dui, n.title (for village chief or family head).
dui
a
kebekuul;
meluchel
a
dui,
lbedul
a
dial
a
merreder
er
a
Bitalianged,
Reklai
a
kuk
dial
a
oba
Bitalianged.
Deruchall.
diakn.poss.1s
diamn.poss.2s
dialn.poss.3s
dial
a
dui
el
ngii
a
oudui
er
ngii,
ng
kirel
el
tuchelii
a
dial.
dimamn.poss.1pe
diadn.poss.1pi
dimiun.poss.2p
dirirn.poss.3p
meluchel er a duiexpr.hold title.
Examples:
Ng
ko
er
a
diak
dekled.
> We have no direction or organization.
Ng
diak
kiit
el
mekodkau.
> I won't fail to kill you (one of these days).
Ng
diak
ksal
meduch
el
mesauch
a
buuch.
> I'm not very good at climbing betel nut trees/harvesting them.
Ng
soak
el
me
el
obengkek
ng
diak?
> Do you want to come with me or not?
Ng
diak
momelekl
er
a
di
osisiu
el
tekoi.
> Don't repeat the same thing.
Proverbs:
Ke
ko
er
a
otaor
el
di
omtitechakl
el
diak
a
blil.
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
Ke
di
lotkii
a
Chelechang,
e
diak
mletkii
a
Cherechar.
> You think only of Present, not of Future.
Chelechang (Present) and Chrechar (Future) were brothers. Present was the favorite of his mother. These are the words of Future reprimanding his mother. The idiom is used of those who inadequately plan for the future.
Ng
ko
er
a
Chelebesoi
er
a
Ngeriil
el
mad
er
a
diak
lebngel.
> 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.
Kmakm
mechab:
charm
er
a
chab
el
kmeed
er
a
ngau
e
diak
lemedul.
> 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.
Ng
ko
er
a
chelatngikl
el
diak
lebeldakl
oltellel
e
dingemuu.
> Like the honey bee, celebrating without first boiling down the coconut syrup.
Once coconut syrup, dripping from the cut flower stem, is collected it is thickened by boiling. The honeybee, however, collects his nectar, puts it in the hive without boiling it, then proceeds to fly around noisily as though celebrating the completed task. Hence, to talk or boast loudly about successes and accomplishments when one has none; to make plans but never carry them out; to celebrate without cause.
More Examples:
Diak
lungil
se
el
molim
a
rrom
e
momekall,
ng
mekull.
> Its not wise to drink alcohol and drive, its agaisnt the law.
Ng
mo
ngerang
a
loluchel
er
a
dui?
> So what if he holds a title?
Ng
klalo
el
lusbechall
er
a
temel
a
cheliuaiu
er
a
resechal
me
a
redil
el
moktek
er
ngii
a
tomer
a
kldiull
e
merrob
a
rakt
me
ng
diak
lemoiuul
er
a
delongelir.
> It's the object used when a man and a woman go to bed together whose purpose is to prevent pregnancy and to prevent the transmission of disease between them.
Sebechem
lousubes
er
ngak
adang
ng
diak?
> Would you forgive me please?
Ulang
a
mera
el
mekreos
a
kelel
iedel
el
chetil
el
merrous.
Ng
diak
el
dilechelid
el
lebo
el
meringel
a
delel.
> Ulang is hoarding her mango and doesn't want to share, hopefully she will get a bellyache.

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