Category: L

to light something, to set fire to something

• Ol man long ples kunai i save laitim gras.
  The people of the grasslands set fire to the grass.

laity.

any cloth material, a rag, a waistcloth, sarong, cloth worn around the waist, usually of a brightly coloured tropical-theme print

• Laptap em samting yumi pasim long bodi bilong yumi.
  A sarong is something to clothe our body.
• laplap bilong bet (also sitbet) bed sheets
• laplap bilong kokonas bast tissue of the coconut palm
• laplap bilong tebel tablecloth
• rausim laplap, lusim laplap to undress
• pasim laplap to dress

leather, a belt, a strap.

eh? Isn’t that so? (word used at the end of a question, as a question tag) (also a)

• Ating em i laik pilai laki tumas, laka?
  I think he likes to gamble too much, doesn’t he?

life story.

electric, electricity (see pawa).

to like something, to love, to desire, to want something, appetite

• laikim olgeta (like altogether) to like very much
• Mi laikim wanpela samting.
  I want something.
• em wanpela samting planti man i laikim popular thing
• Yu laikim wanem?
  What do you want?

leave, let, allow

• Larim i stap.
  Leave it alone, let it be.
• Larim em!
  Hands off!
• Larim em i kam insait.
  Let him come inside (admit him).

1. to line up, to put something in line

• Lainim ol buk.
  Line up the books.

2. to put in order, to arrange, to get ready

• lainim plet (line plate) to set the table
• Lainim ol samting bilong wok.
  Get the tools ready.

3. to learn something, to study something

• lainim pasin bilong skul become accustomed to school ways
• Yu lainim wanem samting long skul?
  What are you learning in school?

4. to teach someone something

• lainim hos (line horse) to train a horse
• Lainim ol meri long rit.
  Teach the women to read.