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:
Chedam,
mei
e
debo
er
a
chei.
> Father, let's go fishing.
Kemiu
e
rengelekei
a
kmal
chebuul
e
le
ng
mla
mad
a
demmiu.
> You, children, are to be pitied because your father has died.
Te
mo
oldingel
er
a
demerir
el
smecher.
> They will visit their sick fater.
Ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
demmiu?
> Do you have a father?
A
Droteo
a
silebedak
el
kmo
a
demal
a
mla
mad.
> Droteo informed me that his father had died.
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:
A
demak
a
mlo
mengetakl
er
a
kesus.
Chilteklii
a
ai.
> My dad went trolling last night. Caught a barracuda.
Ak
bai
mlo
er
a
chei
ngak
me
a
demak
er
a
elii.
> I went fishing with my dad yesterday.
Tia
el
chelebucheb
el
kuucholbiungel
er
ngii
a
mle
chelbechielel
a
Sue
el
demak
a
silkur.
> This chelebucheb that I am wearing was for the marriage of Sue that my father received/earned.
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
demal
a
bechik
a
mle
tansiobi
er
ngii
er
a
elii.
> My father-in-law had a birthday yesterday.

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