metang, v.s.(road) forked.
metang
a
metengal;
metengal
a
rael;
metang
el
kerrekar
a
ngar
er
ngii
a
metengal.
beritengetangv.s.redup.forked or branched in many places; (tree) having many branches.
beritengetang
a
betok
a
metengal;
beritngetang
el
kerrekar.
kautangv.recip.crossing each other to form an X.
melengetangv.s.redup.wandering around; having no fixed abode.
melengetang
a
merael
a
delengchokl;
mengesuch
a
blai.
beritengetang a churalexpr.have a forked tongue; say one thing on one occasion and something else the next.
See also:
METENGAL
Examples:
A
sechelim
a
ko
er
a
chural
a
nguis
(el
beritengetang
a
chural).
> Your friend speaks with a forked tongue.
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
nguis
el
beritengetang
a
chural
(or
Britengetang).
> Like the green tree snake with a forked tongue (or simply, "Forked").
One who reverses himself, has two tongues, or whose tongue is forked like a snake.

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