exclam.
Americanabbreviation
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exclamation.
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exclamatory.
Example Sentences
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Cf. gwarimabe. mabesi v. tr., to correct, rebuke. madafi v. tr., to perceive, feel. madalaba oven. madiu adj., different, other, another, astray; too madiu gi, gentiles, madiua 1. exclam. well, I never!
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens
S.'ae. ae 2. exclam. ah!; used also in summing up. afa 1. v. i. to cut, to incise, to mark by cutting.
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens
S. 'o'i. oimae exclam. alas! okasa unripe; maea okasa, sudden death. oku summer.
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens
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