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kesuk

,

croton tree.
kesuk a ta er a bedengel a bedengel a kerrekar el kakerous a bedengel. A kesuk a dellomel; ng mekekerei el diak el sal el mo meklou el kerrekar. Ng di ua a meklungel a sis. Ng diak el kall e ng di sebechel el besiich. Ng dirrek el sebechel el kar.

Examples:

Ngara ke di melekoi kesuk er ngii?

> What are you talking to yourself about?

Proverbs:

Ke mnga llel a kesuk.

> It's like eating the leaves of the kesuk plant...nonsense.

You're a grown-up who keeps talking nonsense...stupid things.

melekoi

, v.t.

speak; talk.
melekoi a mengedecheduch; dmu a tekoi el meldung.

tokingii

v.pf.3s

talk to someone for purpose of discipline or persuasion.
tokingii a melekoi er ngii; tokingii tiei me tiei; smodii tiei me tiei; soal el melekoi.

tokingiterir

v.pf.3p.human

talk to people for purpose of discipline or persuasion.

melekingang

v.t.inch.

is starting to talk.
melekingang a mocha melekoi; smecher a melekingang.

melekingung

v.t.pred.

is about to talk.
melekingung a mochu melekoi.

melekoi

v.i.

make a sound; sound or ring out.

metekoi

v.erg.

tekiungel
/tekingall

v.a.s.

needs to be talked to; (person) is being talked about (because of bad behavior, etc.).
tekiungel a kirel el mo er ngii a tekoi; soadel er a beluu, tekiungel er a beluu er a omengubs.el sers.

melekoi a rengul

expr.

determined; well-motivated; make rasping or humming sound in the lungs; make humming moise while sleeping; (cat) purr.

melekoi kesuk

expr.

talk to oneself about (something).

See also: , , , , ,

Synonyms: , , ,

Examples:

Ng sesebechek el melekoi a tekoi er a Siabal.

> I can sort of speak Japanese.

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.

Ngara ke di melekoi kesuk er ngii?

> What are you talking to yourself about?

A Toki a mla mo tekiungel er a beluu.

> Toki's gotten quite a reputation in the village.

Ng di kea ak tekingii a ngelekek.

> I'm no longer able to discipline my child by talking to him.

Proverbs:

Ng ko er a tengadidik el di melekoi el suebek.

> Like the kingfisher, chattering while taking to wing.

The kingfisher, a restless, bullying bluebird, may be heard to chatter loudly when flying up from the ground or from a perch. The saying applies to one who suddenly spouts instructions to a group, then leaves, or to a leader at a meeting who impatiently interrupts a discussion with a burst of pronouncements, then ends the meeting.

More Examples:

Bo mokokau el melekoi.

> Please speak slowly.

Ka mluut el melekoi er a osisiu el tekoi?

> Can you repeat what you just said?

A Ulang a tekiungel er a remerael er a aika el blekerdelel.

> Ulang is being slandered (by people walking around) because of her bad behavior.

mengang

, v.t.

eat.
mengang a omengur; kolii a kliou; kmang.

koliang

v.pf.inch.

beginning to eat up.

kolii

v.pf.3s

kolii a mengang er ngii; mla kolii a kall el rokir.

killii

v.pf.3s.past

kmang

v.pf.3p.inan.

kmang a mla mekang; klang me ng diak, kolii a odoim, kelel.

kilang

v.pf.3p.inan.past

kekang

v.recip.

eat (each other's food); eat (food) together.
kekang a di du el mengang; kebengur, kolii a kelel, kma a odoim el rokui.

klang

v.r.s.

eaten.
klang a mla mekang; odoim a klang, kmang, kolii el rokir.

mekang

v.erg.

get eaten.
mekang a klang; kolii, mla kma a kall el rokui; mengang, kelel.

mekelang

v.erg.inch.

beginning to get eaten.

mengelkang

v.t.redup.

keep eating.
mengelkang a telkib e mekudem el mengang; melelemtam, kolii, kmang.

menga a kesuk

expr.

young; inexperienced (i.e.; eat inedible leaves as children do).

menga a llel a kesuk

expr.

young; unexperienced.

menga a ulkel

expr.

eat a lot without showing an expanded belly.

See also: , , , ,

Examples:

Ak mo kmang aike el tuu me se el ringngo.

> I am going to eat up those bananas and that apple.

A bersoech a chilebeldkak me ak killii.

> The snake tricked me into eating it.

Ak mo kolii se el ringngo me aike el tuu.

> I am going to eat up that apple and those bananas.

Ng mo kolii a bobai.

> He is going to eat up a particular papaya/some papaya/the papaya.

Ng mo kmang a bobai.

> He is going to eat up some/the papayas.

Proverbs:

Ng ko er a mengang er a beritengetang el kukau.

> Like eating a forked taro corm.

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) generally grows like a single fat carrot. Some corms, however, develop one or more points or forks. The image conveyed by this idiom is that of a man beset by many tasks, trying to decide among them.

Ng ko er a killii a derudm el medel a betok el tekoi.

> Like one who has eaten the thorny puffer fish, full of many things.

The thorny puffer fish is sometimes gulped by the wide-mouthed grouper fish. The puffer, expanding and extending its thorns in the grouper's mouth, renders the latter rather "full of things" and completely helpless. Groupers in this predicament are occasionally caught by fishermen. The idiom is applied to anyone who faces more problems, more work, or more sweethearts than he can cope with.

Ng kora omengelel a Laib, el mengang e melakl

> Eating like laib-while eating, burying.

The laib, a bird with a long, white tail, according to lore eats ripe fruit in season, as other birds do, but also gathers scraps dropped by other birds and buries them. When other birds are hungry, the laib will dig up the scraps and eat them. Hence, one should plan ahead for lean times.

Ng ko er a rrull el di mededeod el mengang el merael.

> Like a ray-fish, eating while walking.

The ray-fish does not stop swimming while chewing food it has gathered while weaving along the ocean floor. The saying may be applied to any rude behavior or particularly to the act of walking and eating, which is considered impolite. It can also be applied to a person who is trying to hurry through a job without giving it careful attention.

mesuk

, v.t.

put (something) into; pack; stuff (food; etc.) into mouth; etc.

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