Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

While directly applicable to overeating, the idiom is often applied to a person with too much work or too many projects. It can also refer to a person, or village, hopelessly oppressed by competitors.

More Examples:

diak,

diak

lemeringel

delel.

> No, he or she doesn't have a stomachache.

Elik,

meringel

delek

dinges.

> Dang, my stomach hurts from being too full.

Ochoi,

meringel

delel.

> Yes, he or she has a stomachache.

techa

ngklel

delam?

> What's your mother's name?

Lurvey

mlo

elireuakl

ngubetii

tia

medalia

ngkedel

Wilbur

mla

chiklel

nguu

turecheklii

deel

ngar

bebul

blil

Wilbur.

> Lurvey bent down and removed Wilbur's medal from his neck and hung it from a nail at the top of Wilbur's pen.

diil

, n.

abdomen; womb; stomach.

diil

a

delach,

delel

a

chad,

ngalek

a

ngar

er

a

chelsel

a

diil.

delek

n.poss.1s

delem

n.poss.2s

delel

n.poss.3s

delel

a

diil

er

ngii;

medud

a

delel

el

chad.

delam

n.poss.1pe

deled

n.poss.1pi

deliu

n.poss.2p

delir

n.poss.3p

klou a delel

expr.

have a pot belly; have a large belly (e.g., when pregnant).

secherel a diil

expr.

stomach or abdominal cancer.

uchul a diil

expr.

lower abdomen; gut; intestines.

See also:

BADEDIIL

Examples:

mekngit

tsios

delek.

> My stomach feel funny.

Bengud

delam!

> Your mother smells of fish! (insult).

Bellachel

delam!

> Your mother's unclean! (insult)

delam!

> Your mother! (strong insult)

More Examples:

Elik

aika

delir

tirkang

aika

bilir

bai

dil

meau

kung

meltang.

> Oh my, their bellies and their clothes, they shoudl just go naked then.

diak,

diak

lemeringel

delel.

> No, he or she doesn't have a stomachache.

Ochoi,

meringel

delel.

> Yes, he or she has a stomachache.

milekerang

deuall

delel

ochim?

> How did you get that bruise on your calf?

Ulang

mera

mekreos

kelel

iedel

chetil

merrous.

diak

dilechelid

lebo

meringel

delel.

> Ulang is hoarding her mango and doesn't want to share, hopefully she will get a bellyache.

oach
/ouach
/uach

, n.

foot; leg; back paws (of animal).

ochik

n.poss.1s

ochim

n.poss.2s

ochil

n.poss.3s

ochil

a

ouach

er

ngii;

ochil

a

buik.

ochemam

n.poss.1pe

ochid

n.poss.1pi

ochemiu

n.poss.2p

ocherir

n.poss.3p

delel a oach

expr.

calf of leg.

ochil a mlai

expr.

wheel.

ochil a osongd

expr.

teeth of comb.

uchul a oach

expr.

upper thigh.

See also:

OUTUBUACH

Examples:

milemiakl

didelboi

kmoll

ochil

ruebet.

> He was climbing on the ladder when his foot slipped and he fell.

dirk

dekmekimes

ochim

beluu,

kerekikl

omerellem.

> You're still a newcomer around here, so watch your behavior.

dolech

kirel

bkul

ochik.

> The tide reaches as high as my knees.

telechemakl

ochil

chutem.

> His feet are covered with dirt.

chebuul

ngike

ngelekel

chesisebangiau

kulekur

ochil

chetebtel

kemim.

> This baby bird is so pitiful that I'm tying its foot to the top of the starfruit tree.

Proverbs:

uel,

suebek

mekebekabes

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

ochim

meklechem.

> Your legs are your taro patch.

Your legs will find you good fortune, you seek what you desire