betok, v.s.many; numerous; plenty; abundant.
betok
a
obdois;
betekngang,
betok
a
kall,
diak
le
kesai,
iltekngel
a
kall.
bebetokv.s.redup.just more than enough.
bebetok
a
telkib
el
betok.
beltokn.
beltok
a
betok;
beltok
er
a
kall
a
ungil.
betekngei
/betekngang		v.s.inch.accumulating; increasing in number.
betekngei
a
mla
mo
betok;
betekngang,
betekngei
a
udoud.
rebetokv.s.many (required before noun referring to human beings).
rebetok
a
betok,
rebetok
el
ngalek;
rebetok
el
chad.
toklechadslangmany people.
rebetok el chadexpr.many people.
rebetok el senseiexpr.many teachers.
See also:
OMEKBETOK
Synonyms:
MEDEEL
,
ULDIREKOREK
,
ULDOIS
Examples:
Aki
mle
chadecheduch
er
a
betok
el
mondai.
> We talked about lots of problems.
Ng
tiluchakl
er
a
rael
el
mo
omes
er
a
laion
el
lulekodir,
e
mlo
mechas
a
rengul
er
a
lebetik
a
betok
el
bee
el
ketitech
er
ngii.
> He left the road to look at the lion he had killed, and he was surprised to find a swarm of bees.
A
rengalek
a
mileche
a
betok
el
komi
er
a
sers.
> The children left lots of trash in the garden.
A
Satsko
a
ulumulak
er
a
Toki
el
kmo
a
John
a
ngar
er
ngii
a
betok
el
ududel.
> Satsko told Toki a lie (saying) that John has lots of money.
Ng
betok
chasebo
er
a
chiklek.
> I have quite a rash on my neck.
Proverbs:
Kom
ko
er
a
mekebud
el
betok
e
di
telechem.
> You're like sardines, very many but only enough for one wrapped piece of fish.
Fish are properly wrapped individually in a leaf for cooking, but sardines are so small that a bunch of them may be wrapped together to make up only one small bundle. The idiom may be applied to a numerous but weak enemy or to a clan that is large but ineffective as in raising money for its members, or for a large group of workers who do not accomplish very much.
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.
More Examples:
Te
kmal
betok
a
reungil
a
chiklir
el
ngalek
er
chelechang.
> There's a lot of good singers these days.
Kmal
betok
a
kitelel
er
a
bong
er
a
mesei.
> The pond at the taro swamp has a lot of water eels.
Ng
betok
a
cheldim
me
a
kuk
kesengil
e
beskak
a
chimo
el
keremlal.
> You caught a lot of fish so at least give me one red snapper.
Ng
kmo
ng
mla
mo
betok
el
lebong.
> He says he's been there several times.
Ng
kired
el
lmuut
el
mosiik
a
betok
el
idungel.
> We need to more fire wood.
re-
/r-		, prefixused to indicate a plurality of people.
re
a
melekoi
el
kirir
a
rebetok;
rechad,
rebuik,
rekebil,
rebeluu
a
kldibel.
rechadn.people.
rekebiln.pl.girls.
remo
/remong		n.pluralthose people going (somewhere).
resensein.teachers.
rebetok el chadexpr.many people.
See also:
RUA
Examples:
A
lsekum
te
ngar
er
ngii
a
remo
50
el
melemalt
el
chad
el
ngar
er
se
el
beluu,
e
...
> If there are fifty innocent people in the city, then ...
Ng
di
Kot
el
Ngar
er
Bab
el
Dios
a
diak
lekiei
a
blai
el
rruul
er
a
rechad.
> But the Most High God does not live in houses built by human hands.
A
rechad
ra
llach
a
mo
tames
el
mesmechokl
a
rokui
meng
diak
el
bo
ra
keras.
> The attorneys will attempt at a settlement to avoid trial.
A
rechad
er
a
Ngerechelong
a
sorir
a
beached.
> People from Ngerechelong (are so backward and isolated from the modern world that they) like (to collect) tin cans (out of curiosity).
Ng
di
soadel
er
a
rechad
el
outekoi
er
ngii.
> This is to be discussed only by those whose concern it is.
Proverbs:
Kid
a
rechad
a
milechell
er
a
kosekodel.
> Narrow was our birth as humans.
The saying defines life as a confined, perilous journey, symbolized by the painful narrowness of the birth canal. Generally applied to the trials of life, or sometimes by a parent to a child that does not want to do his chores.
Choreor
ourois
a
rechad.
> The mountains of Koror are people.
Several interpretations are given for this idiom: (i) Koror doesn't have mountains as high as other districts to the north, but the people are as high (elite) as mountains. (2) Others lay claim to the height of the mountains near their village, in Koror the people make the villages great. (3) A group of warriors from a northern village set out to raid Koror, but, as they approached the islands on which the hamlets of Koror are situated, they saw mountain after mountain fading away into the distance; dispairing any success against such a great nation, the raiders turned home. Actually, the mountains that they saw rugged, raised limestone islands-are nearly uninhabited, with Koror's population concentrated on islands of clay and volcanic origin along the northern fringe of the group.
More Examples:
Ng
diak
lsal
medengei
el
kmo
ngii
er
ngii
el
mekedidai
el
rullii
a
Francy
er
kemam
a
klalo
er
ngii
el
merael
ma'a
ngau
rullii
el
ngii
a
rechad
el
tutau
er
a
ringngo,
ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
rechad
el
tutau
er
ngii.
> English
Aki
mlo
er
a
chelbacheb
ngak
me
a
rechad
er
a
blil
a
bechik.
> We went to the rock island with my wife's family.
A
dillir
a
rechad
er
a
Sina
a
ko
el
mirrael
er
tia
el
mlo
merek
el
buil.
> The Chinese ship finally sailed out last month.
Ildisir
a
rechad
el
meruul
a
kall
er
tia
el
skuul.
> Number of cooks at this school
Ak
omdasu
e
a
rechad
er
a
Irrai
a
bai
ungil
el
meruul
a
omelai
el
oleng
er
a
ngii
di
el
chad
el
mo
er
a
skozio.
> I think people in Airai should make toll booths at the airport and collect fees.

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