exclam.
Americanabbreviation
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exclamation.
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exclamatory.
Example Sentences
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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 Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)
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 Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)
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 Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)
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