mad, v.i.die; (electricity, etc.) go out; go numb.
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medeiv.inch.is starting to die or go out.
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medkungv.pred.is about to die or go out.
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mad er a kallexpr.die of hunger.
mlad er a rromexpr.drunk.
See also:
Examples:
> Don't worry; there's really no way you're going to die.
> The fire is (just) dying out.
> The child lied to Toki (saying) that her friend had died.
> Droteo informed me that his father had died.
> You, children, are to be pitied because your father has died.
Proverbs:
> 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.
More Examples:
> Unruly kids that have twisted the pigeon's neck so it died.
> I had a pet dog but he died.
> I was working last night when the power went out.
> Oh no! Electricity went out!
> This old man stayed stiff and contorted as he died.

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