kom
/ko
, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
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Examples:
> He's very good at climbing./He's always beating around the bush.
> Are you going by car?
> Why are you doing mischief in you own house?
> Droteo and Toki are quite close or always doing things together.
> All the animals were starting to be really glad and they were somewhat comforted.
Proverbs:
> Like seaweed at Kosiil, out with the tide and in with the tide.
Kosiil is a location in the lagoon where the seaweed can be seen to bend in and out with the tide. The idiom is applied to a leader who is too flexible and unreliable. In the short form (Kora char ra Kosiil) it may simply mean, "I'll go along with what you decide."
> Like the weathervane at Saipan
This is a new idiom, probably coming into the language as a result of changes in policy whereby Saipan, in the past couple of decades, has been in and out of the Trust Territory as administered by the Department of the Interior. Application is to the indecisive or changeable leader
> Like the sea-horse worm.
The kobesos is a small eel-like creature with the head of a sea horse. It never faces another fish directly but always shies away sideways. The saying is applied to a person who is too bashful or backward in a public situation.
> He's like the sea urchins between Ngiwal and Melekeok, on the ocean floor with its cover.
The sea urchin can be seen lying quietly on the lagoon floor, occasionally with a leaf like a hat covering its head. Applied to a man who acquires a wife or great wealth without working for it.
> Like receiving in Airai.
According to this saying, the people of Airai (central Palau) are likely to ask for those things they have in abundance. A wealthy man asking for financial help; a person asking for a cigarette when he has a pack in his pocket.
More Examples:
> No. He or she only feels dizzy.
> Your clothes are piled up like you're a snake shedding its skin.
> I feel like eating burnt grated casava.
> John is taking too long and his wife is "like a decorated lobster" waiting for him.
> Dont mess with the spotted eagle ray when you go fishing as they are sacred.

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