Category: L

ladder, steps, stairs.

library (also haus buk).

See also: Libraries, Museums and Art Gallery in Papua New Guinea

to love.

to let go, to let down, to release.

see laip.

love.

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.