fly), langbau (fly type), suran (fly type), tomos (hornet, wasp) and midu (bee).langwánrohon bátmurwán bim
langwán tomosidiomSurkálámul a mosmosmos ngorer i tomosEnglishangry personflying insect waspThis refers to a person who gets angry quickly and often, and who expresses that anger publicly.3.5.3.1Word2Personinteresting idiom; person
lapis batalienable nounEnglishstrip of bambooThis is a strip of split bamboo holding a wall in place.laplapis6.5.1.1Househouse
laplapisalienable nounEnglishstrip of bambooThis refers to the strips of bamboo prepared for nailing over a wall to hold it in place on the frame.lapis bat6.5.1.1Househouse
lapsáialienable nounSurngisán kubauEnglishtree typeThe lapsái is a tree that lives in the jungle. It grows in old abandoned gardens. Its bark they also peel to mumu (root vegetables) with coconut milk.1.5Planttree/plant
lapualienable nounSurngisán kubauEnglishtree typeThe lapu is a tree that grows up in the jungle. When this tree bears fruit, then it puts out its fruit on the branches and it is round. The fruit of the lapu is large like bihi (breadfruit) fruit and its flesh is yellow. Lapu is a good food too. If they go off into the jungle and they come upon lapu when they are hungry, then they eat lapu. 1.5Plant5.2Foodfood; tree/plant
lapunglaplapumlapuninalienable vocative noun1Englishmy namesakeThis is used by those who have the same name.2Englishmy opposite moiety member3lapumlapunlap gitEnglishmy paternal grandmother; my father's motherThis term is hardly used anymore to refer to one's paternal grandmother. The grandmother relationship on either side of the family is now most often referred to using wakang. aralapunlapunwakang4.1.9Kinshipkinship
larlarintransitive verbSurarwat ur on; mákmák kuluk ur onEnglishfits; appropriate; nice-lookingThis verb is followed by ur (to, on). It is used of clothing one wears that fits and looks nice as well as a job or responsibility that is suited to one's abilities.Siot er iau huli ur kaiam a lain arwat sang mam iáu má a lain mákmák kuluk uri iáu. Má pákánbung ngo una lu oboi i tan Sade suri lotu, ki na tuan larlar sang uri iáu.That shirt I bought for you it is well enough/suitable/fits you and it looks nice on you. And when you will put it on on Sunday for church, then it will be very nice-looking on you.pánpán kuluk
las1intransitive verbSurkápate lang; a mánán i han pátumEnglishtame; used to; familiar withTan kakaruk erei di las, pasi dik lu namnam i limán kálámul. Má ngo da han lang, ki kápdate lu longoi ngorer.Those chickens are tame, resulting in they eat from a person's hand. But if they were wild/untamed, then they would not do like that.langalasi; olasi2transitive verb taking onSurmánánEnglishknowledgeableFor differentiation of the terms meaning 'know', see mánán. Suri kanbái takup kap iau te mánán on, kabin tili kalik i iau káp iau tini las i kadum takup. Mái sár suri long paprau, iau las i longoi. Iakte longoi marán má.About carving a canoe I do not know how to do it, because from my childhood I have not been used to canoe-carving. But concerning making a raft, I am familiar with doing it. I have made many.mánán
laskaualienable nounEnglishocean plant type or soft coralThis type of coral is yellow with red tips. When brushed against, it causes pain and itching and swellingaun táit án loltashat26.4.5Fishingmarine plant
lat-itransitive verbSuráir; batEnglishstack; fence; encloseThis is the process of stacking lengths of bamboo on top of the kápsinlan (fence foundation) and between the kátál (fence posts).Latiu gita han lati be i kak aru áir imi kak rákrák. Inái a lala arket i nas, ki iak tu áir pasi aru sár á árán.Tomorrow let's go stack bamboo at my two fences/sides up at my new garden. Right now the sun is very hot, so I only fenced in two sides.6.2.1Growing cropsgarden
latiutimeSurbung ngo wik ngo kalang ngo bet a murwa pasi oninEnglishtomorrowTok PisintumoraThis word can occur on its own to mean 'tomorrow' or following another time word to indicate 'next' as in bet_latiu (next year).8.4.1Period of timetime