chedam, n.father (used as term of address).
chedam
a
sechal
el
oungalek;
chedam
a
okedongel
a
ngalek
el
mo
er
demal.
demakn.poss.1s
demamn.poss.2s
demaln.poss.3s
demal
a
chedam
er
ngii
el
ngalek;
kldemaol;
demal
a
sechelik.
demmamn.poss.1pe
demadn.poss.1pi
demmiun.poss.2p
demerirn.poss.3p
chedangn.father (term of address less formal than chedam).
delal a demakexpr.my paternal grandmother.
demal a delakexpr.my maternal grandfather.
demal a demakexpr.my paternal grandfather.
ouchedam
ouchedam
a
omekedong
er
a
demal;
ngar
ngii
a
demal.
See also:
KLAUCHEDAM
Examples:
A
Droteo
a
di
omdid
a
ultil
a
ochil
a
demal.
> Droteo is following in his fathers footsteps (i.e., following his father's way of life).
Aike
el
omesubem
er
a
demam
el
rokui
a
di
mo
delebesel.
> All those things you learned from your father won't work or won't be of any use.
Kemiu
e
rengelekei
a
kmal
chebuul
e
le
ng
mla
mad
a
demmiu.
> You, children, are to be pitied because your father has died.
A
Toki
a
metord
er
a
bechil
me
ng
kie
er
a
blil
a
demal.
> Toki is fed up with her husband, so she's living at her father's place.
A
beches
el
blimam
a
bilkedecherur
er
a
demak.
> Our new house was built by my father.
Proverbs:
Ng
mlenga
a
telochel
a
demal
me
ng
uai
ngii.
> Like his father, for he ate his father's premasticated food.
Applied to a child by adoption, with the implication that the adopted child resembles his adoptive father
More Examples:
Morrenges
er
a
demam
e
le
lak
e
ng
tmaut
er
kau.
> Listen to your father because if you don't, he'll yell at you.
Ak
bai
mlo
er
a
chei
ngak
me
a
demak
er
a
elii.
> I went fishing with my dad yesterday.
Ng
mekngit
a
renguk
se
el
bo
kletkii
a
delak
me
a
demak
el
dibus.
> I get sad when I think of my mom and dad that are gone.
A
demak
a
mlo
mengetakl
er
a
kesus.
Chilteklii
a
ai.
> My dad went trolling last night. Caught a barracuda.
Ke
mla
mekmad
a
udoud
el
milleng
er
a
demam
er
tia
el
mlo
merek
el
buil?
> Did you pay back your debt to your father, the money you borrowed last month?

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