Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

basech

, n.

flint for starting fire; fuse; white film over eye; cataract; the hardened meat of an overgrown betelnut; direction in which canoe is sailed against the wind (requiring zigzag movement of canoe); tack.

besechel	n.poss.3s	besechel a seuis er ngii el dub.
besechel a dub	expr.	fuse for bomb.
See also:

dub

, n.

bomb; dynamite; tree in Legume family whose leaves and roots are used as poison to catch fish; vine in Legume family (whose roots are used as poison to catch fish).
dub a ta er a bedengel a kerrekar el omekodall, dub a ngar ngii a rrsachel me a techetachel.

dbak

n.poss.1s

dbam

n.poss.2s

dbal

n.poss.3s

dbal a dub er ngii; kloleklel el dub.

dbemam

n.poss.1pe

dbad

n.poss.1pi

dbemiu

n.poss.2p

dberir

n.poss.3p

See also:

Examples:

Aika el tekoi a dub.

> You're talking too much (about me)./I don't want to hear anymore.

Proverbs:

A mekngit el tekoi a dub, e a ungil el tekoi a ollak.

> Bad words are a curse, good words are a blessing.

Words of insult or scolding are destructive (like dynamite), while kind words will make you liked (like a love charm).

ngikel

/uploads/pics/5479.jpg, n.

fish.
ngikel a charm er daob me a ralm el kall; temekai me a meas a ngikel.

ngkelel

n.poss.3s

ngkelel a cheldil el ngikel.

bekengikel

v.s.

smell of fish.
bekengikel a bau el bul a ngikel; bengud.

chad e ngikel

expr.

half-human and half-fish; mermaid.

ngikel el dub

expr.

fish caught/killed with a bomb.

olsengel a ngikel

expr.

small sharp fin near tail of certain fish.

See also:

Examples:

Ng sebeched el koreel a bek el bedengel a ngikel.

> We can catch many kinds of fish.

A lluich el ngikel a uleburech a bdelul er a dachelbai el chad er a chei.

> 20 fish were speared in the head by the skillful fisherman.

A ngikel er a omoachel a mlad er a chad er a omenged.

> The fish in the river died by the fisherman.

Ak ousbech a oles el mo meles a ngikel.

> I use a knife to fillet fish.

A dachelbai el chad er a chei a milurech a bdelul a lluich el ngikel.

> The skillful fisherman speared 20 fish in the head.

Proverbs:

Ng ko er a ngkelel a iusech el dimengel a medad er ngii

> Like a fish in deep, clear water, eaten only with the eyes.

Fish are not easily caught in clear water. The idiom applies to that which may be admired but not obtained, like an expensive item or another man's beautiful sweetheart.

More Examples:

Alii, k emo kerekikl se el momecholo a ngikel e ke mo metacheb.

> Be careful descaling the fish so that you don't get hurt from its spikes.

Kede ousbech a omcholo er a ngikel el omcholo a ngikel.

> We use fish scale to scale fish

Kamei aika el uaol. Aika el ngikel a di menga uolek.

> Pass the bait. The fish keep eating my bait.

Ke mla mcholo aike el ngikel el ngar er a odekel?

> Did you descale the fish on the outdoor prepairing area?

Aike el cheluel a ngikel a ungil el koeas.

> The fish scales are good fertilizer.

Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

Search for another word: