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:
A
resoldau
a
nguu
a
ziu
el
omoes
el
di
mle
ta
temetemir
a
remechas
me
a
rengalek.
> The soldiers took rifles and shot the women and children all at once.
Ak
mla
ngmai
a
klubelek
er
kau.
> I've learned my lesson from you./I've profited from your experience.
Ak
mla
tmuk
a
kloklel
a
kleblilliu
er
aike
el
beluu
el
dirk
medechel
me
aike
el
beluu
el
mla
mengai.
> I have assigned as the possession of your tribes the land of the nations that are still left, as well as of all the nations that I have already conquered.
aike
el
beluu
el
mla
mo
nglai.
> the nations that have become conquered.
Te
mla
nguu
a
diul.
> They removed him from power.
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
sebechem
el
ngmai
a
betotem
er
se
el
dilochel?
> Can you dive down into this channel and collect something from the sea floor?
A
mlik
a
lilengir
a
tonari
er
ngak
e
nguu
el
tuchelii
a
iedel.
> My neighbor borrowed my car and drove it into a mango tree.
Mnguu
a
ochadu
el
ngmai.
> Take them out with tongs.
Ng
diak
a
mokar
el
bom
nguu
er
ngii.
> You won't profit from getting it.

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