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A pet (unspecified) owned by Rebabch was gluttonous and bady behaved. Neighbors often fed the animal, but it always demanded more and never returned the favors with friendliness. Applied, usually by a third party, to someone who has done many favors for another only to be repaid with unkindness.

Kmakm

mechab:

charm

er

a

chab

el

kmeed

er

a

ngau

e

diak

lemedul.

> Like the insects which stays at ashes of fire but doesn't burn.

You're near a situation which needs immediate attention but you don't lend a hand.

More Examples:

Ngar

er

ngii

a

chermel

uos.

> He has horses.

A

chermek

el

olik

a

chiliis.

> My pet fruit bat flew away.

A

chermek

el

bilis

a

chedelekelek

a

bsechel.

> My dog has black fur.

Ng

mla

er

ngii

a

chermek

el

bilis

e

ng

di

mla

mad.

> I had a pet dog but he died.

A

blimam

a

oikab

el

kmeed

er

a

blil

a

charm.

> Our house is a bit closer to the zoo.

did

, n.

bridge; ladder.

did

a

omech

a

rael

er

a

bita

me

a

bitang;

didil

a

omoachel.

kall

, n.a.s.

food.

kall

a

rokui

el

dongang;

ongraol

me

a

odoim

me

a

kliou;

kukau,

ngikel,

tuu

a

kall,

kelel.

kelek

n.poss.1s

kelem

n.poss.2s

kelel

n.poss.3s

kelel

a

kall

el

ngii

a

oukall;

kelel

el

iedel.

kelam

n.poss.1pe

keled

n.poss.1pi

keliu

n.poss.2p

kelir

n.poss.3p

kall er a Sina

expr.

Chinese food.

kall er a mekemad

expr.

C-rations.

kelek el udong

expr.

my noodles.

kelel a charm

expr.

food or feed for animals.

kelem el tuu

expr.

your banana.

See also:

KLLEL

,

MENGANG

,

OTEKALL

,

ULENGALL

Examples:

Ng

ua

ngara

a

telemtemul

a

kall?

> What does the food taste like?/How is the food?

Aika

el

kall

a

mla

mo

medeel

er

kemam.

> There's gotten to be too much food for us.

Kede

ousbech

a

ochadu

el

omchadu

a

kall.

> We use tongs to pick food.

Ng

kmal

meringel

a

renguk

er

a

kall.

> I feel bad about the (wasted) food.

Te

di

oumesingd

el

menga

a

rodech

me

a

chemadech

el

kall.

> They tend to eat fruits and raw food.

Proverbs:

Olbed,

e

kall.

> A stone platform, yet food.

A man of Airai in central Palau, apparently during a period of hostilities, brought to his home from the lagoon all manner of shell food still attached to coral boulders. In the security of his own yard, he removed the shell foods and eventually with the stones he was able to construct a stone platform for his home. A lot in Airai, supposedly where this platform stood bears the name, Olbed-e-kall.

Msebechii

a

kelel

Ngersuul.

> Weigh the food of Ngersuul.

Don't overdo things/Keep things in proper proportion/This is too much for me or us to deal with. According to folk history, Koror once sent a very large force of warriors against the tiny village of Ngersuul (Ngchesar in central Palau). When the force was seen offshore, the people fled to a sheltered hill and one of the village club leaders shouted to the enemy, "Why don't you weigh the food of Ngersuul?" suggesting that Koror either pick on a village its own size or send a more equivalent-sized force. The idiom expresses nicely the ideal of balanced opposition characterizing appropriate competition in Palau.

More Examples:

Ak

meriik,

e

melemed,

e

meruul

a

kall,

e

mengetmokl

er

a

blai.

> I sweep and mop and make food and clean the house.

A

bechik

a

milruul

er

a

kelam

el

aho.

> My spouse made us some sweet porridge soup.

Ak

ngilai

a

bebil

er

a

kall

er

a

kibo

er

a

kemeldiil.

> I took some food when we went to the funeral.

Kede

ousbech

a

okekall

el

meruul

a

kall.

> We use pots to cook food in.

Kede

ousbech

a

ochadu

el

omchadu

a

kall.

> We use tongs to pick food.

kelel a charm

,

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tree in mango family.

kelel

a

charm

a

ta

er

a

bedengel

a

kerrekar.

kiamo
/charm el kiamo

, n.

camel.

langel

, n.

crying; noise of crying.

langel

a

lmangel;

langel

er

a

ringel;

lmangel

er

a

kodall;

longelii

a

ulekoad;

lengelel.

ngor

, n.

mouth; voice; sound; bill (of bird); beak.

ngor

a

klekedall

er

a

chad

me

a

charm

el

mengang

e

melim;

ngor

a

melekoi.

oltut

, v.t.

suckle; nurse; give milk to (from baby-bottle).

oltut

a

msa

tut

,

otutur

a

ngalek,

otutul.

suebek

, v.i.

fly (out from).

suebek

a

sebekreng;

suebek

a

rengul;

ng

bekikl,

ng

medakd.

mesebesebek
/mesesebesebek

v.i.redup.

fly around aimlessly; float in the wind.

mesebesebek

a

suebek;

charm

a

mesebesebek.

sobekang

v.i.inch.

is starting to fly.

sobekang

a

mocha

suebek;

skoki

a

sobekang.

sobekung

v.i.pred.

is about to fly.

sobekung

a

mochu

suebek;

skoki

a

sobekung.

bekesbesebek a rengul

expr.

easily worried; worrisome.

suebek a rengul

expr.

worried; anxious.

suebek el charm

expr.

bird.

suebek el dial

expr.

airplane.

See also:

OLSEBEK

,

OLSEBOKEL

,

OMEKSEBEK

Examples:

Ke

medengei

el

kmo

a

Ngeriungs

a

ta

er

a

klou

a

ultutelel

el

blil

a

suebek

el

charm

er

a

beluulchad?

> Do you know that Ngeriungs is an important Bird Area in the world?

Ng

ko

er

a

mlo

telkib

el

suebek

a

rengmam.

> We sort of became a little bit worried.

A

Peter

a

mlo

suebek

a

rengul.

> Peter became worried.

Tia

a

rullak

me

ak

kmal

mo

suebek

a

renguk

er

a

Fern.

> This is making me very worried about Fern.

Ak

suebek

el

mo

cheroid

e

olengull.

> I would fly away and find rest.

Proverbs:

Ng

ko

er

a

uel,

el

suebek

e

mekebekabes

a

ochil.

> 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

Ke

ko

er

a

kedam

el

suebek

e

ak

di

oba

okum.

> You're a flying kite, but i hold the guide string.

No matter how much you play around, you always come back to me.

Ng

ko

er

a

tengadidik

el

di

melekoi

el

suebek.

> Like the kingfisher, chattering while taking to wing.

The kingfisher, a restless, bullying bluebird, may be heard to chatter loudly when flying up from the ground or from a perch. The saying applies to one who suddenly spouts instructions to a group, then leaves, or to a leader at a meeting who impatiently interrupts a discussion with a burst of pronouncements, then ends the meeting.

Ng

ko

er

a

belochel,

el

mesengei

otelochel

e

suebek.

> Like a pigeon-seeing the danger, yet it flies from cover

The pigeon sits quietly concealed until some threat appears, then it flies out, revealing itself. The idiom applies to a person who unnecessarily exposes himself to danger, leaves the house in the rain, or takes a boat out in a storm.

Ke

ko

er

a

sechou

el

suebek

e

mekebekabes

ochil.

> You're like the stork which flies with its legs dangling.

You leave unfinished business behind and split.

More Examples:

Ng

kileed

e

a

kusebek

a

rengrir

e

le

ak

mlo

meoud.

> I was close to worrying everyone as I was a little late.

otutur	v.pf.3s	otutur a oltut er ngii.
ultutur	v.pf.3s.past
otut	v.pf.3p.inan.	otut a oltut, omtut, otutur.
ultut	v.pf.3p.inan.past	ultut a mla otutur; mla tmut, otutur a tolechoi; otutul.
ultut	v.r.s.	suckled; nursed. ultut a mla otutur; mla tmut, otutur a tolechoi; otutul.
oltut el charm	expr.	mammal
See also: OMTUT , OTUTUL

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