blai, n.house; household; family; members of family; enclosure; container.
blai
a
teleketek
e
cheldool
le
kiei
er
ngii
a
rechad;
blai
a
osechelel
a
delengchokl.
blikn.poss.1s
blimn.poss.2s
bliln.poss.3s
blil
a
blai
el
ngii
a
oublai
er
ngii.
blimamn.poss.1pe
blidn.poss.1piour (inclusive) house, household, etc.
blid
a
blai
el
kid
a
oublai
er
ngii.
blimiun.poss.2p
blirirn.poss.3p
babelblain.(a wealthy person's) house.
babelblai
a
blai
el
ilteet;
meteetel.
blil a berasexpr.sack/container for rice.
blil a cheluchexpr.any container for gasoline, cooking oil, etc..
blil a dangsexpr.dance hall.
blil a ngalexpr.termites' nest.
blil a ngikelexpr.aquarium.
chad er a blaiexpr.members of the family.
See also:
OUBLAI
Examples:
A
Cisco
me
a
lechub
a
Tony
a
me
er
a
blik.
> Either Cisco or Tony is coming to my house.
Ng
soam
el
mo
ousbech
er
a
kekerei
el
blai?
> Do you need to use the bathroom?
Se
el
blai
a
meteet
er
a
chemachel.
> That family is well-known to have resources in betel nut.
Tia
el
blil
a
Wilbur
a
mla
er
ngii
a
tungelel
me
ng
mle
sebechel
a
Wilbur
el
mo
tuobed.
> Wilbur's pen had a gate, so Wilbur could go outside.
Kom
ngmai
el
mo
er
a
blil
a
Oreng.
> You take them to Oreng's home.
Proverbs:
Kom
chameiu
el
blai.
> You're getting involved with someone too closely related.
Possibly derived from an incident in which a coconut syrup maker was incestuously involved with his wife's sister.
Ke
ko
er
a
otaor
el
di
omtitechakl
el
diak
a
blil.
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
Ng
ko
er
a
uul,
el
teleu
a
blil
e
oleker
er
a
chull.
> Like the uul [Cettria cantans?] with its house open, calling for rain.
The uul may be heard to call out usually just before it rains; some say that it is calling for rain. This seems foolish, since the bird constructs its house with an opening at the top that will let rain in. A person who makes a decision or starts some action without adequate preparation is likened to the uul.
More Examples:
Tia
el
blai
a
mle
command
center
er
a
resoldau
er
a
orretel
a
skoki
er
a
mekemad
lotirakl
er
a
zumeng
el
blo
lousbech
er
ngii
a
resoldau
er
a
Siabal
er
a
chelsel
a
Pacific.
> This was a command center for the Japanese airfield and follows a standardized design used at other Japanese bases in the Pacific.
Ng
keriik
er
a
blik.
> I have plenty (of them) at my house [like the tide fills the reef, the house is full].
Ngka
el
Ulang
a
mera
el
blil
a
terached!
> That Ulang has really been behaving shamefully.
E
se
el
okrokr
a
kbekbel
sei
al
ngar
er
ngii
a
mesil
er
a
dengua
me
a
delmerab
el
ngar
er
ngii
a
berotel
el
babier
me
a
mesil
er
a
dengki
me
a
blil
a
batteri.
> A thick-walled bunker section held a transmitting-material storeroom, a generator room, and storage battery room.
Mketmeklii
a
blai
> Clean the house.

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