dui, n.title (for village chief or family head).
dui
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diakn.poss.1s
diamn.poss.2s
dialn.poss.3s
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dimamn.poss.1pe
diadn.poss.1pi
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dirirn.poss.3p
meluchel er a duiexpr.hold title.
Examples:
> It's not like the sickness that I have!
> Water is free (lit., doesn't need to be bought) (so why don't you take a shower?).
> The Lord does not easily become angry.
> Don't split an unopened betelnut; (instead) chew (one of) the already split betelnuts in the betelnut bag.
> That king had no bracelet, neither ornament.
Proverbs:
> Like Beachedarsai's food, only a little but it does not disappear.
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.
> 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.
> He's like Chelebesoi of Ngeriil, dead in a fishtrap not his own.
A man named Chelebesoi (also the name of a fish) was robbing another man's fish trap when a head-hunting party came by and removed his head. He lost both his head and his reputation. The idiom may apply to one who gets hurt while trying to do someone else's job.
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
> It's like the foam of the sea, which forms unexpectedly and then disappears.
It's a matter that comes up for lengthy discussions and then is dropped without resolution or effect. Some things, like sea foam, drift on without settlement. Endless discussion without reaching agreement.
More Examples:
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> Hey. That knot's no good. The boat will float away.
> I feel sorry for her because no one likes her.
> No, I can't help you.
> I'm not tired.
suebek, v.i.fly (out from).
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mesebesebek
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v.i.redup.fly around aimlessly; float in the wind.
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sobekangv.i.inch.is starting to fly.
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sobekungv.i.pred.is about to fly.
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bekesbesebek a rengulexpr.easily worried; worrisome.
suebek a rengulexpr.worried; anxious.
suebek el charmexpr.bird.
suebek el dialexpr.airplane.
See also: , ,
Examples:
> Mothers tend to worry about their children.
> Peter became worried.
> I am worried.
> Do you know that Ngeriungs is an important Bird Area in the world?
> I am so worried that I cannot speak.
Proverbs:
> You're a flying kite, but i hold the guide string.
No matter how much you play around, you always come back to me.
> Like the kingfisher, chattering while taking to wing.
The kingfisher, a restless, bullying bluebird, may be heard to chatter loudly when flying up from the ground or from a perch. The saying applies to one who suddenly spouts instructions to a group, then leaves, or to a leader at a meeting who impatiently interrupts a discussion with a burst of pronouncements, then ends the meeting.
> Like the purple swamp hen, flying off with its legs hanging down
The purple swamp hen (uek; other sources name another bird, sechou [heron]) is careless about its legs when it flies, letting them dangle in flight instead of neatly tucking them up like other, more trim flyers. The saying applies to persons who do sloppy work or carelessly leave a task half finished
> You're like the stork which flies with its legs dangling.
You leave unfinished business behind and split.
> Like a pigeon-seeing the danger, yet it flies from cover
The pigeon sits quietly concealed until some threat appears, then it flies out, revealing itself. The idiom applies to a person who unnecessarily exposes himself to danger, leaves the house in the rain, or takes a boat out in a storm.
More Examples:
> I was close to worrying everyone as I was a little late.

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