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:
Ng
ua
ngara
a
kedel
a
blim?
> How close is your house?
Ng
soam
el
mo
ousbech
er
a
kekerei
el
blai?
> Do you need to use the bathroom?
A
blai
a
dirkak
lemeruul.
> The house is not built yet.
A
blil
a
Toki
me
a
blil
a
Satsko
a
milseseb.
> Toki's house and Satsko's house burned down.
A
blik
a
di
kea
lengar
er
sei.
> My house is no longer located here.
Proverbs:
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.
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.
More Examples:
Ngkang
techa
isei
el
mle
er
a
blai?
> Who was it that came to the house?
Ng
mla
er
ngii
tirrudii
a
mado
er
a
blimam.
> Someone broke in our window.
Tial
blai
a
mle
command
center
erar
soldau
era
orretel
a
skoki
ra
mekemad
lotirakl
era
zumeng
el
blol
lousbech
er
ngii
ar
soldau
era
Siabal
era
chelse
a
Pacific
> This was a command center for the Japanese airfield and follows a standardized design used at other Japanese bases in the Pacific.
Ak
meriik,
e
melemed,
e
meruul
a
kall,
e
mengetmokl
er
a
blai.
> I sweep and mop and make food and clean the house.
Ak
milruul
a
oeaol
er
blik.
Ak
milekrolii
el
mo
er
a
tank.
> I made rain gutters for my house. I ran it into a tank.

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