Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

kar

kar

a

mengkar;

klekar,

kokerengii

a

blil

a

kelebus,

kokar

a

stoang,

kekerengel.

See also: ,

Examples:

Tia

el

kar

a

oubuch

er

a

daob.

> This medicine must be used with salt water (to be effective).

kar

, n.

state of being awake.

kar

a

mekar

er

a

cheliuaiu,

kar

a

diak

le

mechiuaiu;

kar

er

ngak

a

uchul

a

bingsbedul,

kerengel.

kar

, n.

medicine; palliative; antidote.

kar

a

klalo

el

omekungil

a

secher;

omkar

a

rakd,

kerul

a

tereter,

mkar

a

tellemal,

ukerul.

chedil

, n.

mother (used as term of address).

chedil

a

okedongel

a

ngalek

el

mo

er

a

delal,

chedil

a

kubengkem.

delak

n.poss.1s

delam

n.poss.2s

delal

n.poss.3s

delal

a

chedil

er

ngii;

dil

el

oungalek

er

ngii

a

delal.

delmam

n.poss.1pe

delad

n.poss.1pi

delmiu

n.poss.2p

derrir

n.poss.3p

delal a blai

expr.

very large house.

delal a chelebuul

expr.

disaster; calamity.

delal a delak

expr.

my maternal grandmother.

delal a diall

expr.

tremendous ship.

delal a kar

expr.

syn. ongael.

See also: , , , ,

Examples:

A

delam!

> Your mother! (strong insult)

Ng

kmal

kmo

delal.

> She really cares for her mother.

Ng

delak

el

mechas

a

rengul

er

a

teng

er

ngak.

> It's my mother who is astonished at my grades.

A

Kukumai

a

ngiluu

a

kall

el

mo

er

a

delal.

> Kukumai brought the food to her mother.

Ng

mlo

kesib

a

rengul

a

Oskar

er

a

delal.

> Oskar got angry with his mother.

Proverbs:

Bengud

a

derrir.

> Stinking of fish

Used of the people of Ngerechelong (northern Palau) who specialize in trap fishing. Trap fish are said to be especially oily and smelly.

Ng

kolia

a

delal.

> He ate his mother.

To marry or have intercourse with the wife of one's brother. There is a potential reciprocation in which money may go from an elder brother in return for food and service from a younger brother. Once established, particularly where the younger couple have children, a cycle of this type may continue after the younger husband has died. Marrying the wife of a deceased younger brother, then, will interrupt such a cycle. Similarly, sexual relations with this woman may jeopardize the cycle.

A

mesei

a

delal

a

telid.

> The taro field is the mother of our life

Not only is taro an important staple in the Palauan diet, but a serving of taro is essential at any feast and taro is the essential food in a food-money exchange. Its importance is recognized in this idiom.

More Examples:

A

delal

a

mesesuau

me

ng

kmal

di

ua

ingii.

> Her mother is an idiot and she is just like her.