di, mod.only; just; any.
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el di mle ngiiexpr.all by himself; on his own.
ngii di lebongexpr.whatever it is; whatever there may be.
Examples:
> Why don't you sit down (lit., are you standing up because you don't have a bend in your legs)?
> I'm leaving, but I don't know if I really want to (lit., my heart keeps returning).
> Our consumption of electricity is increasing.
> The car door is open.
> What is it that makes you stay away from home so much?
Proverbs:
> Like coconut water, passing from darkness to darkness.
Water, drunk from a coconut, passes from the dark of the nut to the dark of the mouth. Some discussions, such as those of village leaders, are secretively passed from mouth to mouth without public discussion.
> Like the kingfisher, chattering while taking to wing.
The kingfisher, a restless, bullying bluebird, may be heard to chatter loudly when flying up from the ground or from a perch. The saying applies to one who suddenly spouts instructions to a group, then leaves, or to a leader at a meeting who impatiently interrupts a discussion with a burst of pronouncements, then ends the meeting.
> Even a small twig can bring the pot to boil.
From small contributions, great accomplishments; a lot of small twigs can make a hot fire; the virtue of cooperation.
> You're just like a cat washing yourself.
i.e., you have to do everything yourself because your relatives are neglecting their obligations to you.
> Like the mud fish of the Bngei lagoon, drawn to the passing wind
The reef fish mud seldom leaves a given rock or cleft in the reef, but according to this saying the mud of Bngei lagoon, near Airai, may be attracted away from their locus by the dust raised by a passing school of fish. The latter portion of this proverb is difficult to translate. The word melecheb may be applied to a person drawn forward by a current of water. Rrengor refers to a movement of air caused by one body passing another. The idiom is applied to a changeable person, a faddist, or a joiner
More Examples:
> Her mother is an idiot and she is just like her.
> You are like the clam of bengall, never moves an inch but always adored.
> The boy is hiding in his house because the police are looking for him.
> Kerai, very soon the police will catch you and tie you up!
> I only have pet cats.

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