kukau, n.taro (tuber).
kukau
a
techel
a
dait;
kukungel.
kukungeln.poss.3s
kukungel
a
kukau
er
ngii;
klebngel.
Proverbs:
Ng
ua
kukau
el
omertort
a
ditel
e
chemoes.
> Like taro, though the leaves are tall, still immature.
Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is mature only when the leaves produced by the plant are small. When the plant produces its largest leaves the tuber in the ground is still quite small. The saying may be applied to a person who, while yet young and inexperienced, is proud and boastful.
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.
More Examples:
Ng
soak
el
menga
a
delul
el
chum
me
a
kukau.
> I would like to eat grilled ume and taro.
Ka
mdort
ailecha
el
kukau
ngkung
e
ke
ko
er
a
kmeed.
> Would you clean them taros as you are closer to them.
Aika
el
oruikl
el
chemadech
el
kukau
a
kirel
kdill
er
a
rengalek
el
sechal
mo
er
a
taoch
el
mo
doiderekl
er
a
bilas
el
mo
er
a
omerael.
> These uncooked baskets of taro had to be carried by the young men to the boat at the channel to go on the trip.
ongraol, n.starch; starchy food. [The possessed forms are sometimes avoided in polite conversation since they can also be used as swear words.].
ongraol
a
renguul
el
kall;
diokang
me
a
brak,
ongraol,
ongulel.
onguleln.poss.3s
ongulel
a
ongraol
er
ngii.
oungraolv.t.have or use or eat something as starchy food.
ongulek el kukauexpr.my taro (for eating).
See also:
MELIOKL
,
NGIKLEL
,
ULISALL
Examples:
A
ngiklel
a
ongraol
a
meringel
el
ureor.
> Cooking ongraol is hard work.
Ongulem!
> Darn you! (relatively mild insult).
Ke
imakl
a
ongraol,
odoim
a
kliou.
> Separate the starches, the meats, and the deserts.

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