me a, conj.and.
macont.me a
makcont.me ak
makicont.me aki
meconj.and.
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Examples:
> Wilbur's pen had a gate, so Wilbur could go outside.
> Why are you so skinny?
> Building in Ngerchemai burns down.
> I have assigned as the possession of your tribes the land of the nations that are still left, as well as of all the nations that I have already conquered.
> Toki's house and Satsko's house burned down.
Proverbs:
> I build it and you destroy it?
May be applied to a person who feels his aims or projects are being destroyed by the actions of another.
> Like the cockroach of Ngerdobotar, staying on till it became white.
Presumably if a cockroach remains in the darkness for a long time, as one at Ngerdobotar (in Aimeliik) apparently did, it will turn white. Application pertains to a visitor who stays on and on, especially one who is not helpful in the household. Such behavior is not properly human; the person is somehow different, like a white cockroach.
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
> When the purple swamp hen appears, it brings remembrance
There is a song (Oumachas) from which this saying derives: Once there was a young couple who made love in a secluded spot in the taro garden. While they were lying together a purple swamp hen darted out of the brush startling the couple. Eventually love cooled, but thereafter whenever the girl saw a purple swamp hen while she worked in the gardens, she recalled her lover. Hence any occurrence that brings back fond memories.
> Like Ngiramesemong, rehashing what has been finished.
Pertains to a person who repeatedly reminds another of past favors or continually recalls the mistakes of others. (My sources no longer recalled the episode or story from which this idiom derives.)
More Examples:
> She is very fond of you so it was the last betel nut and she gave it to you.
> My baby is teething and drooling so much that my shirt is now wet from the drool.
> Consensual intercourse between a man and a woman to proclaim their affection for each other.
> Can I give you my money for beer when you go to the store?
> I'm borrowing money not less than a thousand dollars.
omeng, v.t.put hand over (mouth; nose; etc.); put (mouth; face) against; put (mouth) on opening of bottle; stop up (bottle).
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mla
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mengii
/mengir
v.pf.3s
milengiiv.pf.3s.past
mengv.pf.3p.inan.
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milengv.pf.3p.inan.past
bengoelv.a.s.is to be covered with hand; is to be stopped up.
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bleng
/blengoel
v.r.s.covered with hand; stopped up.
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Examples:
> He's so busy playing around that his responsibilities are neglected.
> He's bought his car so he's bicycle is now left unused.
> The attorneys will attempt at a settlement to avoid trial.
> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on.
> Be careful so you do not break the cup.
Proverbs:
> With persistence the village of Ngersuul was maintained
When the men's clubs of Koror could not proceed as far as Melekeiok, a major village to the north that stood in political balance with Koror, the clubs would often stop over at Ngersuul and sack the small village. Yet the people of Ngersuul, over and over defeated, clung to their village and persisted through history. (Sometimes the village of Angaur is used, with a similar meaning, in place of Ngersuul.) The saying may be applied to the harried individual who is about to give up a task because of repeated failure.
> Destroying his money.
Marriage within the clan, generally considered incestuous, limits the value of the food-money exchange, since the materials simply change hands within the same clan group. A man so married is criticized as having destroyed his source of wealth.
More Examples:
> The wind got so strong that it broke down the chicken house / cage.
> I like this child because he's/she's very polite.
> Why are Ngerkumer's eyes blinking so much?
> I fell on the stone path and cracked my head.

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