dui, n.title (for village chief or family head).
dui
a
kebekuul;
meluchel
a
dui,
lbedul
a
dial
a
merreder
er
a
Bitalianged,
Reklai
a
kuk
dial
a
oba
Bitalianged.
Deruchall.
diakn.poss.1s
diamn.poss.2s
dialn.poss.3s
dial
a
dui
el
ngii
a
oudui
er
ngii,
ng
kirel
el
tuchelii
a
dial.
dimamn.poss.1pe
diadn.poss.1pi
dimiun.poss.2p
dirirn.poss.3p
meluchel er a duiexpr.hold title.
Examples:
Ke
klsakl
me
ng
diak
momengur?
> Why aren't you eating?
Ng
kesib
a
rengrir
e
le
a
remeklou
el
chad
a
di
melekoi
e
ng
diak
el
loruul.
> They are angry because the adults are all talk and no action.
Ng
diak
lsubed
el
mongerodech
er
tiang.
> You're not allowed to make noise here.
Ng
diak
lobult
a
churak.
> I'm not changing my mind./I'm sticking to my decision.
A
Droteo
a
diak
lkangkeister
er
tia
el
tekoi.
> Droteo doesn't have anything to do with this matter.
Proverbs:
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
chelatngikl
el
diak
lebeldakl
oltellel
e
dingemuu.
> Like the honey bee, celebrating without first boiling down the coconut syrup.
Once coconut syrup, dripping from the cut flower stem, is collected it is thickened by boiling. The honeybee, however, collects his nectar, puts it in the hive without boiling it, then proceeds to fly around noisily as though celebrating the completed task. Hence, to talk or boast loudly about successes and accomplishments when one has none; to make plans but never carry them out; to celebrate without cause.
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.
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.
Ke
di
lotkii
a
Chelechang,
e
diak
mletkii
a
Cherechar.
> You think only of Present, not of Future.
Chelechang (Present) and Chrechar (Future) were brothers. Present was the favorite of his mother. These are the words of Future reprimanding his mother. The idiom is used of those who inadequately plan for the future.
More Examples:
Ng
diak
klsakl,
ak
di
mesaik.
> There's nothing wrong with me. I'm just lazy.
Ng
diak
lsal
soak
el
beluu
a
Arizona
e
le
ng
kmal
mekeald.
> I really don't like Arizona state because of the heat.
Ng
diak
ksal
songerenger.
> I'm not too hungry.
Aika
el
ulech
el
baeb
a
diak
lechars.
> The pipes connected are not leaking
Kmal
di
soad
a
mereched
e
beot
el
sisebel
a
udoud.
Ng
diak
domdasu
er
a
ngar
er
a
medad
el
taem.
> We like it quick and easy money making schemes without thinking for the future.

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