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:
Bo
er
a
blim
me
bo
bad.
> Go home and sleep.
A
Toki
me
a
Droteo
a
kakeakl
a
blirir.
> Toki and Droteo each have separate house.
Ng
soam
el
mo
ousbech
er
a
kekerei
el
blai?
> Do you need to use the bathroom?
Me
ng
mla
er
a
blil
a
ongdibel
el
mesaod
a
tekoi
e
melasem
el
meledaes
a
rengrir
a
rechad
er
a
Judea
me
a
rechad
er
a
Gris.
> He held discussions in the synagogue, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks.
Se
er
a
kbo
er
a
Guam,
e
ak
kilie
er
a
blil
a
Toki.
> When I went to Guam, I lived at Toki's place.
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:
Ngar
er
ngii
a
klemechek
el
mo
er
a
rechad
er
a
blik.
> I have a message for my folks.
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.
E
kau,
te
tela
a
rechad
er
a
blim?
> And you, how many people are in your family?
Ngkang
techa
isei
el
mle
er
a
blai?
> Who was it that came to the house?
Ak
mlo
er
a
blil
a
sechelik
er
a
kesus.
Ng
milruul
er
a
belsilam.
> I went to my significant other's last night. He made dinner for us.

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