blai, n.house; household; family; members of family; enclosure; container.
blai
a
teleketek
e
cheldool
le
kiei
er
ngii
a
rechad;
blai
a
osechelel
a
delengchokl.
blikn.poss.1s
blimn.poss.2s
bliln.poss.3s
blil
a
blai
el
ngii
a
oublai
er
ngii.
blimamn.poss.1pe
blidn.poss.1piour (inclusive) house, household, etc.
blid
a
blai
el
kid
a
oublai
er
ngii.
blimiun.poss.2p
blirirn.poss.3p
babelblain.(a wealthy person's) house.
babelblai
a
blai
el
ilteet;
meteetel.
blil a berasexpr.sack/container for rice.
blil a cheluchexpr.any container for gasoline, cooking oil, etc..
blil a dangsexpr.dance hall.
blil a ngalexpr.termites' nest.
blil a ngikelexpr.aquarium.
chad er a blaiexpr.members of the family.
See also:
OUBLAI
Examples:
Ng
kirek
el
mengetmokl
er
a
blai.
> I have to straighten up the house.
Ng
di
mle
ngii
a
blai
er
a
Ngerchemai
el
milseseb
el
me
er
a
eou.
> The building in Ngerchemai burned down by itself.
A
kot
el
blil
a
ureor
el
omerek
er
a
tekoi
el
chelid
er
tia
el
beluu.
> the first house of work to spread God's word in this country
A
blil
a
Toki
me
a
blil
a
Satsko
a
milseseb.
> Toki's house and Satsko's house burned down.
Ak
kot
el
mesaul
el
lmuut
el
me
er
a
blai
el
me
melai
a
ralm.
> I'm too tired to come back to the house to get the water.
Proverbs:
Kom
chameiu
el
blai.
> You're getting involved with someone too closely related.
Possibly derived from an incident in which a coconut syrup maker was incestuously involved with his wife's sister.
Ke
ko
er
a
otaor
el
di
omtitechakl
el
diak
a
blil.
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
Ng
ko
er
a
uul,
el
teleu
a
blil
e
oleker
er
a
chull.
> Like the uul [Cettria cantans?] with its house open, calling for rain.
The uul may be heard to call out usually just before it rains; some say that it is calling for rain. This seems foolish, since the bird constructs its house with an opening at the top that will let rain in. A person who makes a decision or starts some action without adequate preparation is likened to the uul.
More Examples:
Ak
mo
er
a
blai.
> I'm going to the house.
A
blik
a
smengt.
> My house in concrete.
Ak
meriik,
e
melemed,
e
meruul
a
kall,
e
mengetmokl
er
a
blai.
> I sweep and mop and make food and clean the house.
Aki
mlo
er
a
chelbacheb
ngak
me
a
rechad
er
a
blil
a
bechik.
> We went to the rock island with my wife's family.
Tia
el
blai
a
mle
command
center
er
a
resoldau
er
a
orretel
a
skoki
er
a
mekemad
lotirakl
er
a
zumeng
el
blo
lousbech
er
ngii
a
resoldau
er
a
Siabal
er
a
chelsel
a
Pacific.
> This was a command center for the Japanese airfield and follows a standardized design used at other Japanese bases in the Pacific.

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