debar,
/uploads/pics/16110.jpg, n.		grey duck; any type of duck.
debar
a
charm
el
ko
er
a
malk
e
ng
di
klou.
debar er a meseiexpr.Australian grey duck.
Examples:
ng
milekoi
a
debar
el
kmal
mereched
a
ngerel.
> said the duck, who was quite a gossip.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
debar
er
a
Ngechur,
el
klungang
e
me
ngal
modekriker.
> Like the duck of Ngechur, he became industrious after growing old.
The idiom is applied to a person who has more or less vegetated into maturity and old age and who, already far past his prime, suddenly tries without success to do all the things he might have done when younger. It may be used with reference to an elder who tries to be a dandy.
Ngika
el
chad
a
ko
er
a
debar.
> That man is like a duck.
The native duck, debar, doesn't fly very well, or high like other birds, it doesn't walk or run like some animals, it can't sing well, and it doesn't swim as well as a fish. But it can do all these things. Applied to a person who seemingly can do many different things, none of them expertly. "Jack of all trades."
More Examples:
A
debar
a
mlo
chebecheb
e
odbechii
tia
el
ulebangel
er
ngais
el
mo
bedul
a
Templeton.
> The duck bent down and pushed the unhatched egg towards Templeton.
Ak
milsa
a
ngelekel
a
debar
er
a
omoachel.
> I saw a duckling at the river.

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