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| uel el chad | n. | persistent person. |
| bad el uel | expr. | sound asleep. |
| uel el chad | expr. | man who reaches sexual climax slowly. |
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> I keep turtles as pets. |
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> The turtle shell, I don't know who was polishing it. |
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> The thing that the boys are polishing is the turtle shell. |
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> Who caught the turtle that you saw the boys who are polishing its shell? |
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> The turtle shell, I was watching the boys who were polishing it. |
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Proverbs: |
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> When the purple swamp hen appears, it brings remembrance There is a song (Oumachas) from which this saying derives: Once there was a young couple who made love in a secluded spot in the taro garden. While they were lying together a purple swamp hen darted out of the brush startling the couple. Eventually love cooled, but thereafter whenever the girl saw a purple swamp hen while she worked in the gardens, she recalled her lover. Hence any occurrence that brings back fond memories. |
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> 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. |
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> 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. |
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> Like the purple swamp hen, flying off with its legs hanging down The purple swamp hen (uek; other sources name another bird, sechou [heron]) is careless about its legs when it flies, letting them dangle in flight instead of neatly tucking them up like other, more trim flyers. The saying applies to persons who do sloppy work or carelessly leave a task half finished |
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> I'm making the turtle soup in coconut milk. |
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> I lost the turtle that takes four people to subdue. |
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> The spear hit the turtle in the chest. |
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| biskelengel | n.poss.3s | |
| biska er a uel | expr. | large spear for catching turtles. |
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> The old man is using a vise grip to hold his spear so he can sharpen it. |
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> The boy was stuck precariously in the banana tree; the spear is stuck precariously in the coral rocks. |
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> I'm using the spear to go fishing. |
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More Examples: |
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> I need to put together at least two more spears. |
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> The spear hit the turtle in the chest. |
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| burech | , n. | (action of) spearing.
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| brechel | n.poss.3s | |
| brechel a uel | expr. | spearing of turtles. |
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| tacher | , num. | 10 [ten] (animal; nonliving thing).
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| tacher el uel | expr. | ten turtles. |
| tacher me a chimong | expr. | eleven (animals, things). |
| tacher me a teblong | expr. | twelve (animals, things). |
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> Put another ten dollars in to add more to my donation. |
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| techerakl | , n. | hook for picking up fish, turtle etc.; place for hanging.
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| techereklel | n.poss.3s |
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| techerakl er a uel | expr. | hook for catching turtles. |
| techereklel a bail | expr. | clotheshanger or clotheshook; pole for hanging clothes. |
| techereklel a olbidel | expr. | hook for hanging lamp. |
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