melemotem, v.t.clear (trees, land); clear land (for garden).
melemotem
a
omukel;
meledaes;
tomotem
a
kerrekar,
tometemii
a
rael;
temetemel.
tometemiiv.pf.3s
tometemii
a
melemotem
er
ngii;
temetemel.
tilemetemiiv.pf.3s.past
tomotemv.pf.3p.inan.
tomotem
a
melemotem;
temetemel
a
kerrekar.
tilemotemv.pf.3p.inan.past
ketemotemv.recip.cut each other (with machetes when clearing land).
ketemotem
a
di
du
el
melemotem;
melobech,
omukel
a
kerrekar;
tometemii,
tomotem,
ketemotem
a
oliochel
er
a
chutem,
temetemel.
telemetamelv.r.s.(trees; land; etc.) cleared.
telemetamel
a
telemotem;
mededaes,
mla
metemotem;
tometemii
a
rael;
tomotem
a
oreomel,
temetemel.
telemotemv.r.s.(trees, land etc.) cleared.
telemotem
a
oreomel
el
meukel
a
kerrekar
er
ngii
me
ng
mededaes.
temetamelv.a.s.(land etc.) is to be cleared.
temetamel
a
ukelall
a
kerrekar
ngii;
kirel
el
metemotem;
tometemii,
tomotem
a
oreomel.
el di ta temetemirexpr.in one stroke or blow; all at once.
See also:
OLEMOTEM
,
TELEMETAMEL
,
ULLEMETAMEL
Examples:
A
resoldau
a
nguu
a
ziu
el
omoes
el
di
mle
ta
temetemir
a
remechas
me
a
rengalek.
> The soldiers took rifles and shot the women and children all at once.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
chelebed
er
a
Utaor,
el
di
ta
temetemir.
> Like the blow at Utaor, one stroke for all.
A person or perhaps a club of the hamlet of Utaor (a hamlet of either Koror or Chol) offended a major village and, in consequence, the village retaliated by attacking the whole hamlet. The idiom applies to any general statement or punishment that might better be directed toward a particular group or individual

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