diak, v.s.is/are not; does not exist; non-existent.
diak
a
bechachau;
diak
a
kall,
diak
a
udoud,
diak
a
chad
er
a
blai.
diadiakv.s.redup.
dikeang
/di kea
/di keang
/dikea		v.s.inch.no longer; no more; not... after all.
di
keang
a
mla
er
ngii
e
mla
mo
diak,
udoud
a
di
keang.
dimlakv.s.pastwere not; did not exist; was/were non-existent.
dimlak
a
di
mla
diak,
dimlak
le
medung
er
a
cheldecheduch,
dimlak
rengesii,
dimlak
lemei.
ng diakmod.no.
ngdiakcont.ng diak
diak a rengulexpr.inconsiderate; impolite.
mo diakexpr.run out; stop; disappear; become non-existent.
Examples:
Ng
diak
a
ngii
di
el
chad
el
me
er
tiang.
> No one is to come here./No trespassing.
Ng
di
Kot
el
Ngar
er
Bab
el
Dios
a
diak
lekiei
a
blai
el
rruul
er
a
rechad.
> But the Most High God does not live in houses built by human hands.
Ng
diak
a
kangke
er
ngak
er
tia
el
tekoi.
> I don't have anything to do with this.
Ng
diak
lemekesakl.
> Nothing will go wrong./Nothing will happen to it.
Ng
diak
kiit
el
mekodkau.
> I won't fail to kill you (one of these days).
Proverbs:
Ng
dimlak
longesimer
a
tekoi
el
chad.
> One for whom the door of words was not closed.
When the secrets of a clan or a profession were being taught by an expert, the house was completely closed and instruction took place in strict, whispered secrecy. the idiom may be applied to a person who, while having the proper status to be knowledgeable, has never learned in closed session; an important but uninformed person. Conversely, an expert or knowledgeable clan his torian is one who "has had the door closed" (mleng a simer).
Ke
ko
er
a
otaor
el
di
omtitechakl
el
diak
a
blil.
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
Ke
ko
er
a
bisech
er
a
bai
el
dechor
er
a
rebai
e
diak
dousbech
er
ngii.
> You're like the bisech plant in the backyard which has no purpose.
A person who isn't trusted so he/she is not needed.
Ng
ko
er
a
Chelebesoi
er
a
Ngeriil
el
mad
er
a
diak
lebngel.
> He's like Chelebesoi of Ngeriil, dead in a fishtrap not his own.
A man named Chelebesoi (also the name of a fish) was robbing another man's fish trap when a head-hunting party came by and removed his head. He lost both his head and his reputation. The idiom may apply to one who gets hurt while trying to do someone else's job.
Kmakm
mechab:
charm
er
a
chab
el
kmeed
er
a
ngau
e
diak
lemedul.
> Like the insects which stays at ashes of fire but doesn't burn.
You're near a situation which needs immediate attention but you don't lend a hand.
More Examples:
Tirka
el
ngelekek
a
kmal
diak
ledelodau
se
el
bebil
er
a
taem.
> My kids are so unruly sometimes.
Ng
diak
lsal
meringel.
> It's not very hard.
Ng
diak,
ng
diak
lungil.
> No, it's not correct.
Sebechem
lousubes
er
ngak
adang
ng
diak?
> Would you forgive me please?
Errang,
diak
el
ko
er
a
sebechem
remusech
a
belsiich
e
domengur?
> Honey, cant you pound some taro so we could eat?

Search for another word: