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| diak a ultutelel | , expr. | useless; meaningless; trivial. |
| diak el klalo | , expr. | useless thing; coward. |
| diak lemekimd | , expr. | go on unceasingly; persist. |
| diak lemerech | , expr. | complicated; immovable. |
| diak lemesim a rengul | , expr. | stick to one's convictions; not change one's mind. |
| diak liit | , expr. | without fail; definitely. |
| diak lodengelii a rengul | , expr. | (person) unaware of his limitations or overestimates his abilities or overextends himself with committments. |
| diak lokor | , expr. | for sure; without a doubt. |
| diak lua ildisel a | , expr. | very many; not like any quantity of something imaginable. |
| mo diak lekaubuch | , expr. | get divorced. |
| ng diak a rolel e | , expr. | there's no way to/have no way to. |
| ng diak a rrengel | , expr. | unreserved; uninhibited; direct; not afraid to speak one's mind. |
| diak | , v.s. | is/are not; does not exist; non-existent.
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| diadiak | v.s.redup. | |
dikeang
/di kea
/di keang
/dikea | v.s.inch. | no longer; no more; not... after all.
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| dimlak | v.s.past | were not; did not exist; was/were non-existent.
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| ng diak | mod. | no. |
| ngdiak | cont. | ng diak |
| diak a rengul | expr. | inconsiderate; impolite. |
| mo diak | expr. | run out; stop; disappear; become non-existent. |
Examples: |
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> If you don't like it, then don't tell me to do it. |
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> Toki made a special effort to fix up her place for a party, but not a single person came. |
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> She doesn't miss anything./Nothing gets by her. |
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> This village of ours is not like the city of Koror. |
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> There isn't anything that frightens me. |
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Proverbs: |
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> You're like the bisech plant in the backyard which has no purpose. A person who isn't trusted so he/she is not needed. |
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> Without looking afield, it was cut down behind the house. From the folk tale concerning Mesubed Dingal, the inventor of the Palauan kite (see also No. 73). After his wife had been kidnapped, he constructed a kite using feathers from all the birds of Palau and he needed also wood from an Edebsungel tree to fashion the body of the bird-kite. After looking all over Palau and being on the point of giving up, he found the tree he needed behind his own house. The saying may be applied to anyone who does things the hard way, or who goes far afield to find something which is close at hand. |
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> An ukall tree won't become a titimel tree. i.e., a child will resemble its father; human nature will not change. The ukal, a lumber tree, resembles the titiml, a fruit bearing tree, at least to the extent that both are trees and become quite large. Both have assets but are quite different. The idiom is applied in the sense that a child resembles its father and will become what its father was. It may also be used to mean "human nature can't be changed." |
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> Like lightning, a big, unnecessary noise. Lightning rarely strikes in such a way as to cause serious damage in Palau. May be applied to any unnecessary fuss or oratory at a meeting. |
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> Water is without cost. Palauans bathe frequently; many will not miss a daily bath if at all possible. Bathing places are usually widened areas, natural or artificial (some elaborately paved with stone) in fresh-water streams. The phrase simply reminds another, probably a reluctant child, that he should bathe. |
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More Examples: |
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> We didnt catch anything as the waves were really strong. |
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> Who is not feeling sick? |
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> John, you've poured my drink so full that I will not be able to drink it all. |
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> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes. |
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> On the way to the rock island, we ran over the shallows. Good thing the propeller stayed intact. |
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| diak a kodellel | , v.s. | eternal; everlasting. |
| diak a telemellel | , v.s. | innocent; not guilty. |
| ng diak a ngerang | , pro. | nothing. |
ng diak a tal chad
/ng diak a ta el chad
/ng diak a ta el chad | , pro. | nobody. |
