Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

chur

, n.

tongue.
chur a ngar er a chelsel a ngor el omeob a tekoi; chural a chad.

churak

n.poss.1s

churam

n.poss.2s

chural

n.poss.3s

churemam

n.poss.1pe

churad

n.poss.1pi

churemiu

n.poss.2p

churerir

n.poss.3p

medal a chur

tongue tip.

obult a chural

expr.

change one's mind.

teleuidel a chural

expr.

have a forked tongue; say one thing on one occasion and something else the next.

teluo a chural

expr.

stick to what one has said; remain fixed in one's opinion; stubborn.

uchul a chur

expr.

back or root of tongue.

Examples:

A chermiu a mo uchul a lengeliu.

> You'll all be sorry for laughing.

A sechelim a ko er a chural a nguis (el beritengetang a chural).

> Your friend speaks with a forked tongue.

Ng diak lobult a churak.

> I'm not changing my mind./I'm sticking to my decision.

Ng kmal tuobed a cherik.

> That really makes me want to laugh.

Proverbs:

Teluo chural

> One tongue.

A "straight talker"; one who sticks to what he says without reversing himself.

Ng ko er a nguis el beritengetang a chural (or Britengetang).

> Like the green tree snake with a forked tongue (or simply, "Forked").

One who reverses himself, has two tongues, or whose tongue is forked like a snake.

metang

, v.s.

(road) forked.
metang a metengal; metengal a rael; metang el kerrekar a ngar er ngii a metengal.

beritengetang

v.s.redup.

forked or branched in many places; (tree) having many branches.
beritengetang a betok a metengal; beritngetang el kerrekar.

kautang

v.recip.

crossing each other to form an X.

melengetang

v.s.redup.

wandering around; having no fixed abode.
melengetang a merael a delengchokl; mengesuch a blai.

beritengetang a chural

expr.

have a forked tongue; say one thing on one occasion and something else the next.

See also:

Examples:

A sechelim a ko er a chural a nguis (el beritengetang a chural).

> Your friend speaks with a forked tongue.

Proverbs:

Ng ko er a nguis el beritengetang a chural (or Britengetang).

> Like the green tree snake with a forked tongue (or simply, "Forked").

One who reverses himself, has two tongues, or whose tongue is forked like a snake.

Ng ko er a mengang er a beritengetang el kukau.

> Like eating a forked taro corm.

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) generally grows like a single fat carrot. Some corms, however, develop one or more points or forks. The image conveyed by this idiom is that of a man beset by many tasks, trying to decide among them.

nguis

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kind of green snake.
nguis a charm el ko er a bersoech e cheriich me a mellemau a bedengel. A nguis a charm; ng di ua a teletelel a bersoech. Ng oumellemau a bedengel e chedelekelek a chural. Ng di ua a teletelel a bersoech a lorael. Ng diak el kall.