chedam, n.father (used as term of address).
chedam
a
sechal
el
oungalek;
chedam
a
okedongel
a
ngalek
el
mo
er
demal.
demakn.poss.1s
demamn.poss.2s
demaln.poss.3s
demal
a
chedam
er
ngii
el
ngalek;
kldemaol;
demal
a
sechelik.
demmamn.poss.1pe
demadn.poss.1pi
demmiun.poss.2p
demerirn.poss.3p
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.
ouchedam
ouchedam
a
omekedong
er
a
demal;
ngar
ngii
a
demal.
See also:
KLAUCHEDAM
Examples:
A
Droteo
a
milsuub
el
meruul
a
mlai
er
a
demal.
> Droteo learned how to make canoes from his father.
Chedam,
mei
e
debo
er
a
chei.
> Father, let's go fishing.
A
Toki
a
metord
er
a
bechil
me
ng
kie
er
a
blil
a
demal.
> Toki is fed up with her husband, so she's living at her father's place.
Te
mirrael
el
oltirakl
er
a
Jesus
e
chilitii
a
demerir
er
a
Sebedeus
me
a
ruduudel
el
mesiou
er
a
bos.
> They left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed Jesus.
Te
mo
oldingel
er
a
demerir
el
smecher.
> They will visit their sick fater.
Proverbs:
Ng
mlenga
a
telochel
a
demal
me
ng
uai
ngii.
> 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:
A
demak
a
mle
blechoel
el
omad
a
suld
er
a
diangel
ngii
me
a
resechelil.
> My father had always made ropes from coconut husks at the boating house with his friends.
A
demal
a
bechik
a
mle
tansiobi
er
ngii
er
a
elii.
> My father-in-law had a birthday yesterday.
A
demak
dilu
(
say
)
ng
diak
>
Ng
mekngit
a
renguk
se
el
bo
kletkii
a
delak
me
a
demak
el
dibus.
> I get sad when I think of my mom and dad that are gone.
Ak
mera
el
mo
oureng
er
a
demak
me
a
delak
se
el
bebil
er
a
taem.
> Sometimes, i really miss my father and mother.

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