mei
/me		, v.i.come; arrive.
mei
a
okedongel
a
chad;
mei
er
tiei,
mei
me
kulekoi,
ka
mei.
bev.imp.
be
a
ta
er
a
telengtengil
a
tekoi
el
mengai
er
a
tekoi
el
mei;
be
bong,
be
metengel.
blev.s.hypo.
meracont.mei er a
merekung
/merkung		v.i.pred.is about to come or arrive.
mermang
/meremang		v.inch.
meremang
a
merael
mei;
ngar
er
a
omerolel
el
mei;
dumiang
er
a
dmuil.
mlei
/mle		v.pastcame; arrived.
mlei
a
mla
mei
me
ngar
tiang;
skoki
a
mlei
er
a
tutau.

mle
a
melekoi
er
a
rrekui;
Bung
a
mle
tmuu;
ng
mle
mekerang?
mleracont.mlei er a
be kbongexpr.goodbye; I'm leaving.
me e mong
/memong		expr.pass by; go on; "(in a direction) towards me and then keep going (past me)."
nguu el meiexpr.bring.
ta el buil er mla me e mongexpr.one month ago.
Examples:
Ngara
me
ke
di
dechor
e
omengur?
> Why are you standing up while eating?
A
Elilai
me
a
Ltelatk
a
ngelekel
a
Bkau
me
a
Elibeob.
> Elilai and Ltelatk are Bkau and Elibeob's children.
A
siasing
a
mera
el
terrekakl
el
lluches.
> The picture is really sloppily drawn.
Ng
blechoel
el
me
melecheluches
a
medam
er
a
bdeluk.
> The image of your face is always appearing in my mind.
Te
mle
ungil
a
rengrir
er
a
chelsel
a
ta
el
sikang.
> They were happy in an hour.
Proverbs:
Ng
kora
bechars
er
a
Ngerdobotar,
el
di
kiei
me
ng
chelengang
> Like the cockroach of Ngerdobotar, staying on till it became white.
Presumably if a cockroach remains in the darkness for a long time, as one at Ngerdobotar (in Aimeliik) apparently did, it will turn white. Application pertains to a visitor who stays on and on, especially one who is not helpful in the household. Such behavior is not properly human; the person is somehow different, like a white cockroach.
Ngar
er
a
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimech means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its father.
Ke
ko
er
a
kuaol
el
sbungel
er
bab
me
iou.
> You're like a fish bait which can be eaten or pecked from the top and bottom.
You don't know what to do because chores keep coming in from left and right.
Kau,
ke
ngelekel
a
Redechor,
me
ke
di
dechor?
> Are you the son of Redechor
is that why you're standing around so much?
Ngak
a
ngit
me
kau
a
ngoi?
> I receive it and you ask for it?
A man asks for and receives that which he needs from a second party. A third party, learning of this, asks the first party for it. Used as implied or generally about any unreasonable request
More Examples:
Ng
ko
er
a
mererengang
tia
el
eanged
me
a
kuk
mocha
metetermokl
er
a
uldesuek
el
kirem.
> As the sky turns red I am perplexed about my thoughts for you.
A
chad
er
a
laibreri
a
oungerachel
aike
el
rokui
el
buk
me
a
babier
el
ngar
er
a
laibreri.
> A librarian's job is to take care of all the books and documents in the library.
A
rengalek
el
sechal
a
mle
mecheleoch.
> The boys were spoiled.
A
sau
a
klaibedechakl
er
a
delongelel
a
sechal
me
a
redil
el
olechotel
a
beltkil
a
rengrir.
> Consensual intercourse between a man and a woman to proclaim their affection for each other.
A
kot
er
eou
el
chellibel
a
lengar
ngii
a
remengkar,
oililaol,
me
a
bebil
er
a
redi
chad
er
a
urreor
me
a
NCO.
> The first floor contained a guard room, recreation room, hallway, workers room, and an NCO room.
sekkak, v.i., [From Japanese] go to special effort or trouble for; make a point of.
sekkak el meiyou went to all the trouble to come here
Examples:
A
Toki
a
kmal
sekkak
el
mengetmokl
er
a
blil
el
kirel
a
party,
e
dimlak
a
chad
el
mong.
> Toki made a special effort to fix up her place for a party, but not a single person came.
Ak
kmal
sekkak
el
me
el
melai
er
kau,
e
kau
a
chetim.
> I've gone to all this trouble to come and get you, and (now) you don't want (to go).

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