Varisi - English Dictionary  
compiled by Fr Stephen Tarrant, O.P.

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labisi

root (large roots)

laboro kuse

midnight

laga laga

afar

laga laga

distant

laga laga

far

laga laga

remote

lage lage mata

eye brow

lákapa

slap

lakutu

mushroom (edible fungus)

lama

come

lama doka

arrive

lama garo garo

approach

lama napu

come again

lapasa

explain

lapo

together (to put)

lavata

big

lavata

great

lavata

large

le

dead

le

die

leba

plant

lebu

mango

legu legu

disobey

legu legu

naughty

legua

deny

lena

boulder (cave)

lena

cave

lepo

arrow

lepu lepu

account

lepu lepu

debt

lepua

pay (a debt)

lete saqo

starve

lete tamadako

exhausted

lete tora

suitable

likoto

anchor

liqutu

around

liqutu

encircle (go around, e.g. an island)

loboro

amog

loborona

in

loborona

inside

loda

long

loda

tall

lodu

ash

loka

water (fresh drinking water)

"lokup" / "lokapu"

gaol / jail

"lokup" / "lokapu"

prison

lolomu

cold

lolomu

shade

lomi

mud

lomu

scent

losi

slow

loso

bamboo

losokaro

bamboo

lotu

religion

lua

vomit

lukasa

absolve (sin)

lukase

mean (What do you…?)

lukase

untie

lulaña

sea (rough)

lulu

with (accompany)

lulu vágoro

kidney

lulua

accompany

lulua

follow (go with)

lúmaka

pus

luñuru

sweep

lupo

cease

lupo

finish (n.)

lupona

complete (finish)

lupona

end

lusu

lose

luvi luvi

coconut



© Stephen Tarrant, O.P., 2003


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