ngal,
/uploads/pics/5368.jpg, n.		termite.
ngal
a
mekekerei
el
charm
el
kiei
a
chelsel
a
kerrekar
el
menga
er
ngii;
ngal
a
mengut
a
blai,
kboub
a
klang
er
a
ngal;
ngeliil
el
kboub.
mesako el ngalexpr.(crowd look like) swarm of termites.
See also:
NGALIMESEI
,
NGELIIL
,
NGLANGL
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
debar
er
a
Ngechur,
el
klungang
e
me
ngal
modekriker.
> Like the duck of Ngechur, he became industrious after growing old.
The idiom is applied to a person who has more or less vegetated into maturity and old age and who, already far past his prime, suddenly tries without success to do all the things he might have done when younger. It may be used with reference to an elder who tries to be a dandy.
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:
A
klukuk
e
te
me
er
a
blik.
> Tomorrow they're coming to my house.
Kom
ngmai
el
mo
er
a
blil
a
Oreng.
> You take them to Oreng's home.
A
blai
a
mlukedechor
el
olengeseu
er
a
telungalek
er
ngak.
> The house was built to help my family.
A
demak
a
omekedechor
er
a
beches
el
blimam.
> My father is building our new house.
Ng
di
Kot
el
Ngar
er
Bab
el
Dios
a
diak
lekiei
a
blai
el
rruul
er
a
rechad.
> But the Most High God does not live in houses built by human hands.
Proverbs:
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.
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.
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
mla
er
a
blai.
> I was at the house.
Ka
mnguu
tia
el
terekill
el
mo
er
a
blil
Dachelbai
e
msbedii
el
kmo
ng
mla
er
a
Ulang
el
sbedel
a
Ocherolel
a
Kitalong.
> Bring this basket of prepared food to Dachelbai's house and tell him that it's from Ulang for Kitalong's house-party.
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.
A
Lurvey
a
mlo
elireuakl
e
ngubetii
tia
el
medalia
el
ngkedel
a
Wilbur
el
mla
er
a
chiklel
e
nguu
el
turecheklii
er
a
deel
el
ngar
er
a
bebul
a
blil
a
Wilbur.
> Lurvey bent down and removed Wilbur's medal from his neck and hung it from a nail at the top of Wilbur's pen.
A
omelngod
a
mle
olangch
er
a
blirir
a
rechad.
> Tattoos were distinguished symbols from each family or clan.

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