mlai, n.canoe; car; automobile; transportation.
mlai a olidiuul er a beluu me a daob; mlai a oltak a rechad me a uleklool.
mlikn.poss.1s
mlimn.poss.2s
mliln.poss.3smlil a mlai er ngii el chad.
mlidn.poss.1pi
mlimamn.poss.1pe
mlimiun.poss.2p
mlirirn.poss.3p
blil a mlaiexpr.garage.
mlai er a Siabalexpr.Japanese car.
Examples:
A Ioseb a ulemekall er a mlil el mo er a blik.
> Joseph drove his car to my house.
Ng kmal klou a cherrodech el kirel a cherredechel a mlai.
> There are a lot of complaints about the noise from cars.
A Droteo a uai a decham er a omeruul el mlai.
> Droteo fixes cars as well as you.
Ng kmal a ungil a bangd er a mlim.
> Your car gives a very smooth ride.
Ak milsa a mlai el ldilsechii tirke el chad.
> I saw the canoe that those men carved.
Proverbs:
Ng kora chad re Ngerechemai, el metom ra uel el metom ra mlai.
> Like the man of Ngerechemai, who lost his turtle and lost his canoe.
Relates to a fisherman who jumped from his canoe to catch a turtle only to find that his canoe had drifted beyond recovery. Applies to any situation where a person fails at a task, or, aptly, to a situation where a man, through his own foolishness, loses both his wife and his mistress.
Ng kora omelkesel Ngirakerisil, el didiak lecheldereder a mlil.
> Like Kerosene, poling his canoe with no obvious destination
Under the German administrator Winkler before World War I, a Palauan named Ngirakerisil (Mr. Kerosene) was employed as a canoe operator. Daily he would take the tireless administrator to a different part of Palau to inspect the various economic programs (largely coconut planting) instituted by the now legendary Winkler. The operator, least of all, could predict where they would be going next. The idiom is applied to any aimless person or action; indecision; a changeable person.
Lak bom ua chad era Ngerchemai el miltom ra uel el metom ra mlai.
> Don't be like the man from Ngerchemai who lost both the turtle and the canoe.
Don't bite off more than you can chew...don't be selfish.
More Examples:
Ng ua ngerang a bedengel a mlim? Ng mellemau adang ng bekerkard?
> what is the color or your car? is it blue? or is it red?
A sechelil a sechelik a miltuchel er a mlai. Kmal ngeltengat el dimlak lemad.
> My friend's friend got hit by a car. She is so lucky she didnt die.
A bechil a sechelik a diak lesebechel el omekall a mlai er chelechang.
> My friend's wife can't drive now.
Ng mla er ngii a teluchel el mlai er a bita er a did. Dimlak a metemall el chad.
> There was a crash by the bridge. Nobody got hurt.
Ak ulemekall er a mlai e a rebulis a mdechemak e le ng ng diak a lisens er ngak.
> I was driving a car and the police caught me because I don't have a license.

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