kom
/ko
, pro.you (nonemphatic, plural).
ko
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ko
ko
mo
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ker
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ko
mla
Examples:
> He's quiet and motionless (like a carved doll).
> Droteo's mouth is small and narrow (like that of a trigger fish).
> All the animals were starting to be really glad and they were somewhat comforted.
> This is the first time you've been here in ages.
> You're like the terriid bird which stays among the taro plants but goes hungry (i.e. you're surrounded by girls but can't make it with any of them).
Proverbs:
> You're like the Ngcheangel banana (meduch a ngerel).
You're all talk and no action).
> You're like the stork which flies with its legs dangling.
You leave unfinished business behind and split.
> It's like the feast of Ngchesar, postponed till tomorrow, then the next, and forever.
You keep saying tomorrow, tomorrow. You're lucky there's a tomorrow. Presumably, in the past the village of Ngchesar in central Palau tried and tried again to schedule a mur, the largest, villagewide feast conducted in Palau. But for various reasons the feast was forever postponed. The saying applies to the risk of procrastination.
> Like the duck of Ngechur, he became industrious after growing old.
The idiom is applied to a person who has more or less vegetated into maturity and old age and who, already far past his prime, suddenly tries without success to do all the things he might have done when younger. It may be used with reference to an elder who tries to be a dandy.
> He's like a good (lit. fast) top that steadies itself soon after touching the ground.
i.e. he understands or learns quickly. In Palau the top is spun in the air and dropped to the ground where it usually wobbles for a spell before it becomes "planted" or stable. The better the top, the less the wobble. A statement that is right to the point, or a decisive and good decision, is like a good top. The idiom may be applied to a person who is quick to get the point or learn a new skill.
More Examples:
> Dont mess with the spotted eagle ray when you go fishing as they are sacred.
> Where did you go last night?
> We can say they're like sardines without heads in a can.
> The silhouette of that woman is very attractive.
> As soon as I went they said let's go.

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