ngal,
/uploads/pics/5368.jpg, n.		termite.
ngal
a
mekekerei
el
charm
el
kiei
a
chelsel
a
kerrekar
el
menga
er
ngii;
ngal
a
mengut
a
blai,
kboub
a
klang
er
a
ngal;
ngeliil
el
kboub.
mesako el ngalexpr.(crowd look like) swarm of termites.
See also:
NGALIMESEI
,
NGELIIL
,
NGLANGL
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
debar
er
a
Ngechur,
el
klungang
e
me
ngal
modekriker.
> 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.
blai, n.house; household; family; members of family; enclosure; container.
blai
a
teleketek
e
cheldool
le
kiei
er
ngii
a
rechad;
blai
a
osechelel
a
delengchokl.
blikn.poss.1s
blimn.poss.2s
bliln.poss.3s
blil
a
blai
el
ngii
a
oublai
er
ngii.
blimamn.poss.1pe
blidn.poss.1piour (inclusive) house, household, etc.
blid
a
blai
el
kid
a
oublai
er
ngii.
blimiun.poss.2p
blirirn.poss.3p
babelblain.(a wealthy person's) house.
babelblai
a
blai
el
ilteet;
meteetel.
blil a berasexpr.sack/container for rice.
blil a cheluchexpr.any container for gasoline, cooking oil, etc..
blil a dangsexpr.dance hall.
blil a ngalexpr.termites' nest.
blil a ngikelexpr.aquarium.
chad er a blaiexpr.members of the family.
See also:
OUBLAI
Examples:
Kele
bo
er
a
katsudo
e
le
ke
mengkar
er
a
blai.
> Don't go to the movies because you're to watch the house.
A
demak
a
omekedechor
er
a
beches
el
blimam.
> My father is building our new house.
A
blai
a
dechor
el
chemau
a
ongos.
> The house stands facing east.
Ng
di
Kot
el
Ngar
er
Bab
el
Dios
a
diak
lekiei
a
blai
el
rruul
er
a
rechad.
> But the Most High God does not live in houses built by human hands.
A
beab
a
sebechel
kmerd
er
a
Ngcheangel
el
ngar
er
a
chelsel
a
blil
a
kall
el
ua
bek
el
beras.
> Rats can get to Kayangel in bags of food such as rice.
Proverbs:
Kom
chameiu
el
blai.
> You're getting involved with someone too closely related.
Possibly derived from an incident in which a coconut syrup maker was incestuously involved with his wife's sister.
Ke
ko
er
a
otaor
el
di
omtitechakl
el
diak
a
blil.
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
Ng
ko
er
a
uul,
el
teleu
a
blil
e
oleker
er
a
chull.
> Like the uul [Cettria cantans?] with its house open, calling for rain.
The uul may be heard to call out usually just before it rains; some say that it is calling for rain. This seems foolish, since the bird constructs its house with an opening at the top that will let rain in. A person who makes a decision or starts some action without adequate preparation is likened to the uul.
More Examples:
Ngar
er
ngii
a
klemechek
el
mo
er
a
rechad
er
a
blik.
> I have a message for my folks.
Ak
meriik,
e
melemed,
e
meruul
a
kall,
e
mengetmokl
er
a
blai.
> I sweep and mop and make food and clean the house.
Mngai
a
komi
el
locha
er
a
blil
a
komi.
> Put the trash in the trash can.
Ak
mlo
er
a
blil
a
sechelik
er
a
kesus.
Ng
milruul
er
a
belsilam.
> I went to my significant other's last night. He made dinner for us.
Ka
mesa
blim
me
a
delengcheklem
e
bochu
molemalt
er
a
rengelekir
a
rubliil.
> Look at where you came from let alone your household before you try to wise up a stranger.

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