chedam, n.father (used as term of address).
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chedangn.father (term of address less formal than chedam).
delal a demakexpr.my paternal grandmother.
demal a delakexpr.my maternal grandfather.
demal a demakexpr.my paternal grandfather.
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Examples:
> All those things you learned from your father won't work or won't be of any use.
> I am dependent on money from my father.
> The child is crying for his father.
> They left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed Jesus.
> Toki is fed up with her husband, so she's living at her father's place.
Proverbs:
> Like his father, for he ate his father's premasticated food.
Applied to a child by adoption, with the implication that the adopted child resembles his adoptive father
More Examples:
> I get sad when I think of my mom and dad that are gone.
> Sometimes, i really miss my father and mother.
> My father had always made ropes from coconut husks at the boating house with his friends.
> What's your father's name?
> Did you pay back your debt to your father, the money you borrowed last month?
chad, n.man; person; human being; living being; someone; somebody; anyone; anybody.
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chedamn.poss.2syour (singular) relative.
chedaln.poss.3shis or her person or relative.
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chedadn.poss.1piour (inclusive) relative.
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chadv.s.alive; living.
chedengangv.s.inch.becoming alive; reviving.
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chad er a daobexpr.person knowledgeable about the sea.
chad er a governmentexpr.government employee.
chad er a morosexpr.barbarian; cannibal.
chad er a rengexpr.considerate person.
chedal a chelidexpr.person having religion; believer.
chedal a ochilexpr.lap; upper thigh.
mo chadexpr.become alive; come to life.
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Examples:
> She's an amazing cook that she doesn't even need anyone to try the food she makes.
> Are you going to call anyone's cats?
> They are angry because the adults are all talk and no action.
> Our enemy, our persecutor, is this evil man Haman!
> It is better to be patient than powerful.
Proverbs:
> It's like taking a shower at Tellei's bath, when somebody takes a shower, you shiver from the cold.
Someone's actions makes you embarrassed.
> Don't be like the man from Ngerchemai who lost both the turtle and the canoe.
Don't bite off more than you can chew...don't be selfish.
> Like the man of Ngerechemai, who lost his turtle and lost his canoe.
Relates to a fisherman who jumped from his canoe to catch a turtle only to find that his canoe had drifted beyond recovery. Applies to any situation where a person fails at a task, or, aptly, to a situation where a man, through his own foolishness, loses both his wife and his mistress.
> It's like when the men of Ngesias clamored over what they had lost (after a party of raiders had attacked without warning and taken a head as a trophy).
The men of the Ngesias (Peleliu) village club were sitting near their clubhouse one evening when raiders broke through the brush, shouted wildly, and excaped with the head of one of them. When they recovered their senses, the men jumped to their spears and shouted threats into the darkness of the surrounding brush. Aroused by the commotion, the village chief appeared and ,when appraised of the situation, admonished them to be quiet since the fuss would gain nothing. "Don't cry over spilt milk."
> Put out your arm and a man's hand will reach back
The proper spirit of cooperation and mutual aid
More Examples:
> Men, young and old wore loin clothes.
> Where are you from?
> How are you related?
> What is the job of a janitor or custodian.
> Where are you from?

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