dui, n.title (for village chief or family head).
dui
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diakn.poss.1s
diamn.poss.2s
dialn.poss.3s
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dimamn.poss.1pe
diadn.poss.1pi
dimiun.poss.2p
dirirn.poss.3p
meluchel er a duiexpr.hold title.
Examples:
> He's young and unexperienced (lit. his buttocks are covered with sores) and doesn't know anything.
> He's doing a very wrong thing./He doesn't know what he's doing. [strong insult]
> I have no means or way to do it.
> The meeting is lasting forever.
> Droteo hardly ever studies.
Proverbs:
> 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.
> Like the Bilimbi tree which, if not shaken, will not bear fruit.
Applied to a person who does not fulfill their obligations without constant prodding or nagging.
> 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.
> Like Beachedarsai's food, only a little but it does not disappear.
Beachedarsai and a friend, one day, went to heaven. On arrival they were very hungry, so they visited one of the gods who provided food for them. The "food" was one tiny piece of taro and a bit of fish. Beachedarsai thought to himself that this would hardly suffice, but he picked up the taro and ate it. As he did so another piece appeared on the plate. He ate the piece of fish and another piece of fish appeared. His friend also ate and on his plate as well a new piece of taro or fish appeared as each was consumed. When they were satisfied, there remained on their plates a piece of taro and fish. The idiom is applied to any small blessing, such as a small but steady income, or Western meals that, in contrast with the Palauan tray full of food, are served in small portions, and so on.
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
More Examples:
> No one likes me.
> Portions of this building can no longer be safely accessed, notably on the second floor.
> Any news?
> No. My child is sick
> You're like the jellyfish that do not have a destination.

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