kom
/ko
, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
ko
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mla
Examples:
> You take a shower really fast.
> Including yourself how many people live in your household?
> It smells just like a flower.
> I'm kind of sick.
> We are completely uninformed because we don't know any information (about that).
Proverbs:
> 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.
> You're like a stinkbug that burns itself in the fire.
i.e., you get involved in things that may hurt you.
> Like a fish in deep, clear water, eaten only with the eyes.
Fish are not easily caught in clear water. The idiom applies to that which may be admired but not obtained, like an expensive item or another man's beautiful sweetheart.
> It's like taking a shower at Tellei's bath, when somebody takes a shower, you shiver from the cold.
Someone's actions makes you embarrassed.
> Those of high family are like the seed pod of the bngaol tree, which falls with its leafy cap upright.
The bngaol, a mangrove tree, bears a long pod which is sharply pointed on one end and has a leafy "cap" on the other. When it falls from the tree it generally lands standing in the mud with "cap" end up. Hence, the quality of being socially elite (meteet) is gained naturally at birth. One is born in good standing with a cap or insignia of high rank. It follows, then, that the elite need not display their high standing, everyone knows they are elite when they are born (and there is no other way to become elite). Going a step further, the elite may display proper humility and refer to a group including themselves as kid a remechebuul (we commoners).
More Examples:
> We can say they're like sardines without heads in a can.
> May I be excused and go to bed, feeling a bit sleepy.
> Why are you going swimming when the weather is very bad?
> Unruly kids that have twisted the pigeon's neck so it died.
> Do as you say, so everyone can see you are smart as you talk.

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