dehort
verb (used with object)
to try to dissuade.
dehortative
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a word derived from
dehort.
Example Sentences
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U. 'alu. alua, dehortative, no! don't! alua fasi, wait a while! alula v. n. putting, becoming. alualu v. i. bae alualu, to promise. aluga partic. unloosed. luga. amu 1. poss. sing.
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens
