mad, v.i.die; (electricity, etc.) go out; go numb.
mad
a
mo
diak
a
telil;
kodall,
medei,
mla
mad,
diak
el
outeliil,
kodellel.
medeiv.inch.is starting to die or go out.
medei
a
mla
mad,
mla
mo
smecher.
medkungv.pred.is about to die or go out.
medkung
a
kmeed
el
mad;
mochu
er
a
kodall;
kmal
smecher.
mad er a kallexpr.die of hunger.
mlad er a rromexpr.drunk.
See also:
MADELCHAD
Examples:
A
Droteo
a
mlad
er
a
rrom.
> Droteo got so drunk (that he didn't know what he was doing, etc.).
A
ngalek
a
ulutingaol
er
a
Toki
el
kmo
a
sechelil
a
Toki
mla
mad.
> The child lied to Toki (saying) that her friend had died.
Lak
lesebek
a
rengum
e
ng
kmal
diak
a
rolem
e
bo
mad.
> Don't worry; there's really no way you're going to die.
A
Droteo
a
silebedak
el
kmo
a
demal
a
mla
mad.
> Droteo informed me that his father had died.
Ng
mede
a
ngau.
> The fire is (just) dying out.
Proverbs:
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.
More Examples:
Ngka
el
rubak
a
di
mle
siesorech
e
mad.
> This old man stayed stiff and contorted as he died.
Kom
kmal
mera
el
dengerodek
el
ngalek
el
mla
chidir
a
chiklel
a
belochel
me
ng
medei.
> Unruly kids that have twisted the pigeon's neck so it died.
Ak
ulureor
er
a
kesus
e
ng
mad
a
dengki.
> I was working last night when the power went out.
Achedil!
Mla
mad
a
dengki!
> Oh no! Electricity went out!
Ng
mla
er
ngii
a
chermek
el
bilis
e
ng
di
mla
mad.
> I had a pet dog but he died.

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