kesai | , n. | insufficient quantity. kesai a sesei; mekesai; diak le betok, kesai el udoud. |
kesengil | n.poss.3s | at most; at least; a small quantity of something; a large quantity of something (said sarcastically or in astonishment). kesengil a klsai er ngii; kot er eou el ildois; ng soak a udoud el kesengil e ng $1,000.00. | ||||||||
kekesai | v.s.redup. | rather insufficient. kekesai a telkib el kesai; diak le betok; ngesonges. | ||||||||
kesai | v.s. | insufficient; not enough; few. | ||||||||
kesengei | v.s.inch. | becoming scarce, few or insufficient | ||||||||
mekesai | v.s.pl. | insufficient; not enough; few (when describing multiple objects, people, etc.). mekesai a kesai; sesei el kall, sesemuk el chemachel; mekesai el udoud. | ||||||||
kesai el malk | expr. | a bit of chicken. | ||||||||
me a kuk kesengil | expr. | so at least. | ||||||||
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telkib | , v.s. | a little; a bit; part of piece of. telkib a diak le klou; kekerei; telkib el kall. |
di telkib | expr. | only a little; just a bit. | ||||||||||
el telkib | expr. | for a while. | ||||||||||
telkib a bebetok | expr. | a shade too much. | ||||||||||
telkib el betok | expr. | a bit too much. | ||||||||||
telkib el kekesai | expr. | just barely not enough. | ||||||||||
telkib el kesai | expr. | not enough. | ||||||||||
telkib el taem | expr. | a short while; a short time. | ||||||||||
telkib er a Ngiual | expr. | part of the village of Ngiual. | ||||||||||
telkib er a kall | expr. | part of the food. | ||||||||||
telkib er a lius | expr. | small piece of coconut. | ||||||||||
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