Metaphors
Are used:
- hogot lulong heleb mandonggyam
“we've been (like) cassowaries and pigs going around” - ig me mut peg hutam his lobogot. Nom skul
“our one light has come. It is school”
Euphamisim
Is used for sex:
- Mohis nom wogonongg mandeb
"walking with the guys"
Litotes
Understating is used:
- Eng hobol hebigondo tandengg, endet aminim ogom ege anggom.
"So my little short story, like that I wanted to speak and spoke."
Rhetorical questions
Are used for imperatives:
- Yagamayam ig o?
“Are you going? Are you?” - Miginggima ig o?
“Are you hearing?”
Metonomy
- In Jesus' name is known from lotu.
Synechdoche
- Ig wog hebegene nom salamb
"We followed their mouth (advice)" - Sibelig mee mee nom tobot
"so machete things (threats) they came"
Personification
- Eng abagam om mu hoyom haga.
“My heart is not wise.”
Apostrophe
- Dramat addressed the rain.
Idioms
Are used. See Idioms
Not seen:
Irony, hyperbole (examples given are probably just description), sarcasm, proverbs