mengur, v.s.(fruit) not yet ripe; (pregnant womand) not yet at full-term.
mengur
a
diak
le
meduch;
mengul
el
tuu,
bobai;
mengur
a
dioll;
dirkak
le
kirel
el
mechell;
kesai
a
bilel.
mengurn.coconut at middle stage (between Ngebekebokel and Odimalmekebud) when juice is best for drinking and meat is soft enough to be easily removed with finger.
mengur
a
rdechel
a
lius
el
ilumel.
Examples:
Ng
ko
er
a
osechel
a
mengur
el
di
ngar
er
a
milkolk
el
mo
er
a
milkolk.
> It's like coconut juice that goes from the dark (of the inside of coconut) to the dark (of the inside of the drinker's mouth). - i.e. It's a matter kept secret or something whose source and use are unknown.
Proverbs:
Ng
kora
osechel
a
mengur,
el
di
ngar
er
a
milkolk
el
mo
er
a
milkolk.
> Like coconut water, passing from darkness to darkness.
Water, drunk from a coconut, passes from the dark of the nut to the dark of the mouth. Some discussions, such as those of village leaders, are secretively passed from mouth to mouth without public discussion.
uasech, n.aged juice or gravy (from food). Other fluids. Broth.
uasech
a
osechel
a
kall;
uasech
er
a
ngikel,
osechel
a
odoim,
osechel
a
klengoes
el
babii;
urrekerk
el
uasech.
osechekn.poss.1s
osechemn.poss.2s
osecheln.poss.3s
osechel
a
uasech
er
ngii.
osechamn.poss.1pe
osechedn.poss.1pi
osechiun.poss.2p
osechirn.poss.3p
osechel a kleuexpr.coconut juice when coconut is kleu.
osechel a liusexpr.coconut juice.
osechel a mengurexpr.coconut juice when coconut is mengur.
osechel a ngebekebokelexpr.coconut juice when coconut is ngebekebokel.
See also:
MOSOASECH
,
OMEKUASECH
Examples:
Ng
ko
er
a
osechel
a
mengur
el
di
ngar
er
a
milkolk
el
mo
er
a
milkolk.
> It's like coconut juice that goes from the dark (of the inside of coconut) to the dark (of the inside of the drinker's mouth). - i.e. It's a matter kept secret or something whose source and use are unknown.
Proverbs:
Ng
kora
osechel
a
mengur,
el
di
ngar
er
a
milkolk
el
mo
er
a
milkolk.
> Like coconut water, passing from darkness to darkness.
Water, drunk from a coconut, passes from the dark of the nut to the dark of the mouth. Some discussions, such as those of village leaders, are secretively passed from mouth to mouth without public discussion.
More Examples:
Kede
ousbech
a
oliich
el
melim
a
uasech.
> We use spoons to each soup.
Mongiuetokl
er
a
techiir
lotobed
a
osechel
a
lius.
> Squeeze the wet cloth with grated coconut in it to squeeze out the coconut milk.
Kede
ousbech
a
ongisb
er
a
uasech
el
mengisb
a
uasech.
> We use ladles for ladling soup.

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