chedam, n.father (used as term of address).
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demmiun.poss.2p
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chedangn.father (term of address less formal than chedam).
delal a demakexpr.my paternal grandmother.
demal a delakexpr.my maternal grandfather.
demal a demakexpr.my paternal grandfather.
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Examples:
> The child is crying for his father.
> Droteo is following in his fathers footsteps (i.e., following his father's way of life).
> Do you have a father?
> My father is building our new house.
> I am dependent on money from my father.
Proverbs:
> Like his father, for he ate his father's premasticated food.
Applied to a child by adoption, with the implication that the adopted child resembles his adoptive father
More Examples:
> How old is your father?
> Did you pay back your debt to your father, the money you borrowed last month?
> My mother and father love me.
> I am not possessed by a devil; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
> Father/mother, I need money to go to college/university.
chad, n.man; person; human being; living being; someone; somebody; anyone; anybody.
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chedamn.poss.2syour (singular) relative.
chedaln.poss.3shis or her person or relative.
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chedadn.poss.1piour (inclusive) relative.
chedemiun.poss.2p
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chadv.s.alive; living.
chedengangv.s.inch.becoming alive; reviving.
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chad er a daobexpr.person knowledgeable about the sea.
chad er a governmentexpr.government employee.
chad er a morosexpr.barbarian; cannibal.
chad er a rengexpr.considerate person.
chedal a chelidexpr.person having religion; believer.
chedal a ochilexpr.lap; upper thigh.
mo chadexpr.become alive; come to life.
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Examples:
> But those who have faith in that one will never be disappointed.
> One hundred people voted.
> Worry can rob you of happiness.
> He's a Palauan for sure.
> Is anyone hungry?
Proverbs:
> That man is like a duck.
The native duck, debar, doesn't fly very well, or high like other birds, it doesn't walk or run like some animals, it can't sing well, and it doesn't swim as well as a fish. But it can do all these things. Applied to a person who seemingly can do many different things, none of them expertly. "Jack of all trades."
> 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.
> Like a man circumcised, insufficient skin.
Circumcision seems to have been known in Palau prior to contact, perhaps through contact with the Philippines, but was not widely practiced. As in this context, it usually draws attention in the form of ridicule. The idiom applies to any circumstance in which there has been insufficient preparation or planning; a premature decision.
> A person whose breechcloth is loose.
A poorly organized man, naive, openminded, generous, but not manly.
> Like the people of Ngerechelong, standing together on the base of the coconut tree.
The mound or hump that forms at the base of the coconut tree is said to represent the highest ranking village clan. The leader of that clan is spoken of as "standing on the mound." In the idiom, it is suggested that the people of Ngerechelong (northern Palau) would all like to be leaders-all standing on the mound at the same time. The idiom may be applied where too many people try to direct an operation; too many leaders.
More Examples:
> He's from Palau.
> A librarian's job is to take care of all the books and documents in the library.
> What is the job of the libarian?
> Where are you from?
> Men, young and old wore loin clothes.

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