Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

berd

, n.

lip.
berd a berdel a ngor; ngar a bab me a eou me a lechub e ng tkul a ngor; berdel a kim me a oruer.

berdek

n.poss.1s

berdem

n.poss.2s

berdel

n.poss.3s

lip.
berdel a berd er ngii el kim, berdel a ngor, berdel a otkang.

berdam

n.poss.1pe

berded

n.poss.1pi

berdiu

n.poss.2p

berdir

n.poss.3p

berdaol

v.s.

(fish, people) thick-lipped.
berdaol a klou a berdel; berdaol el kim, berdaol a ngerel.

berdel a but

expr.

lips of vagina.

berdel a ngor

expr.

lips.

More Examples:

Aika el berdel a ngerem e ke klsakl?

> Hon, whats wrong with your lips?

Ng mera el ungil a cheritel me a klekedellel e ng di aika el berdel a ngerel a ko er a ulechero er tia el kutsibeni er ngii.

> She looks so beautiful with her traditional grass skirt and decorations except her lips look inside out with that lipstick.

kim

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type of large clam; female genitals.
kim a ta er a bedengel a cheled, ng ko er a teletelel a kikoi e ng di kuk klou.

bekekim

v.s.

smell of clams (after cleaning or cooking clams).

berdel a kim

expr.

inside surface of clam shell.

ngisel a kim

expr.

meat of clam.

Examples:

Te menga a kim.

> They're from Ngerechelong (where clams are abundant).

Proverbs:

Menga a kim.

> Eat tradacna.

Tradacna, one variety of which is the so-called Giant Killer Clam, occurs in quantity off Ngerechelong and is a prominent food there; hence, the people of Ngerechelong.

Ng ko er a kim er a Murael, el di dengarech e oker a chais.

> She's like the clams at Murael, lying face up (and open) and asking for news.

i.e., she just sits at home asking passersby about what's going on outside. Murael is a reef near Ngerechelong where, as elsewhere in Palau, the various kinds of tradacna shell bask, open and feeding, in the shallow lagoon. The saying applies to gullibility combined with high curiosity for news and to persons who simply sit at home, letting the happenings of the community come to them via passing persons.

More Examples:

Se el kunga a kim e aika el ulechel a blechoel el metecherakl er a ungelek.

> When I eat clam, the big muscle always gets stuck in my teeth.

Ak mo melit a kim.

> I'm going to hunt for clams

Ke ko er a kim er a bengall el di kled e siungel.

> You are like the clam of bengall, never moves an inch but always adored.

Aika el kim a mera el diak a ngisel.

> These clams just released their eggs.

meliliut

, v.s.

thin and flat; slender.
meliliut a diak lokrokr; meliliut el mamed a sebechel moues el tmoech er a bitang; llilitel.

meleliliut	v.s.redup.	fairly thin and flat. meleliliut a telkib el meliliut.
meliliut a berdel a ngerel	expr.	have a tendency to gossip; reveal confidential information.
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