chemang,
/uploads/pics/3772.jpg, n.		large sea or mangrove crab; Samoan crab.
chemang
a
meklou
el
charm
el
odoim
el
ua
teletelel
a
rekung.
bekechemangv.s.smell of crabs (after cooking or eating crabs).
mengemangv.i.collect large sea crab.
mengemang
a
melai
a
chemang.
redil el chemangexpr.female crab.
sechal el chemangexpr.male crab.
Examples:
Ak
mla
menga
a
diokang
me
a
ngikel
me
a
chemang.
> I've eaten tapioca, fish and crab.
Proverbs:
Chemang.
> Mangrove crab.
The people of Ngatpang, where the food crab is abundant in the mangrove swamps.
More Examples:
Ng
milruul
a
chemang
me
a
cherchur.
> He cooked crab and shrimps.
Ngak
me
a
ius
a
mlo
kaiberober
er
ngka
el
chemang
er
a
taoch.
> The crocodile and I had a snatching match for the crab in the channel.
Ak
mo
mengemang.
> I'm going mangrove crab hunting.
Aleko
ng
mlo
mengemang
er
a
tutau.
> He went crabbing this morning.
bub,
/uploads/pics/3372.jpg, n.		trap (usually for fish).
bub
a
klekedall
er
a
omenged;
omub
a
ngikel,
chemang;
bub
a
mengesimer
a
ngikel
me
a
chemang,
omub,
bngel,.
bub el dechexpr.fishtrap with narrow opening designed especially to catch dech (=goatfish).
bub er a chemangexpr.crab trap.
ngikel el bubexpr.fish caught with a trap.
See also:
OMUB
Synonyms:
CHEBINGEL
,
CHEBSADEL
,
CHELEBITEL

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