melai, v.t.bring; take; get; receive; obtain; take (amount of time); lay claim to; take away; remove.
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ngiluuv.pf.3s.past
ngoikidv.pf.1pi
ngoititerir
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v.pf.3p.human
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ngmaiv.pf.3p.inan.
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ngilaiv.pf.3p.inan.past
ngilititerirv.pf.3p.human.past
kangingaiv.recip.redup.bring or take (things) together.
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kengaiv.recip.
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mengaiv.erg.get brought/taken; lose baby; have miscarriage.
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mengingaiv.erg.redup.easy to take or take away or remove.
mngaiv.imp.Go get some (things).
ngeiv.imp.here it is; take it.
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ngiuul
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v.a.s.is to be brought/taken/received.
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nglai
/ngliuul
v.r.s.brought; taken; received; obtained.
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ngoiongv.inch.is beginning to get or receive (multiple objects).
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ngourang
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v.inch.is beginning to get or receive (a single object).
melai er a rengulexpr.persuade.
See also: , , , ,
Examples:
> The soldiers took rifles and shot the women and children all at once.
> Toki had a miscarriage.
> the nations that have become conquered.
> I can dive and pick up something in the bottom of the blue deep ocean.
> Kukumai brought the food to her mother.
Proverbs:
> 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:
> You won't profit from getting it.
> She is very fond of you so it was the last betel nut and she gave it to you.
> Do you want to take some of these food home when you leave?
> Lurvey bent down and removed Wilbur's medal from his neck and hung it from a nail at the top of Wilbur's pen.
> Can you dive down into this channel and collect something from the sea floor?

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