betok, v.s.many; numerous; plenty; abundant.
betok
a
obdois;
betekngang,
betok
a
kall,
diak
le
kesai,
iltekngel
a
kall.
bebetokv.s.redup.just more than enough.
bebetok
a
telkib
el
betok.
beltokn.
beltok
a
betok;
beltok
er
a
kall
a
ungil.
betekngei
/betekngang		v.s.inch.accumulating; increasing in number.
betekngei
a
mla
mo
betok;
betekngang,
betekngei
a
udoud.
rebetokv.s.many (required before noun referring to human beings).
rebetok
a
betok,
rebetok
el
ngalek;
rebetok
el
chad.
toklechadslangmany people.
rebetok el chadexpr.many people.
rebetok el senseiexpr.many teachers.
See also:
OMEKBETOK
Synonyms:
MEDEEL
,
ULDIREKOREK
,
ULDOIS
Examples:
Ng
tiluchakl
er
a
rael
el
mo
omes
er
a
laion
el
lulekodir,
e
mlo
mechas
a
rengul
er
a
lebetik
a
betok
el
bee
el
ketitech
er
ngii.
> He left the road to look at the lion he had killed, and he was surprised to find a swarm of bees.
Ng
betok
chasebo
er
a
chiklek.
> I have quite a rash on my neck.
Aki
mle
chadecheduch
er
a
betok
el
mondai.
> We talked about lots of problems.
A
Satsko
a
ulumulak
er
a
Toki
el
kmo
a
John
a
ngar
er
ngii
a
betok
el
ududel.
> Satsko told Toki a lie (saying) that John has lots of money.
A
Droteo
a
kmal
medenge
a
betok
el
belkul
a
tekoi.
> Droteo really know a lot of proverbs.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
killii
a
derudm
el
medel
a
betok
el
tekoi.
> Like one who has eaten the thorny puffer fish, full of many things.
The thorny puffer fish is sometimes gulped by the wide-mouthed grouper fish. The puffer, expanding and extending its thorns in the grouper's mouth, renders the latter rather "full of things" and completely helpless. Groupers in this predicament are occasionally caught by fishermen. The idiom is applied to anyone who faces more problems, more work, or more sweethearts than he can cope with.
Kom
ko
er
a
mekebud
el
betok
e
di
telechem.
> You're like sardines, very many but only enough for one wrapped piece of fish.
Fish are properly wrapped individually in a leaf for cooking, but sardines are so small that a bunch of them may be wrapped together to make up only one small bundle. The idiom may be applied to a numerous but weak enemy or to a clan that is large but ineffective as in raising money for its members, or for a large group of workers who do not accomplish very much.
More Examples:
Ochoi,
te
mle
betok
a
rechad
el
meloik.
> Yes, a lot of people were dancing.
Kmal
betok
a
delemelek
el
iasai.
> I have lots of vegetable plants.
A
rechad
el
milluches
aika
el
hong
a
dimlak
a
ungil
losisecheklir
me
ng
betok
a
chelebireklel.
> People who wrote these books didn't have enough experience or teachings so there are some mistakes.
Te
mera
el
betok
a
ngerir
e
diak
a
chimorir.
> A lot of talk but no action.
Ng
kmal
betok
a
dirir
a
rechad
er
a
kabelment
el
di
osisiu
a
urerir.
> Government has many redudant job titles with likely the same job duties.
re-
/r-		, prefixused to indicate a plurality of people.
re
a
melekoi
el
kirir
a
rebetok;
rechad,
rebuik,
rekebil,
rebeluu
a
kldibel.
rechadn.people.
rekebiln.pl.girls.
remo
/remong		n.pluralthose people going (somewhere).
resensein.teachers.
rebetok el chadexpr.many people.
See also:
RUA
Examples:
Chelechang
el
ledu
a
rechad
er
a
Siria
el
kmo
'A
Rubak
a
rubak
er
a
bukl
e
diak
lerubak
er
a
oberberek,'
e
ak
mo
loia
tia
el
klou
el
ildois
er
a
cheroel
a
chimam.
> Now that the Syrians say that God is the lord of the hills and not the lord of the plains, I will give you victory over their huge army.
A
rechad
er
a
osbitar
a
rechad
el
smecher.
> The hospital patients are the people who are sick.
A
chesimer
a
ulebok
er
a
ta
er
a
resensei
el
mengelekolt
er
a
klas.
> The door was opened by one of the teachers to cool down the classroom.
A
lsekum
te
ngar
er
ngii
a
remo
50
el
melemalt
el
chad
el
ngar
er
se
el
beluu,
e
...
> If there are fifty innocent people in the city, then ...
A
rechad
er
a
Ngerechelong
a
sorir
a
beached.
> People from Ngerechelong (are so backward and isolated from the modern world that they) like (to collect) tin cans (out of curiosity).
Proverbs:
Kid
a
rechad
a
milechell
er
a
kosekodel.
> Narrow was our birth as humans.
The saying defines life as a confined, perilous journey, symbolized by the painful narrowness of the birth canal. Generally applied to the trials of life, or sometimes by a parent to a child that does not want to do his chores.
Choreor
ourois
a
rechad.
> The mountains of Koror are people.
Several interpretations are given for this idiom: (i) Koror doesn't have mountains as high as other districts to the north, but the people are as high (elite) as mountains. (2) Others lay claim to the height of the mountains near their village, in Koror the people make the villages great. (3) A group of warriors from a northern village set out to raid Koror, but, as they approached the islands on which the hamlets of Koror are situated, they saw mountain after mountain fading away into the distance; dispairing any success against such a great nation, the raiders turned home. Actually, the mountains that they saw rugged, raised limestone islands-are nearly uninhabited, with Koror's population concentrated on islands of clay and volcanic origin along the northern fringe of the group.
More Examples:
Ng
kmal
betok
a
dirir
a
rechad
er
a
kabelment
el
di
osisiu
a
urerir.
> Government has many redudant job titles with likely the same job duties.
A
rechad
er
a
mormon
a
ourrat.
> Mormons ride bicycles.
A
rechad
er
a
olai
me
a
temall
a
kdekudel.
> People associated with magic and voodoo are feared.
Ngar
er
ngii
a
rechad
el
di
meduch
el
mesaod
e
merekong.
> There are people who just know how to talk and thats about it.
A
resensei
er
a
skuul
a
dengmesall.
> Teachers need respect.

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