| beketaut | , v.s. | good at shooting. |
| beketaut a tekingel | expr. | incisive; speaking to the point. |
| beketaut el tekoi | expr. | words which are right to the point. |
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| beot | , v.s. | easy; simple; cheap; (matter) small, trivial or not worth to worry about. |
| bebeot | v.s.redup. | fairly easy/cheap. | ||||||||||
| betengang | v.s.inch. | is getting easy; has become easy. | ||||||||||
| bebeot a rengul | expr. | rather undecided about something; not taking something too seriously. | ||||||||||
| beot a cheral | expr. | cheap. | ||||||||||
| beot a rengul | expr. | easygoing; nonchalant; unmotivated; lazy. | ||||||||||
| beot a tekingel | expr. | easy going; not strict. | ||||||||||
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| merekos | , v.s. | sweet; sweet food. |
| mererekos | v.s.redup. | rather sweet. | ||||||
| merekos a ngerel | expr. | skilled in talking; persuasive; smooth-talking. | ||||||
| merekos a tekingel | expr. | talking sweetly or pleasantly (but usually, insincere or calculating). | ||||||
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| meringel | , v.s. | hard; difficult; painful; sore; (liquor; etc.) potent; peppery; expensive; (matter) serious/grave. |
| merengelang /merenglang | v.s.inch. | is getting sore, etc.. | ||||||||||
| merengeringel /mererengeringel | v.s.redup. | kind of difficult/expensive. | ||||||||||
| meringel a chemelel | expr. | tough character. | ||||||||||
| meringel a cheral | expr. | expensive. | ||||||||||
| meringel a daob | expr. | ocean is rough or stormy. | ||||||||||
| meringel a rengul | expr. | feel bad about (something wasted); (something wasted) arouse sympathy; (something valuable) wasted. | ||||||||||
| meringel a sils | expr. | sun is strong; weather is hot. | ||||||||||
| meringel a tekingel | expr. | strict. | ||||||||||
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| oldubech | , v.caus. | push (in any direction). |
| odbechii | v.pf.3s | |||||
| uldbechii | v.pf.3s.past | |||||
| odubech | v.pf.3p.inan. | |||||
| uldubech | v.pf.3p.inan.past | |||||
| dodbechii | v.imp.3pi | let's push it. | ||||
| kaiuedubech | v.recip. | push each other. | ||||
| modubech | v.erg. | |||||
| odbechall | v.a.s. | is to be pushed. | ||||
| uldubech | v.r.s. | pushed. | ||||
| oldubech er a tekingel | expr. | insist on; force (words) | ||||
| oldubech er a uldasu | expr. | insist on; force (opinion). | ||||
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| oumengai | , v.i. | be extra; be more than needed. |
| oumengai a tekingel | expr. | (someone's words or talk) redundant or irrelevant. |
| tekoi | , n. | word; speech; language; action; deed; matter; custom; advice (given verbally); issue; case; event. |
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| tekingel | n.poss.3s | |||||||||||
| tekingam | n.poss.1pe | |||||||||||
| tekinged | n.poss.1pi | |||||||||||
| tekingiu | n.poss.2p | |||||||||||
| tekingir | n.poss.3p | |||||||||||
| blil a tekoi | expr. | person about whom others are gossiping or making derogatory comments. | ||||||||||
| melai a tekoi | expr. | bring or convey news, ideas, opinions of; take advice of. | ||||||||||
| tekoi el beluu | expr. | decision of the community. | ||||||||||
| tekoi er a beluu | expr. | matters of community interest. | ||||||||||
| tekoi er a blai | expr. | private matters. | ||||||||||
| tekoi er a daob | expr. | special words spoken to calm the sea. | ||||||||||
| tekoi er a ngor | expr. | fib; spoken language. | ||||||||||
| tekoi er a rael | expr. | non-private matters; public knowledge. | ||||||||||
| tekoi er a renguk | expr. | what I believe or think to be true. | ||||||||||
| tekoi er a resechal | expr. | (typical) men's behavior. | ||||||||||
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