metom, v.t.lose; miss; fail to catch (fish, etc.); drop accidentally.
metom
a
telom;
tomir,
tuom
el
diak
a
lengai;
diak
a
cheldil;
temeel.
tomii
/tomeii
/tomir		v.pf.3s
tomii
a
tomir.

tomeii
a
tomir;
metom
er
ngii;
ak
mla
tomeii
a
ngerek
e
dmu
a
berotel
el
tekoi.

tomir
a
metom
er
ngii;
tomii;
mla
tomir
a
bduu;
temeel.
tilemii
/tilemir		v.pf.3s.past
tuomv.pf.3p.inan.
tuom
a
metom;
orebet,
mla
tuom
a
klalo;
tomir
a
mesei,
tuom
a
chutem;
temeel
er
a
chutem.
tilomv.pf.3p.inan.past
metemtomv.s.redup.clumsy; uncoordinated.
telomv.r.s.dropped accidentally.
telom
a
dimlak
a
le
ngai;
mla
metom
mlo
er
a
chei
e
diak
a
cheldil;
temeel.
temetomv.s.redup.clumsy; uncoordinated.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
chad
er
a
Ngerechemai,
el
metom
er
a
uel
el
metom
er
a
mlai.
> Like the man of Ngerechemai, who lost his turtle and lost his canoe.
Relates to a fisherman who jumped from his canoe to catch a turtle only to find that his canoe had drifted beyond recovery. Applies to any situation where a person fails at a task, or, aptly, to a situation where a man, through his own foolishness, loses both his wife and his mistress.
Lak
bo
mua
chad
er
a
Ngerchemai
el
miltom
er
a
uel
el
metom
ra
mlai.
> Don't be like the man from Ngerchemai who lost both the turtle and the canoe.
Don't bite off more than you can chew...don't be selfish.
More Examples:
Ng
dimlak
ledurenguk
el
melius.
Ak
tilemir
a
ngerek.
> I didn't mean to cuss or swear. It slipped out of my mouth.

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