dui, n.title (for village chief or family head).
dui
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er
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kuk
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oba
diakn.poss.1s
diamn.poss.2s
dialn.poss.3s
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dui
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dimamn.poss.1pe
diadn.poss.1pi
dimiun.poss.2p
dirirn.poss.3p
meluchel er a duiexpr.hold title.
Examples:
> You really don't obey your elders.
> You won't get anywhere (lit., you'll become (as thin as) a stick and (still) not succeed).
> Droteo arrived yesterday, didn't he?
> He's doing a very wrong thing./He doesn't know what he's doing. [strong insult]
> I will make the towns of Judah like a desert where no one lives.
Proverbs:
> Like the insects which stays at ashes of fire but doesn't burn.
You're near a situation which needs immediate attention but you don't lend a hand.
> Our nose is close (to the mouth), but cannot be licked.
i.e. we shouldn't be too sure of, or overconfident in, ourselves. The nose is very close to the mouth, but, no matter how reassuringly available, it cannot be licked by the tongue. The idiom cautions those who are careless with their possessions to be less assured about wealth.
> You're like the bisech plant in the backyard which has no purpose.
A person who isn't trusted so he/she is not needed.
> He's like Chelebesoi of Ngeriil, dead in a fishtrap not his own.
A man named Chelebesoi (also the name of a fish) was robbing another man's fish trap when a head-hunting party came by and removed his head. He lost both his head and his reputation. The idiom may apply to one who gets hurt while trying to do someone else's job.
> An ukall tree won't become a titimel tree.
i.e., a child will resemble its father; human nature will not change. The ukall, a lumber tree, resembles the titimel, a fruit bearing tree, at least to the extent that both are trees and become quite large. Both have assets but are quite different. The idiom is applied in the sense that a child resembles its father and will become what its father was. It may also be used to mean "human nature can't be changed."
More Examples:
> Why dont you make us some tea?
> I kinda dont like women with tattoos.
> Dont mess with the spotted eagle ray when you go fishing as they are sacred.
> No, I can't help you.
> What can you do in your household that would help relieve your stress?

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