kám / kábái1Surarat pasi táit mai ngisánEnglishbite; scrape out with one's teethThis is using the teeth to bite or scrape something out, like taking bites of coconut meat out of the shell.ngarus/ngarsikákámkám pasi2Surtáilnai longsitEnglishoversee; supervisebite off (responsibility)This word is used of someone who is a konom (important man), someone with a big name. The implication of this term is that a person leads others to accomplish something that he himself believes is important, as a feast to honour a relative who has died. It implies that the leader decides to do this, bearing the financial burden himself (perhaps completely), but does gather others around him to provide help.Kálámul a táilnai longsit i mátán bang, ái di lu parai suri ngo a kábái á longsit erei. Má ái sang a lu puti bung ur on mák eran i bos táit no ngorer i bor má namnam.A man who leads a feast in the eye/door of his men's house (in front of his men's house), him they say about him that he supervises/oversees that feast. And he himself assigns/schedules the day for it and he prepares (for) everything like the pigs and food.
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