Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

Search
Quizzes
- High Scores
- ==================
- Vocab
- Etymology
- Reng Expressions
- Living Things
- Synonyms
- Pictures
- Proverbs
- Trivia
- Audio
- Pronouns
- Parts of Speech
Random Words
Dosuub
Dekaingeseu
Proverbs
List . . .
More

betok

, v.s.

many; numerous; plenty; abundant.

betok

a

obdois;

betekngang,

betok

a

kall,

diak

le

kesai,

iltekngel

a

kall.

bebetok

v.s.redup.

just more than enough.

bebetok

a

telkib

el

betok.

beltok

n.

beltok

a

betok;

beltok

er

a

kall

a

ungil.

betekngei
/betekngang

v.s.inch.

accumulating; increasing in number.

betekngei

a

mla

mo

betok;

betekngang,

betekngei

a

udoud.

rebetok

v.s.

many (required before noun referring to human beings).

rebetok

a

betok,

rebetok

el

ngalek;

rebetok

el

chad.

toklechad

slang

many people.

rebetok el chad

expr.

many people.

rebetok el sensei

expr.

many teachers.

See also:

Synonyms:

,

,

Examples:

A

a

a

el

a

> Droteo really know a lot of proverbs.

A

a

er

a

el

kmo

a

a

er

a

el

> Satsko told Toki a lie (saying) that John has lots of money.

Ng

er

a

> I have quite a rash on my neck.

Aki

mle

er

a

el

> We talked about lots of problems.

A

a

a

el

er

a

> The children left lots of trash in the garden.

Proverbs:

Ng

ko

er

a

a

el

a

el

> Like one who has eaten the thorny puffer fish, full of many things.

The thorny puffer fish is sometimes gulped by the wide-mouthed grouper fish. The puffer, expanding and extending its thorns in the grouper's mouth, renders the latter rather "full of things" and completely helpless. Groupers in this predicament are occasionally caught by fishermen. The idiom is applied to anyone who faces more problems, more work, or more sweethearts than he can cope with.

Kom

ko

er

a

el

e

di

> You're like sardines, very many but only enough for one wrapped piece of fish.

Fish are properly wrapped individually in a leaf for cooking, but sardines are so small that a bunch of them may be wrapped together to make up only one small bundle. The idiom may be applied to a numerous but weak enemy or to a clan that is large but ineffective as in raising money for its members, or for a large group of workers who do not accomplish very much.

More Examples:

A

el

el

a

a

me

ng

a

> People who wrote these books didn't have enough experience or teachings so there are some mistakes.

Ng

mle

a

a

er

se

el

> I had many footsteps at the river.

a

el

> I have lots of vegetable plants.

Ng

a

me

a

kuk

e

a

el

> You caught a lot of fish so at least give me one red snapper.

a

er

a

er

a

> The pond at the taro swamp has a lot of water eels.

sensei

, n., [From Japanese]

teacher.

teua
/teuang

, num.

4 [four] (human).

teuang

a

ochur

el

mo

er

a

rechad;

teua

el

buik,

teua

el

ekebil,

mechas

a

teuang;

teua

el

chad.

teua el sensei

expr.

four teachers.

More Examples:

el

uel

el

oba

ak

er

> I lost the turtle that takes four people to subdue.