lius
,
/uploads/pics/5107.jpg, n.		coconut tree.
lius
meklou
el
kerrekar
el
ourodech;
lius
a
kall
e
ilumel
a
rdechel.
A
lius
a
dellomel;
ng
mo
metongakl
el
dellomel;
ng
ta
er
a
kmal
el
klou
a
belkul
el
dellomel;
ng
sebechel
el
kall
a
redechel
e
dirrek
el
ilumel.
A
chelechedal
me
a
llel
a
dirrek
el
sebechel
el
klalo.
lisekn.poss.1s
lisemn.poss.2s
liseln.poss.3s
lisel
a
lius
el
ngii.a
oulius.
lisamn.poss.1pe
lisedn.poss.1pi
lisiun.poss.2p
lisirn.poss.3p
Examples:
Ak
dengchokl
er
a
ulechal
a
lius.
> I'm sitting on a coconut frond.
Aki
omechucher
a
lisam
el
mo
lluich.
> We'll continue to collect more coconuts until we have twenty.
Ng
tela
a
iltekngel
a
lisem?
> How many coconuts do you have?
Ng
okesiaol
a
lisel.
> (lit., The coconut is to be matched.) A similar incident/accident is likely to happen soon.
Ng
tela
a
ocherengel
a
lius?
> How many coconuts are there?
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
beab
er
a
Ngerard,
el
kma
a
lisiu
me
a
lisam.
> It's like the rat of Ngerard, which eats up all your coconuts and (then) all of ours.
It's a decision, plan etc. that will backfire. A pet rat owned by Mad, chief of Ngaraard, ate the coconuts of most of the chief's neighbors, then, still hungry, ate the chief's own coconuts.
More Examples:
Aika
el
lisek
a
mera
el
ungil
a
dbechel.
> My ypung coconut trees are sprouting real good.
Mongiuetokl
er
a
techiir
lotobed
a
osechel
a
lius.
> Squeeze the wet cloth with grated coconut in it to squeeze out the coconut milk.
Akmekesengil
a
lius!
> That's a lot of coconuts.
Mkes
a
lius.
> Grate the coconuts.
Mnguu
a
techiir
e
mlecha
a
lius
er
ngii
> Put some crated coconut in the piece of cloth.

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