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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. |
Examples: |
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> She doesn't miss anything./Nothing gets by her. |
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> If Droteo hadn't had the money, (then) he wouldn't have gone to Guam. |
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> I don't know what to do with all that food. |
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> It doesn't do anything./It won't do you any harm. |
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> The religion of these people is worthless. |
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Proverbs: |
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> An ukall tree won't become a titimel tree. i.e., a child will resemble its father; human nature will not change. The ukal, a lumber tree, resembles the titiml, a fruit bearing tree, at least to the extent that both are trees and become quite large. Both have assets but are quite different. The idiom is applied in the sense that a child resembles its father and will become what its father was. It may also be used to mean "human nature can't be changed." |
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> You think only of Present, not of Futur Chelechang (Present) and Chrechar (Future) were brothers. Present was the favorite of his mother. These are the words of Future reprimanding his mother. The idiom is used of those who inadequately plan for the future. |
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> Like they eat at Ngerraus, appetized when nothing is left. Ngerraus is a small village in Ngchesar (central Palau). The idiom suggests a person who begins to feel hungry just as the food runs out. The reference is to the meager food resources of a small village. In contemporary Palau the idiom may be applied to some popular import that soon disappears from the shelves of the stores. |
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> It's like the way they eat in Ngeraus (where food is scarce): as soon as they get to like or enjoy the food, it's gone. Just as something becomes popular, it becomes unavailable. |
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> Like Beachedarsai's food, only a little but it does not disappear.8 Beachedarsai and a friend, one day, went to heaven. On arrival they were very hungry, so they visited one of the gods who provided food for them. The "food" was one tiny piece of taro and a bit of fish. Beachedarsai thought to himself that this would hardly suffice, but he picked up the taro and ate it. As he did so another piece appeared on the plate. He ate the piece of fish and another piece of fish appeared. His friend also ate and on his plate as well a new piece of taro or fish appeared as each was consumed. When they were satisfied, there remained on their plates a piece of taro and fish. The idiom is applied to any small blessing, such as a small but steady income, or Western meals that, in contrast with the Palauan tray full of food, are served in small portions, and so on. |
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More Examples: |
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> It's not very hard. |
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> What can you do in your household that would help relieve your stress? |
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> I'm not too hungry |
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> No. He or she only feels dizzy. |
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> Hey, theres work exchange on Saturday, do you want to go? |
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| diak a kodellel | , v.s. | eternal; everlasting. |
| diak a telemellel | , v.s. | innocent; not guilty. |
| diak a ultutelel | , expr. | useless; meaningless; trivial. |
| diak el klalo | , expr. | useless thing; coward. |
| diak lemekimd | , expr. | go on unceasingly; persist. |
| diak lemerech | , expr. | complicated; immovable. |
| diak lemesim a rengul | , expr. | stick to one's convictions; not change one's mind. |
| diak liit | , expr. | without fail; definitely. |
| diak lodengelii a rengul | , expr. | (person) unaware of his limitations or overestimates his abilities or overextends himself with committments. |
| diak lokor | , expr. | for sure; without a doubt. |
| diak lua ildisel a | , expr. | very many; not like any quantity of something imaginable. |
| mo diak lekaubuch | , expr. | get divorced. |
| ng diak a ngerang | , pro. | nothing. |
| ng diak a rolel e | , expr. | there's no way to/have no way to. |
| ng diak a rrengel | , expr. | unreserved; uninhibited; direct; not afraid to speak one's mind. |
ng diak a tal chad
/ng diak a ta el chad
/ng diak a ta el chad | , pro. | nobody. |
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