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
silebedak
el
kmo
a
demal
a
mla
mad.
> Droteo informed me that his father had died.
Chedam,
mei
e
debo
er
a
chei.
> Father, let's go fishing.
A
Droteo
a
milsuub
el
meruul
a
mlai
er
a
demal.
> Droteo learned how to make canoes from his father.
A
Droteo
a
di
omdid
a
ultil
a
ochil
a
demal.
> Droteo is following in his fathers footsteps (i.e., following his father's way of life).
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
mlo
mengetakl
er
a
kesus.
Chilteklii
a
ai.
> My dad went trolling last night. Caught a barracuda.
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.
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.
Tia
el
chelebucheb
el
kuucholbiungel
er
ngii
a
mle
chelbechielel
a
Sue
el
demak
a
silkur.
> This chelebucheb that I am wearing was for the marriage of Sue that my father received/earned.
A
demak
a
ulisechakl
er
ngak
el
mengaus
a
toechel
el
mo
chado.
> My dad taught me how to make thatch roofs.

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