mei
/me
, v.i.come; arrive.
mei
a
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mei
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mei
me
ka
bev.imp.
be
a
ta
er
a
a
el
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be
be
blev.s.hypo.
meracont.mei er a
merekung
/merkung
v.i.pred.is about to come or arrive.
mermang
/meremang
v.inch.
a
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a
el
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a
mlei
/mle
v.pastcame; arrived.
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mei
me
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mle
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mle
ng
mle
mleracont.mlei er a
be kbongexpr.goodbye; I'm leaving.
me e mong
/memong
expr.pass by; go on; "(in a direction) towards me and then keep going (past me)."
nguu el meiexpr.bring.
ta el buil er mla me e mongexpr.one month ago.
Examples:
> The water is really clear.
> He was in a faint or knocked out.
> The teacher reads, or the child reads the first paragraph again on his own.
> One hundred people voted.
> Wilbur's pen had a gate, so Wilbur could go outside.
Proverbs:
> Really a child of the back.
A child (sometimes an adult) that behaves well whether its parents are present or not; a child that is good when one's back is turned.
> He's like the sea urchins between Ngiwal and Melekeok, on the ocean floor with its cover.
The sea urchin can be seen lying quietly on the lagoon floor, occasionally with a leaf like a hat covering its head. Applied to a man who acquires a wife or great wealth without working for it.
> It's as if I've submerged my head into Mekaeb (the channel between Peleliu and Agaur).
A term to describe a dish that is really salty.
> 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.
> Like the duck of Ngechur, he became industrious after growing old.
The idiom is applied to a person who has more or less vegetated into maturity and old age and who, already far past his prime, suddenly tries without success to do all the things he might have done when younger. It may be used with reference to an elder who tries to be a dandy.
More Examples:
> It was very good with a lot of action.
> Your picture at the rock island, what are you sitting on? Is it bamboo raft or tin canoe?
> We didnt catch anything as the waves were really strong.
> I love you, my friend.
> My brother used to get the betelnuts. Now that he left, it's my duty.

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