johnbent
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1 year ago jimgeselbracht@yahoo.com replied,
Continuing with the song Tal Becheleleu el Bung, Yoichi Rengiil pointed out I had the wording wrong in the line "meng uoi chetik a kmong techal bolong nglemat re ngii." Yoichi said that the word "bolong" in this case means "go and do it" or "doing it." In the recording, she very clearly sings "bolong" and it is also written that way in at least one of the old songbooks. So, in this case, the line might be translated "and so I rather don't like whoever is controlling her." I haven't seen "bolo" or "bolong" documented in the grammar book and it is not in tekinged. I see an example usage in tekinged from a passage in the translated Charlotte's web: Ng blechoel el klou a diu se el bolo mtar a rengalk e le te chambai er a omtar e mengiil er a kuk mo temir el mo omtar.
Besides adding this into tekinged, can anyone explain to me what is going on with this word? I assume it is ultimately derived from "mo" but is it a different variation from bo (vs. mo) / blo (vs. mlo) / ble (vs. mle) ?
Thank you, my friends, for you patience
Bolo / Bolong created by jimgeselbracht@yahoo.com on 2021-06-18 12:58:09