Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

bas

, n.

embers; burned pieces of wood.
bas a ulout, besengel a idungel me a dekool; oubas.

besengel

n.poss.3s

besengel a dekool

expr.

cigarette ashes.

See also:

Examples:

Ng diak a techellek el soiseb er a bas.

> I don't have any room to get into the bus.

More Examples:

Ng diak kumekall me ak di ngar er a bas.

> I dont drive so I take the bus.

chemachel

, n.a.s.

ingredients for betel nut chewing (i.e. betel nut, pepper leaf, lime, etc.).
chemachel a kebui me a buuch me a chaus; chemelel.

chemelek

n.poss.1s

chemelem

n.poss.2s

chemelel

n.poss.3s

chemelam

n.poss.1pe

chemeled

n.poss.1pi

chemeliu

n.poss.2p

chemelir

n.poss.3p

chemelem el dekool

expr.

your cigarettes (for smoking).

See also:

Examples:

Se el blai a meteet er a chemachel.

> That family is well-known to have resources in betel nut.

Proverbs:

A chemeled a di dongaus er ngii, e durur.

> Even though we fix our own betel-nut, we get burned.

Chemachel is a "betelnut package" consisting of the seeded nut, the pepper leaf (kebui), and the lime (chaus). By applying too much lime to a "package" it is possible to burn one's mouth. Although this is sometimes done among young people to signal another secretly of sexual attraction, typically it happens accidentally. The idiom implies that everyone makes mistakes; it can't be helped. No matter how careful we are, we sometimes fail; we shouldn't be too sure or overconfident in ourselves.

More Examples:

Ng mlo telkib el ngesonges a ududek me ng dimlak kucherar a chemelek el dekool.

> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes.

Ng mla chemer a Lukes le te mla chuamech a chemelel buuch.

> Lukes was sulking because they chewed all of her betelnut.

Ak mo melai a chemelek el kebui.

> I'm going to get my pepper leaves.

Aika el chemelek el kebui a mera el di moalech.

> My chewing pepper leaves are withered.

dekool

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cigarrette; tobacco.
dekool a ta er a bedengel a dellomel el chemachel. A dekool a dellomel; ng diak el sal el mo klou. Ng di kmeed el mo ua a meklungel a diokang a lsekum ng kmal el mo meklou. Ng diak el kall. Ng di sebechir a remelamech a buuch el ousbech el mengeech.