bab, n.area/space above; top; surface.
bab
a
bebul,
melidiul,
a
sils
a
ngar
bab;
skoki
a
merael
er
a
bab.
bebukn.poss.1s
bebumn.poss.2s
bebuln.poss.3s
bebul
a
ngar
er
a
bab
er
ngii,
bebul
a
tebel.
bebmamn.poss.1pe
bebudn.poss.1pi
bebmiun.poss.2p
bebrirn.poss.3p
bebul a daobexpr.surface of the sea.
bebul a tebelexpr.top of the table.
Examples:
A
Tony
a
ngar
er
a
bab
el
chad.
> Tony is higher in the rank.
A
klok
a
ngar
er
a
bebuk.
> The clock is up there above me.
Ng
di
Kot
el
Ngar
er
Bab
el
Dios
a
diak
lekiei
a
blai
el
rruul
er
a
rechad.
> But the Most High God does not live in houses built by human hands.
A
Droteo
a
kie
er
a
bab.
> Droteo lives upstairs.
Kengti,
a
eanged
a
uchul
e
a
National
Emergency
Management
Office
(NEMO)
a
mla
otebedii
A
Small
craft
warning
er
a
beluu
er
Belau
rokir.
Daob
er
a
delongelel
a
Beliliou
me
a
Ngeaur,
Ollei
ma
Ngcheangel
me
a
ikrel
a
chelmoll
a
kmal
mekngit
er
elecha
el
taem.
Me
a
leuaisei,
e
aike
el
banderang
er
a
small
craft
warning
a
mla
mengerd
el
mo
er
bab
el
merrob
a
rokui
el
omerael
el
mo
tuobed
el
mo
er
aike
el
basio.
A
obis
er
a
NEMO
a
melemolem
el
omes
er
a
teletelel
a
daob
e
ouchais
er
a
buai
lokiu
tia
el
radio
station.
> Due to the weather conditions and increasing hazardous surf, the National Emergency Office (NEMO) is issuing a Small Craft Warning for the entire Republic of Palau. Water conditions from outside the reef through all exposures are very rough at this time. Travel between Peleliu and Angaur, Kayangel and Ollei and/or outside the reefs are strictly prohibited. Small craft warning flags have been raised and the republic is requested to observe this warning. NEMO will continue to monitor these marine conditions and advise the public accordingly.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
chelid
er
a
Ngebuked,
el
di
rirekir
er
a
bab.
> Like the gods of Ngebukd, completed up above.
As part of the festivities of a village feast or in celebration of some event, such as the completion of a community hall, Palauan young people produce a variety of named dances. One type of dance, called ruk, was never conducted in Ngebukd (in Ngaraard, northern Palau). It was said that the gods of the village had done their dancing in heaven before coming to earth and thus it was not necessary for the people of Ngebukd to dance. The saying pertains to a completed task, indicating to another that the work need not be repeated.
Ke
ko
er
a
kuaol
el
sbungel
er
bab
me
iou.
> You're like a fish bait which can be eaten or pecked from the top and bottom.
You don't know what to do because chores keep coming in from left and right.
More Examples:
Mnguu
a
hong
el
loia
er
a
bebul
a
tebel.
> Put the book on top of the dest
Ng
ngarang
a
ngar
er
a
bebul
 a
tebel
> What is on the table or desk?
Ng
mla
mo
suibes
a
deromukang
me
ng
omelloes
er
a
bab.
> The drum was overfull and flowed over the top.
Mnguu
a
oluches
el
loia
er
a
bebul
a
hong.
> Put the pencil on top of the book.
A
Lurvey
a
mlo
elireuakl
e
ngubetii
tia
el
medalia
el
ngkedel
a
Wilbur
el
mla
er
a
chiklel
e
nguu
el
turecheklii
er
a
deel
el
ngar
er
a
bebul
a
blil
a
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.
ngar, v.s.be (located); exist; be alive.
ngar
a
outeliil;
chad
a
ngar;
ngar
er
ngii
a
klengar
er
ngii;
charm
a
ngar.
ngar ngiicont.ngar er ngii
ngarkercont.ngar er ker
ngar er a bab a rengulexpr.conceited; disrespectful; proud; arrogant; haughty; snobbish.
ngar er a bab el chadexpr.one's superior; wealthy/well-to-do person.
ngar er a eou a rengulexpr.(person is) humble/respectful.
ngar er ngiiexpr.there is.
ngar kerexpr.where is it.
Examples:
Ng
techa
el
chelid
er
tir
a
sebechel
el
dulii
a
kirel
a
ngar
er
a
medad
el
sils?
> Which of their gods can predict the future?
Ng
ngar
er
ker
el
ralm
a
chomullim
er
ngii?
> Which water did you drink?
Ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
kekere
el
ududek
el
silber
el
sebechek
el
mo
msang.
> I have a small silver coin that I can give him.
Ngar
er
ngii
a
bkaischemrungel
el
chelsenguk.
> I have an emergency errand.
A
lsekum
te
ngar
er
ngii
a
remo
50
el
melemalt
el
chad
el
ngar
er
se
el
beluu,
e
...
> If there are fifty innocent people in the city, then ...
Proverbs:
Melim
e
menga
er
a
ngar
er
a
ucharm.
> To eat and drink by the mast tip.
The ucharm (bird) is the hardwood tip at the top of the canoe mast. The person to whom the idiom is applied is accused of thriving on gifts from other places. Particularly it may be applied to persons of a highranking village who rather expect that visitors in canoes from other villages will come provisioned with gifts-thus, those who watch for the canoes. Sometimes the idiom goes: Ngkora chad ra Oreor, "Like the man of Koror," with reference to the high ranking community of Koror in central Palau.
Ng
ngar
ngii
a
melebisech
er
a
chutem
e
imiit
> Are there any who spear at the ground and miss?
Used to describe something that is easily accomplished.
Ng
kora
osechel
a
mengur,
el
di
ngar
er
a
milkolk
el
mo
er
a
milkolk.
> Like coconut water, passing from darkness to darkness.
Water, drunk from a coconut, passes from the dark of the nut to the dark of the mouth. Some discussions, such as those of village leaders, are secretively passed from mouth to mouth without public discussion.
Ngar
er
a
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimech means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its father.
More Examples:
Ngar
er
ngii
a
keliu
er
a
kebesengei?
> Do you have food for tonight?
Kileed
e
ak
merot
er
a
mlai
el
ngar
er
a
rrat
er
ngak.
> I almost got ran over by a car riding my bicycle.
A
kboub
a
ngar
er
ngii
a
dingal.
> Walls have ears.
Ng
locha
ngar
er
ngii
a
chisil
a
cheluch
er
se
el
isiobing.
> There might be a few drops of oil in the bottle.
A
eolt
a
ngar
er
a
dimesungos
el
mei.
> The wind is coming from the southeast.

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