chedam, n.father (used as term of address).
chedam
a
sechal
el
oungalek;
chedam
a
okedongel
a
ngalek
el
mo
er
demal.
demakn.poss.1s
demamn.poss.2s
demaln.poss.3s
demal
a
chedam
er
ngii
el
ngalek;
kldemaol;
demal
a
sechelik.
demmamn.poss.1pe
demadn.poss.1pi
demmiun.poss.2p
demerirn.poss.3p
chedangn.father (term of address less formal than chedam).
delal a demakexpr.my paternal grandmother.
demal a delakexpr.my maternal grandfather.
demal a demakexpr.my paternal grandfather.
ouchedam
ouchedam
a
omekedong
er
a
demal;
ngar
ngii
a
demal.
See also:
KLAUCHEDAM
Examples:
A
Droteo
a
silebedak
el
kmo
a
demal
a
mla
mad.
> Droteo informed me that his father had died.
Kemiu
e
rengelekei
a
kmal
chebuul
e
le
ng
mla
mad
a
demmiu.
> You, children, are to be pitied because your father has died.
Te
mo
oldingel
er
a
demerir
el
smecher.
> They will visit their sick fater.
Chedam,
mei
e
debo
er
a
chei.
> Father, let's go fishing.
A
ngalek
a
lmangel
er
a
demal.
> The child is crying for his father.
Proverbs:
Ng
mlenga
a
telochel
a
demal
me
ng
uai
ngii.
> Like his father, for he ate his father's premasticated food.
Applied to a child by adoption, with the implication that the adopted child resembles his adoptive father
More Examples:
Ng
techa
ngklel
a
demam?
> What's your father's name?
A
demak
a
ulisechakl
er
ngak
el
mengaus
a
toechel
el
mo
chado.
> My dad taught me how to make thatch roofs.
Ng
diak
kblekall
er
a
mekngit
el
reng;
ak
bai
mengull
er
a
Demak,
e
kemiu
a
imings
a
medemiu
er
ngak.
> I am not possessed by a devil; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
Ngka
el
temamungel
a
maml
mekera
domecholue
er
ngii
e
chedam?
> Father, how do we de scale this monstrous wrasse fish?
A
demak
a
mlo
mengetakl
er
a
kesus.
Chilteklii
a
ai.
> My dad went trolling last night. Caught a barracuda.

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