melemall, v.t.break; shatter; injure; destroy; cast spell on (person) in order to do him harm.
melemall
a
tomall;
merruud;
toruud;
a
dengerenger
a
melemall
er
a
rechad
me
a
klalo;
tomellii,
tomall,
temellel.
tomelliiv.pf.3s
tomellii
a
melemall
er
ngii;
temellel.
tilemelliiv.pf.3s.past
tomallv.pf.3p.inan.
tomall
a
melemall;
toruud,
mla
tomellii
a
blai;
tomall
a
udoud
er
a
beluu;
temellel.
tilemallv.pf.3p.inan.past
ketemallv.recip.
ketemall
a
di
du
el
melemall;
tomellii,
tomall,
recheldebechel
a
ketemall
er
a
ultelub
me
a
ngellakel
metemallv.erg.
metemall
a
metemellang;
tomellii
a
telbiil
a
diak
el
lemelemii,
tomall
a
mlai;
temellel.
metemellangv.erg.inch.
metemellungv.erg.pred.
metetemallv.erg.redup.
metetemall
a
beot
e
mekudem
el
metemall;
metetemall
el
mlai
miltemallv.erg.past
telemallv.r.s.broken; out of order; (relationship) strained.
telemall
a
telerruud;
mla
metemall;
tomall
a
klalo;
melemall,
temellel.
See also:
TELLEMALL
Examples:
A
Remeliik
a
mocha
meleel
er
tia
el
telemall
el
sersel
a
blil
a
Sulial.
> Remeliik began nailing up Sulial's broken pigpen.
Ak
melechet
er
a
chimak
el
telemall.
> I'm bandaging up my injured hand.
A
beab
a
milsa
a
medal
a
sechelil
el
telemall.
> The mouse saw his friend's injured face.
A
ngelekir
a
kangkeister
er
tilecha
el
telemall.
> Their child is involved in that crime.
Aki
mlo
mengurs
er
a
telemall
el
mlai.
> We were pulling the broken car.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
kaldos,
el
choitii
a
telemall
e
omkar
er
a
mechubs.
> Like kaldos, putting medicine on a well place, rather than the injury.
Kaldos is a medical treatment, said by some to have been learned from the Germans, in which medicine is applied to a parallel member of an injured part in a way that is supposed to transfer pain to an uninjured place. The idiom is applied to a decision or action that completely misses the point or problem.
More Examples:
Ak
milruul
er
a
bilsengek
el
miltemall.
> I was fixing my boat that had some problems.
Ak
mera
el
medakd
a
telulchoid.
Ng
di
tomall
a
deleongel
e
merekong.
> Im scared of gossip. It ruins relationships.
Mtemelii
a
ngerem.
> Come taste/try (bitter food, sweet food, betelnut,etc.). (lit. destroy your mouth).
Ngka
el
dil
a
kmal
bekerurt
mla
tomall
a
chelbechielir
a
rubliil.
> This woman is loose, she has broken peoples marriage.
Ngka
el
John
el
ko
er
a
di
ua
chelideuid;
ngera
telemall?
> John is really in a hurry; what's wrong?

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