blai, n.house; household; family; members of family; enclosure; container.
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blidn.poss.1piour (inclusive) house, household, etc.
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babelblain.(a wealthy person's) house.
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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:
Examples:
> I came to your house, but you were out.
> Rats can get to Kayangel by hiding in construction materials.
> Toki's house and Satsko's house burned down.
> Somebody has burned the building down.
> Go home and sleep.
Proverbs:
> 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.
> 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.
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
More Examples:
> I'm going to the house.
> I'm so worried about these big trees by the house if they would break and crush us.
> No matter where we go, we never stop thinking of our families.
> I have plenty (of them) at my house [like the tide fills the reef, the house is full].
> Lurvey bent down and removed Wilbur's medal from his neck and hung it from a nail at the top of Wilbur's pen.

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