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:
> I am going to read you a list of statements and you tell if you agree, disagree, neutral or don't know.
> It doesn't do anything./It won't do you any harm.
> Don't go fishing because you'll get sicker (than you are now).
> They are like greedy dogs that never get enough.
> Nothing stops Droteo from doing things./Droteo isn't easily discouraged.
Proverbs:
> Like lightning, a big, unnecessary noise.
Lightning rarely strikes in such a way as to cause serious damage in Palau. May be applied to any unnecessary fuss or oratory at a meeting.
> If it is my lunch it can be divided, if it is yours then it cannot
Two men habitually trapped fish in the same region of the lagoon. One would occasionally ask the other to join him at lunch, the other would always refuse. One day the man who refused arrived with no lunch. When the usual invitation was extended the man refused, saying that, anyway, he had no lunch. The invitation was insistently pressed until the reluctant one gave in. As they split the taro between them the one who shared made the above statement. The idiom is a mild rebuke of a retentive person
> 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.
> Like the insects which stays at ashes of fire but doesn't burn.
You're near a situation which needs immediate attention but you don't lend a hand.
> You think only of Present, not of Future.
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.
More Examples:
> It's the object used when a man and a woman go to bed together whose purpose is to prevent pregnancy and to prevent the transmission of disease between them.
> Hey, when you the females, leave the eggs in.
> It is weird being married. You're not on your own anymore. It's like something is attached to you all the time.
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> Its not wise to drink alcohol and drive, its agaisnt the law.

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