ngelekek | n.poss.1s | |
ngelekem | n.poss.2s | |
ngelekel | n.poss.3s | his/her its child or baby; relatively small size or quantity of.
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ngelekam | n.poss.1pe | |
ngeleked | n.poss.1pi | |
ngelekiu | n.poss.2p | |
ngelekir | n.poss.3p | |
klengalek | n. | childhood.
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ngalekdiul | n. | fatherless child.
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ngalekebai | n. | child born of woman serving as community house concubine. |
ngalekukeruu | n. | siblings who don't get along with each other.
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ngelekedbudel | n. | neglected child. |
ngelekei | n. | child (term of address to one's child). |
rengelekei | n. | term of address by parent to children. |
rungalek | n. | term of address by parent to child.
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ngalek el redil | expr. | daughter. |
ngalek el sechal | expr. | son. |
ngalek er ngak | expr. | my sweetheart. |
ngelekel a diil | expr. | snack, light meal. |
ngelekel a ngelekel | expr. | grandchild. |
ngelekel a ureor | expr. | small or insignificant task. |
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Examples: |
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> Droteo is guiding his child towards a good way of life. |
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> Her child got sick in Japan. |
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> My child is stuck in a precarious position in those trees. |
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> You have the right to discipline my child. |
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> Did you say he is going to kill the baby pig? |
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Proverbs: |
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> Are you the son of Redechor is that why you're standing around so much? |
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> 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. |
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> He ate his child. Reference is made again to a form of food-money cycle. When a man marries, his wife's younger brothers and sisters are "children" (ngelekel: his child). The husband and wife strive to engage them in from this particular food-money cycle: Father to daughter (wife's younger sister) -food Daughter to father-money Father to son (wife's younger brother)money Son to father-food and service. The saying may be applied to a man who marries or has sexual relations with his wife's sister, thus interrupting or jeopardizing this food-money cycle. With less strength, the sanction is applied to a man marrying any member of his wife's immediate clan (kebliil). |
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More Examples: |
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> I found a litter of wild piglets and I was able to catch two of them. |
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> All the kids belonged to the village. Everyone cared about each other. |
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> My son's wife may be pregnant. |
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> I went to McDonalds to buy my son his lunch. |
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> And you, is your child sick, too? |
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