dui, n.title (for village chief or family head).
dui
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kuk
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diakn.poss.1s
diamn.poss.2s
dialn.poss.3s
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dui
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dimamn.poss.1pe
diadn.poss.1pi
dimiun.poss.2p
dirirn.poss.3p
meluchel er a duiexpr.hold title.
Examples:
> Don't you have any cigarettes?
> Because humans aren't as smart as animals.
> I wasted my time going because there was nothing for me to buy.
> He's young and unexperienced (lit. his buttocks are covered with sores) and doesn't know anything.
> Nothing makes Droteo give up what he's doing.
Proverbs:
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
> 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.
> Our nose is close (to the mouth), but cannot be licked.
i.e. we shouldn't be too sure of, or overconfident in, ourselves. 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.
> 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.
> Like Kerosene, poling his canoe with no obvious destination
Under the German administrator Winkler before World War I, a Palauan named Ngirakerisil (Mr. Kerosene) was employed as a canoe operator. Daily he would take the tireless administrator to a different part of Palau to inspect the various economic programs (largely coconut planting) instituted by the now legendary Winkler. The operator, least of all, could predict where they would be going next. The idiom is applied to any aimless person or action; indecision; a changeable person.
More Examples:
> No. My child is sick
> No, so I really have to study tonight.
> I'm not too hungry.
> I'm not thirsty.
> He dances well but lacks charisma.

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