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, prefixused to indicate a plurality of people.
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rechadn.people.
rekebiln.pl.girls.
remo
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n.pluralthose people going (somewhere).
resensein.teachers.
rebetok el chadexpr.many people.
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RUA
Examples:
> The inhabitants of Ngiual eat constantly (lit. seven times) throughout the day.
> There are eight people in my family.
> This is to be discussed only by those whose concern it is.
> People from Ngerechelong (are so backward and isolated from the modern world that they) like (to collect) tin cans (out of curiosity).
> How many people are coming to the party?
Proverbs:
> The mountains of Koror are people.
Several interpretations are given for this idiom: (i) Koror doesn't have mountains as high as other districts to the north, but the people are as high (elite) as mountains. (2) Others lay claim to the height of the mountains near their village, in Koror the people make the villages great. (3) A group of warriors from a northern village set out to raid Koror, but, as they approached the islands on which the hamlets of Koror are situated, they saw mountain after mountain fading away into the distance; dispairing any success against such a great nation, the raiders turned home. Actually, the mountains that they saw rugged, raised limestone islands-are nearly uninhabited, with Koror's population concentrated on islands of clay and volcanic origin along the northern fringe of the group.
> Narrow was our birth as humans.
The saying defines life as a confined, perilous journey, symbolized by the painful narrowness of the birth canal. Generally applied to the trials of life, or sometimes by a parent to a child that does not want to do his chores.
More Examples:
> We went to the rock island with my wife's family.
> We respected the teachers and the school principal.
> The dental program is visiting the village tonight.
> There are 8 people in my family.
> Go check the rambutan in the rain forest. If there are ripe ones, bring them home but make sure to hide them so people don't bum them off you.

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