chedam, n.father (used as term of address).
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demakn.poss.1s
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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:
> Droteo informed me that his father had died.
> Father, let's go fishing.
> Droteo learned how to make canoes from his father.
> Droteo is following in his fathers footsteps (i.e., following his father's way of life).
> They will visit their sick fater.
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:
> My dad went trolling last night. Caught a barracuda.
> My father had always made ropes from coconut husks at the boating house with his friends.
> I get sad when I think of my mom and dad that are gone.
> This chelebucheb that I am wearing was for the marriage of Sue that my father received/earned.
> My dad taught me how to make thatch roofs.

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