| ngar | , v.s. | be (located); exist; be alive. |
| ngar ngii | cont. | ngar er ngii | ||||||||||
| ngarker | cont. | ngar ker | ||||||||||
| ngar er a bab a rengul | expr. | conceited; disrespectful; proud; arrogant; haughty; snobbish. | ||||||||||
| ngar er a bab el chad | expr. | one's superior; wealthy/well-to-do person. | ||||||||||
| ngar er a eou a rengul | expr. | (person is) humble/respectful. | ||||||||||
| ngar er ngii | expr. | there is. | ||||||||||
| ngar ker | expr. | where is it. | ||||||||||
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| bedengel | , n.poss.3s | body; corpse; skin; color; type; kind; appearance; physique. |
| bedengek | n.poss.1s | |||||||||||
| bedengem | n.poss.2s | |||||||||||
| bedengam | n.poss.1pe | |||||||||||
| bedenged | n.poss.1pi | |||||||||||
| bedengiu | n.poss.2p | |||||||||||
| bedengir | n.poss.3p | |||||||||||
| bedengel a chab | expr. | gray. | ||||||||||
| bedengel a chudel | expr. | green. | ||||||||||
| bedengel a chutem | expr. | brown. | ||||||||||
| bedengel a daob | expr. | deep blue. | ||||||||||
| bedengel a eanged | expr. | sky blue. | ||||||||||
| ngar er ngii er a bedengel a kmo | expr. | have a premonition that; have a gut feeling that; feel in one's bones that. | ||||||||||
| olab bedengel | expr. | well-built; able-bodied; ready and able. | ||||||||||
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| chei | , n. | ocean; sea; place for fishing. |
| bad el chei | expr. | porous stone in sea. | ||||||||||
| chad er a chei | expr. | fisherman. | ||||||||||
| ched el chei | expr. | (normal) low tide. | ||||||||||
| dmolech a chei | expr. | high tide. | ||||||||||
| kekere a chei | expr. | tide is low (but not as low as normal). | ||||||||||
| klou a chei | expr. | tide is low. | ||||||||||
| kmes a chei | expr. | slack tide; neap tide. | ||||||||||
| mo er a chei | expr. | go fishing. | ||||||||||
| ngar er a chei | expr. | fish for (food); take (food) from sea. | ||||||||||
| tekoi er a chei /tekoi el chei | expr. | words of criticism for poor fishing ability. | ||||||||||
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| deredel /dereder | , n. | power; authority. |
| derdellel | n.poss.3s | |
| ngar er a eungel a derdellel a Droteo | expr. | be under Droteo's leadership. |
| emel | , n.poss.3s | interior; rear of enclosed space; interior end of mangrove channel. |
| el mo er a emel | expr. | in the direction of land. |
| melai a ngar er a emel el tekoi | expr. | try to find something out indirectly; try to find out what is really behind the situation. |
| melim emel | expr. |
| klebesei | , n. | night; tonight. |
| klebesei | n. | 24 hour period. | ||||||||||
| a leklebesei | expr. | at night; nights. | ||||||||||
| a ta er a klebesei e | expr. | once upon a time. | ||||||||||
| er a bek el klebesei | expr. | every day; daily. | ||||||||||
| er a teruich me a eru el klok er a klebesei | expr. | at twelve midnight. | ||||||||||
| ng mla me mo el klebesei | expr. | the days gone by; past. | ||||||||||
| ngar er a medal a klebesei | expr. | the days ahead; future. | ||||||||||
| omeka a klebesei | expr. | growing fast day by day. | ||||||||||
| ungil el klebesei | expr. | festive occasion. | ||||||||||
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| ngera /ngerang /ngarang /ngara | , pro. | what; which; what kind of; anything (but or except). |
| ng diak a ngerang | pro. | nothing. | ||||||||||
| ua ngarang | pro. | how. | ||||||||||
| ngera me | expr. | why? for what reason? | ||||||||||
| ngera ngar ngii | expr. | what's up? what's happening? | ||||||||||
| ngera uchul me | expr. | why? for what reason? | ||||||||||
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