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| el di mle ngii | expr. | all by himself; on his own. |
| ngii di lebong | expr. | whatever it is; whatever there may be. |
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> The building in Ngerchemai burned down by itself. |
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> Why are you acting like a child? |
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> Toki went to Guam just to fool around. |
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> It's just or exactly the same. |
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> I'm just selling vegetables a little at a time, and then I'll (be able to) buy my car. |
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> It's as if I've submerged my head into Mekaeb (the channel between Peleliu and Agaur). A term to describe a dish that is really salty. |
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> Like a racing canoe of Ngerchelong, fast by word of mouth. Apparently refers to a canoe race of the past when a club of Ngerchelong lost after having given verbal display of greatness. Refers to the bluff or braggart (all-mouth, no action). |
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> Like the blow at Utaor, one stroke for all A person or perhaps a club of the hamlet of Utaor (a hamlet of either Koror or Chol) offended a major village and, in consequence, the village retaliated by attacking the whole hamlet. The idiom applies to any general statement or punishment that might better be directed toward a particular group or individual |
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> He gets his law from the streets. Rael has the general meaning "way," applicable both to method and to a street. The implication is that if a child will not learn from his parents, he will learn the hard way from experience. It may be used in the positive sense of someone who is quick to learn from experience. |
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> You're like sardines, very many but only enough for one wrapped piece of fish. Fish are properly wrapped individually in a leaf for cooking, but sardines are so small that a bunch of them may be wrapped together to make up only one small bundle. The idiom may be applied to a numerous but weak enemy or to a clan that is large but ineffective as in raising money for its members, or for a large group of workers who do not accomplish very much. |
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> John is really in a hurry; what's wrong? |
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> We like it quick and easy money making schemes without thinking for the future. |
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> It won't rain. It's just cloudy today. |
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> I want to go (with you) but my legs are too painful. |
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> She looks so beautiful with her traditional grass skirt and decorations except her lips look inside out with that lipstick. |
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| diadiak | v.s.redup. | |
dikeang
/di kea
/di keang
/dikea | v.s.inch. | no longer; no more; not... after all.
di keang a mla er ngii e mla mo diak, udoud a di keang. |
| dimlak | v.s.past | were not; did not exist; was/were non-existent.
dimlak a di mla diak, dimlak le medung er a cheldecheduch, dimlak rengesii, dimlak lemei. |
| ng diak | mod. | no. |
| ngdiak | cont. | ng diak |
| diak a rengul | expr. | inconsiderate; impolite. |
| mo diak | expr. | run out; stop; disappear; become non-existent. |
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> I didn't have anything to say. |
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> My house is no longer located here. |
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> The rain's stopped. |
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> She doesn't miss anything./Nothing gets by her. |
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> Why aren't you eating? |
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> It's like Beachedarsai's food, though small in quantity, it never runs out. Something beneficial(money, food, etc) keeps coming in steadily(from unknown source). |
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> Like the honey bee, celebrating without first boiling down the coconut syrup. Once coconut syrup, dripping from the cut flower stem, is collected it is thickened
by boiling. The honeybee, however, collects his nectar, puts it in the hive without boiling
it, then proceeds to fly around noisily as though celebrating the completed task.
Hence, to talk or boast loudly about successes and accomplishments when one has none;
to make plans but never carry them out; to celebrate without cause. |
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> The nose is right there, but it can't be licked The nose is very close to the mouth, but, no matter how reassuringly available, it cannot be licked by the tongue. The idiom cautions those who are careless with their possessions to be less assured about wealth. |
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> Water is without cost. Palauans bathe frequently; many will not miss a daily bath if at all possible. Bathing places are usually widened areas, natural or artificial (some elaborately paved with stone) in fresh-water streams. The phrase simply reminds another, probably a reluctant child, that he should bathe. |
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> Like the Bilimbi tree which, if not shaken, will not bear fruit. Applied to a person who does not fulfill their obligations without constant prodding or nagging. |
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> My mom doesnt really want me to have a motorcycle. |
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> would you forgive me please? |
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> We can say they're like sardines without heads in a can. |
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> No, I'm going to school tomorrow |
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> My kids are so unruly sometimes. |
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| engdi | cont. | e ng di |
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> I came to your house, but you were out. |
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> I was thinking or expecting that Toki would come to class, but she didn't come. |
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> He doesn't want anything but or except a beer. |
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> But those who have faith in that one will never be disappointed. |
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> The teacher reads, or the child reads the first paragraph again on his own. |
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> Be strong, shallows are close Crossing the lagoon, a canoe is poled in shallow water, paddled in deep. The phrase refers to canoeists tiring after a long paddle over deep water. Applied when someone is about to give up, though better times are ahead. |
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> She looks so beautiful with her traditional grass skirt and decorations except her lips look inside out with that lipstick. |
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> Crookedness will not bear straight, it will always be crooked. |
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> Im so sleepy but im so adamant. |
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> I had a pet dog but he died. |
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> I want to go (with you) but my legs are too painful. |
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| di meau | expr. | naked. |
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> He just walks around naked so we can all see all of his parts. |
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> Oh my, their bellies and their clothes, they shoudl just go naked then. |
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| tometemii | v.pf.3s | tometemii a melemotem er ngii; temetemel. |
| tilemetemii | v.pf.3s.past | |
| tomotem | v.pf.3p.inan. | tomotem a melemotem; temetemel a kerrekar. |
| tilemotem | v.pf.3p.inan.past | |
| ketemotem | v.recip. | cut each other (with machetes when clearing land).
ketemotem a di du el melemotem; melobech, omukel a kerrekar; tometemii, tomotem, ketemotem a oliochel er a chutem, temetemel. |
| telemetamel | v.r.s. | (trees; land; etc.) cleared.
telemetamel a telemotem; mededaes, mla metemotem; tometemii a rael; tomotem a oreomel, temetemel. |
| telemotem | v.r.s. | (trees, land etc.) cleared.
telemotem a oreomel el meukel a kerrekar er ngii me ng mededaes. |
| temetamel | v.a.s. | (land etc.) is to be cleared.
temetamel a ukelall a kerrekar ngii; kirel el metemotem; tometemii, tomotem a oreomel. |
| el di ta temetemir | expr. | in one stroke or blow; all at once. |
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> The soldiers took rifles and shot the women and children all at once. |
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> Like the blow at Utaor, one stroke for all A person or perhaps a club of the hamlet of Utaor (a hamlet of either Koror or Chol) offended a major village and, in consequence, the village retaliated by attacking the whole hamlet. The idiom applies to any general statement or punishment that might better be directed toward a particular group or individual |
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| rokir | v.pf.3s | rokir a merekui er ngii; churrengelii; beluu el rokir a mong. |
| rirekir | v.pf.3s.past | |
| rukui | v.pf.3p.inan. | rukui a merekui; okngemed; mo merek; mla kma a kall el rukui e mo milil; rukui a urrerel. |
| rirekui | v.pf.3p.inan.past | |
merekong
/merkong
/merko | v.inch. | is (just) finishing; at last; finally.
merkong a mla mo merek; rrekui, rekil a urreor. |
merekui
/merkui | v.erg. | |
| rekiaol | v.a.s. | is to be finished (completely).
rekiaol a kirel el merekui; urreor a di rekiaol kung; mochu merek. |
| rokir | pro. | all of it.
rokir a merekui er ngii; churrengelii; beluu el rokir a mong. |
| rrekui | v.r.s. | finished (completely).
rrekui a mla merekui; blai a rrekui a urrerel; mla mo merek; rekil. |
| e ng di merkong | expr. | unless. |
| el rokir | expr. | all of it. |
| el rokui | expr. | all of them. |
| rokui el taem | expr. | all the time; always. |
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> Don't return until you've found her. |
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> All those things you learned from your father won't work or won't be of any use. |
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> All my clothes has gotten totally soaked. |
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> all these people |
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> Due to the weather conditions and increasing hazardous surf, the National Emergency Office (NEMO) is issuing a Small Craft Warning for the entire Republic of Palau. Water conditions from outside the reef through all exposures are very rough at this time. Travel between Peleliu and Angaur, Kayangel and Ollei and/or outside the reefs are strictly prohibited. Small craft warning flags have been raised and the republic is requested to observe this warning. NEMO will continue to monitor these marine conditions and advise the public accordingly. |
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> There are people who just know how to talk and thats about it. |
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> I only cook the food. |
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> Im scared of gossip. It ruins relationships. |
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> The sum of all the money that was collected, i was able to buy my house. |
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> A librarian's job is to take care of all the books and documents in the library. |
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| ngii di el chad | pro. | anybody. |
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> Does the woman like the taste of guava? |
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> Are you going to call anyone's cats? |
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> No one is to come here./No trespassing. |
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> Is anyone hungry? |
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> Anyone at all could do this work. |
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> I think people in Airai should make toll booths at the airport and collect fees. |
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| se el | conj. | when (in the future); whenever. |
| se el sekum | conj. | if (used in negative sentences). |
| sel | cont. | se el |
| er se er a | expr. | when (in the past). |
| er se er a Sebadong | expr. | last Saturday. |
| er se er a taem er a mekemad | expr. | during the war. |
| er sei | expr. | over there; in that place. |
| mekera isei | expr. | [used to refer to a method of doing something that the speaker has forgotten.] |
| ngera isei | expr. | thingamajig; thingamabob; whatchamacallit. [used to refer to something whose name the speaker has forgotten.] |
| se di kau | expr. | it's up to you. |
| se el soam | expr. | whatever you want; it's up to you. |
| se el tebel | expr. | that table (over there). |
| se er a | expr. | conj. when (in the past). |
| tela isei | expr. | [used to refer to a number that the speaker has forgotten.] |
| tia isei | expr. | what's-his-name; what's-her-name. [Used to refer to someone whose name the speaker has forgotten.] |
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> Satsko fled when she saw the ghost. |
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> They were over there and then walked to the beach. |
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> The good way is for you to explain the truth. |
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> All the pigs that are ready to eat are always killed in the winter. |
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> It is exactly marked and it is to cut when when we need to saw it. |
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> Like the foam of the ocean. (Like sea foam.) Some things, like sea foam, drift on without settlement. Endless discussion without reaching agreement. |
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> When my eyes are closed. When one dies the eyes are "closed"; hence, to be dead. The term for "death" is mad as is the term for "eye," (mad; madak: "my eye"). Some sources suggest that the term for death refers to the closed eyes of a dead person. |
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> What is the name of this place? |
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> He is a riot and funny when dancing. |
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> That guy is so darn good when he does jitterbug. |
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> What's that phone number again? |
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> Do you want to take some of these food home when you leave? |
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| tal | cont. | ta el |
| tara | cont. | ta er a |
| el di ngak el tang | expr. | alone; by myself. |
| ko el tang | expr. | the very first time; the first time after a long while. |
| ngii di el tang | expr. | either one; anything. |
| ta el chad | expr. | one person; (persons) having same mother or father; (persons) of same blood. |
| ta el rak | expr. | one year. |
| ta el sils | expr. | one day. |
| ta er kemam | expr. | one of our relatives (usually, close); one of us. |
| ta er ngak | expr. | one of my relatives (usually, close). |
| ta er tir | expr. | one of them. |
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> People tend to start arriving at one o'clock. |
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> I went to the beach along. |
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> It finished raining in an hour. |
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> Droteo and Toki are quite close or always doing things together. |
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> Once upon a time, there was a god named Meluadeangel. |
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> Like the breadfruit of Kayangel, just one rotten piece will spoil the whole bunch. One bad person can ruin the reputation of a whole group. |
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> 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. |
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> Like the blow at Utaor, one stroke for all A person or perhaps a club of the hamlet of Utaor (a hamlet of either Koror or Chol) offended a major village and, in consequence, the village retaliated by attacking the whole hamlet. The idiom applies to any general statement or punishment that might better be directed toward a particular group or individual |
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> A blind man leading another blind man. The application is identical to that of the familiar English idiom |
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> I only wish that we will see each other in the future. |
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> Is it OK for me to call you sometime? |
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> thirty first day of the month |
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> Im going to harvest one of my taro square. It is now big harvest season time. |
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> Teach your child to respect themselves so that they can respect others. |
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| di telkib | expr. | only a little; just a bit. |
| el telkib | expr. | for a while. |
| telkib a bebetok | expr. | a shade too much. |
| telkib el betok | expr. | a bit too much. |
| telkib el kekesai | expr. | just barely not enough. |
| telkib el kesai | expr. | not enough. |
| telkib el taem | expr. | a short while; a short time. |
| telkib er a Ngiual | expr. | part of the village of Ngiual. |
| telkib er a kall | expr. | part of the food. |
| telkib er a lius | expr. | small piece of coconut. |
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> We sort of became a little bit worried. |
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> I'll just rest here for a while and then go. |
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> I was a bit sick yesterday. |
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> I can only talk (with you) a little. |
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> Whenever I was just patient and waited for a little while, I was certain to have a good idea. |
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> It's like Beachedarsai's food, though small in quantity, it never runs out. Something beneficial(money, food, etc) keeps coming in steadily(from unknown source). |
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> It's like the food of Beachedarsai: though small in quantity it never runs out i.e., something beneficial (food, money, etc.) keeps coming in steady supply (from an unknown source). |
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> Pretty soon they'll disown me. |
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> I'm going to be a little late tomorrow. I have a lot of work. |
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> This tastes a little bland. |
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> My meat is a little too salty. |
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> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes. |
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