Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

beab

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rodent; rat; mouse.
beab a ta er a bedengel a melekesako el charm; omuchel a rakd e dirrek el menga dellomel.

bebul

n.poss.3s

olechiul a beab

n.

club moss.

bedengel a beab

expr.

gray.

blil a beab

expr.

jail; prison.

ullemachel el beab

expr.

small mouse; field mouse.

Examples:

Bo mkodir se el kob er a bebul a tebel; a John a mlo kmedii a kob er a bebul a tebel; a John a kiledir a kob er a bebul a tebel.

> Put the cup on the table; John was putting the cup on the table (just now, recently); John put the cup on the table (yesterday, a week ago, etc.).

A beab a sebechel mertii er a delongelel a sairio er a blai, rael e kmerd er a Ngcheangel.

> Rats can get to Kayangel by hiding in construction materials.

A beab a milsa a medal a sechelil el telemall.

> The mouse saw his friend's injured face.

A beab a sebechel kmerd er a Ngcheangel el ngar er a chelsel a blil a kall el ua bek el beras.

> Rats can get to Kayangel in bags of food such as rice.

blil a beab

> jail; prison

Proverbs:

Ng ko er a cherellel a beab el di ta e keroker.

> It's like the birth of a rat with one offspring per mother.

It's something that happens just once, something I put up with only once. According to this saying, the rat bears but one litter. Hence the application "once is enough" about an act that bears no repeating.

Ng ko er a beab er a Ngerard, el kma a lisiu me a lisam.

> It's like the rat of Ngerard, which eats up all your coconuts and (then) all of ours.

It's a decision, plan etc. that will backfire. A pet rat owned by Mad, chief of Ngaraard, ate the coconuts of most of the chief's neighbors, then, still hungry, ate the chief's own coconuts.

Ng ua beab el mengard.

> Nibbling like a rat.

Activity that slowly destroys another person or institution. Generally applied to verbal actions; spreading malicious gossip; a speech loaded with subtle insults. However, it can be applied to wider behavior such as economic behavior that destroys the resources of the country: killing fish by dynamite; cutting forests without planting

More Examples:

E ng tmoech a beab me a katuu a somkemkii.

> And when the mouse appeared, the cat snatched him.

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?

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.

Mnguu a oluches el loia er a bebul a hong.

> Put the pencil on top of the book.

beab

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blue sea chub (fish) [Kyphosus cinerascens].

Examples:

A beab a sebechel kmerd er a Ngcheangel el ngar er a chelsel a blil a kall el ua bek el beras.

> Rats can get to Kayangel in bags of food such as rice.

A beab a milsa a medal a sechelil el telemall.

> The mouse saw his friend's injured face.

Aika el merkong el elolem el buil e ng ngar ngii a dellemelem el mla mekang er a beab?

> In the past 6 months have rats eaten your plants?

A beab a sebechel mertii er a delongelel a sairio er a blai, rael e kmerd er a Ngcheangel.

> Rats can get to Kayangel by hiding in construction materials.

blil a beab

> jail; prison

Proverbs:

Ng ua beab el mengard.

> Nibbling like a rat.

Activity that slowly destroys another person or institution. Generally applied to verbal actions; spreading malicious gossip; a speech loaded with subtle insults. However, it can be applied to wider behavior such as economic behavior that destroys the resources of the country: killing fish by dynamite; cutting forests without planting

Ng ko er a beab er a Ngerard, el kma a lisiu me a lisam.

> It's like the rat of Ngerard, which eats up all your coconuts and (then) all of ours.

It's a decision, plan etc. that will backfire. A pet rat owned by Mad, chief of Ngaraard, ate the coconuts of most of the chief's neighbors, then, still hungry, ate the chief's own coconuts.

Ng ko er a cherellel a beab el di ta e keroker.

> It's like the birth of a rat with one offspring per mother.

It's something that happens just once, something I put up with only once. According to this saying, the rat bears but one litter. Hence the application "once is enough" about an act that bears no repeating.

More Examples:

E ng tmoech a beab me a katuu a somkemkii.

> And when the mouse appeared, the cat snatched him.

bedikl

, n.

any trap used to catch animals on land; snare.
bedikl a klekedall el omedikl, bedikl er a malk, bedikl er a beab.

klab

, n.

harvested tubar of taro or tapioca.
klab a ta er a ngklel a kukau.

rekung

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land crab.
rekung a charm el mekekerei er a chemang; kakum. A rekung a charm; a ta er a ngklel a rekung a kakum. Ng mekekerei el ua a meklungel a kesako. Ng eaiuong a kekemengel e eruong a techetechel. Ng sebechel el kie er a beluu e ng di ng omechell er a daob. Ng kall.

bedeklek	n.poss.1s
bedeklem	n.poss.2s
bedeklel	n.poss.3s
bedeklam	n.poss.1pe
bedekled	n.poss.1pi
bedekliu	n.poss.2p
bedeklir	n.poss.3p
bedikl er a Saibal	expr.	chicken trap using decoy chicken.
bedikl er a beab	expr.	mouse-trap.
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