melai, v.t.bring; take; get; receive; obtain; take (amount of time); lay claim to; take away; remove.
melai
a
ngmai;
nguu;
ngeiul.
nguuv.pf.3s
nguu
a
melai
er
ngii;
ngiul.
ngiluuv.pf.3s.past
ngoikidv.pf.1pi
ngoititerir
/ngoiteterir		v.pf.3p.human
ngoiteterir
a
melai
er
tir;
mla
ngoiteterir
el
merael.
ngmaiv.pf.3p.inan.
ngmai
a
melai;
mla
ngmai
a
babier;
nguu
a
udoud,
ngeiul.
ngilaiv.pf.3p.inan.past
ngilititerirv.pf.3p.human.past
kangingaiv.recip.redup.bring or take (things) together.
kangingai
a
kakerous
el
melai;
kengai,
didu
el
melai
a
ududir,
nguu,
ngeul
a
ududel.
kengaiv.recip.
kengai
a
kangingai;
di
du
el
melai,
nguu;
ngmai,
te
kengai
a
kelir
er
a
tebel.
mengaiv.erg.get brought/taken; lose baby; have miscarriage.
mengai
a
nguu;
nglai;
ngmai
a
kles;
kles
a
mla
mengai
el
mo
er
a
bai.
mengingaiv.erg.redup.easy to take or take away or remove.
mngaiv.imp.Go get some (things).
ngeiv.imp.here it is; take it.
ngei
a
msang;
oldars
a
ngerang;
msang,
ngei
tia
udoud
me
mnguu.
ngiuul
/ngeiul
/ngeuul		v.a.s.is to be brought/taken/received.
ngiuul
a
kirel
el
mengai;
nguu,
ngmai,
udoud
a
ngiuul
er
a
bank.
nglai
/ngliuul		v.r.s.brought; taken; received; obtained.
nglai
a
mla
mengai;
nglai
a
chutem;
mla
nguu;
ngmai;
ngeul.

ngliuul
a
nglai;
mla
mengai;
kengei
er
a
usbechel
a
chutem
a
ngliuul.
ngoiongv.inch.is beginning to get or receive (multiple objects).
ngoiong
a
ko
el
mla
ngmai.
ngourang
/ngoura		v.inch.is beginning to get or receive (a single object).
melai er a rengulexpr.persuade.
See also:
MELARENG
,
NGAIBEBUDEL
,
NGIUL
,
OLAI
,
OMELAI
Examples:
Ng
sebechek
el
mo
ngmai
a
betotek
er
sel
llemau.
> I can dive and pick up something in the bottom of the blue deep ocean.
A
president
a
ngilai
a
rengrir
a
rechad
er
a
Olbiil
er
a
Kelulau
el
mle
kedidai
a
rengrir.
> The president persuaded the senators that were being stubborn. The president obtained the hearts of the senators that had high hearts.
Ng
sebechem
el
mo
ngmai
a
betotem
er
sel
tmolch?
> Can you pick up something from the bottom of that deep water/ocean?
Ng
mera
el
ngeltengat
el
mla
nguu
a
mlil.
> He/she is very lucky to get a car.
Ng
mla
mengai
a
chesmerel
a
Toki.
> Toki is now free to roam around./Toki's on the loose.
Proverbs:
Ng
di
ngmai
a
llechul
er
a
rael.
> He gets his law from the streets.
Rael has the general meaning "way," applicable both to method and to a street. The implication is that if a child will not learn from his parents, he will learn the hard way from experience. It may be used in the positive sense of someone who is quick to learn from experience.
More Examples:
A
Lurvey
a
mlo
elireuakl
e
ngubetii
tia
el
medalia
el
ngkedel
a
Wilbur
el
mla
er
a
chiklel
e
nguu
el
turecheklii
er
a
deel
el
ngar
er
a
bebul
a
blil
a
Wilbur.
> Lurvey bent down and removed Wilbur's medal from his neck and hung it from a nail at the top of Wilbur's pen.
Ng
soam
el
ngmai
bebil
er
aika
el
kall
se
el
bo
mrei?
> Do you want to take some of these food home when you leave?
Mnguu
a
ochadu
el
ngmai.
> Take them out with tongs.
Ak
ngilai
a
bebil
er
a
kall
er
a
kibo
er
a
kemeldiil.
> I took some food when we went to the funeral.
Ng
sebechem
el
ngmai
a
betotem
er
se
el
dilochel?
> Can you dive down into this channel and collect something from the sea floor?

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