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chedam

, n.

father (used as term of address).
chedam a sechal el oungalek; chedam a okedongel a ngalek el mo er demal.

demak

n.poss.1s

demam

n.poss.2s

demal

n.poss.3s

demal a chedam er ngii el ngalek; kldemaol; demal a sechelik.

demmam

n.poss.1pe

demad

n.poss.1pi

demmiu

n.poss.2p

demerir

n.poss.3p

chedang

father (term of address less formal than chedam).

ouchedam

ouchedam a omekedong er a demal; ngar ngii a demal.

delal a demak

expr.

my paternal grandmother.

demal a delak

expr.

my maternal grandfather.

demal a demak

expr.

my paternal grandfather.

See also:

Examples:

A beches el blimam a bilkedecherur er a demak.

> Our new house was built by my father.

A ngalek a lmangel er a demal.

> The child is crying for his father.

Kemiu e rengelekei a kmal chebuul e le ng mla mad a demmiu.

> You, children, are to be pitied because your father has died.

A demak a omekedechor er a beches el blimam.

> My father is building our new house.

Aike el omesubem er a demam el rokui a di mo delebesel.

> All those things you learned from your father won't work or won't be of any use.

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 mekngit a renguk se el bo kletkii a delak me a demak el dibus.

> I get sad when I think of my mom and dad that are gone.

Ng tela rekil a demam?

> How old is your father?

Ngka el temamungel a maml mekera domecholue er ngii e chedam?

> Father, how do we de scale this monstrous wrasse fish?

A demak a mle blechoel el omad a suld er a diangel ngii me a resechelil.

> My father had always made ropes from coconut husks at the boating house with his friends.

Chedam/chedil, ak ousbech a udoud el mo er a daingak.

> Father/mother, I need money to go to college/university.

duul

, n.poss.3s

mother (esp., when referring to matters of kinship).

duul a delak	expr.	my maternal grandmother.
duul a demak	expr.	my paternal gramdmother.

klalo

, n.

thing; product; something; anything.
klalo a rokui el usbechall, bail a klalo, tet a klalo, chutem, mesei, blai aklalo; ouklalo.

kloklek

n.poss.1s

kloklem

n.poss.2s

kloklel

n.poss.3s

kloklel a klalo er ngii.

kloklam

n.poss.1pe

klokled

n.poss.1pi

klokliu

n.poss.2p

kloklir

n.poss.3p

kloleklel

n.redup.poss.3s

mostly synonymous with kloklel except might signify that the object contains value especially of a sentimental nature.

diak el klalo

expr.

useless thing; coward.

klalo er a Siabal

expr.

Japanese product.

kloklek er a demak

expr.

things handed down for me by my father.

kloklel a bedengel

expr.

one's personal property.

Examples:

Ng mlo er a stoa el mo omechar a klalo.

> He went to the store to buy something.

A kloklek a klilia er a kmo ng ngarang a di kea kudengei.

> I put my things somewhere or into something or other, but I can't remember where.

Te medinges er a udoud me a klalo.

> They have plenty of money and possessions.

Ak mla tmuk a kloklel a kleblilliu er aike el beluu el dirk medechel me aike el beluu el mla mengai.

> 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.

More Examples:

Aika el klalo er tia el stoang a mechut.

> Things items in this store are old.

Ng klalo el lusbechall er a temel a cheliuaiu er a resechal me a redil el moktek er ngii a tomer a kldiull e merrob a rakt me ng diak lemoiuul er a delongelir.

> It's the object used when a man and a woman go to bed together whose purpose is to prevent pregnancy and to prevent the transmission of disease between them.

Motab a kloklem er a iasumba e mongellau.

> Put your things on the bench and rest yourself.

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