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:
Kom
ngmai
el
mo
er
a
blil
a
Oreng.
> You take them to Oreng's home.
Ak
mo
ngoititerir
el
mesterir
a
recherroir,
el
tirke
el
sorir
el
omekoad
er
tir.
> I will hand them over to their enemies, who want to kill them.
Ng
sebechem
el
mo
ngmai
a
betotem
er
sel
tmolch?
> Can you pick up something from the bottom of that deep water/ocean?
Ng
ngiluu
a
kall
a
Kukumai
el
mo
er
a
ngii
di
el
chad?
> Did Kukumai bring the food to anyone?
Me
ng
soak
el
nguu
tia
el
techall
el
lochotii
a
deuil
a
rengud.
> I want to take this opportunity to show our gratitude.
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
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.
Ng
diak
a
mokar
el
bom
nguu
er
ngii.
> You won't profit from getting it.
Ng
mera
el
kmo
kau
me
ng
kmal
chimo
el
buuch
e
ng
nguu
el
meskau.
> She is very fond of you so it was the last betel nut and she gave it to you.
Ng
sebechem
el
ngmai
a
betotem
er
se
el
dilochel?
> Can you dive down into this channel and collect something from the sea floor?
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?

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