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:

Ng

techa

a

chomulsa

a

delal?

> Whose mother did you see?

Bengud

a

derrir!

> Their mothers smell of fish. (Used as insult against people from Ngerechelong.)

A

delak

a

ngar

er

a

uum.

> My mother is in the kitchen.

Ng

mlo

kesib

a

rengul

a

Oskar

er

a

delal.

> Oskar got angry with his mother.

A

delak

me

ngak

a

mo

er

a

Oreor.

> My mother and I are going to Koror.

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.

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.

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.

More Examples:

Ng

tela

rekil

a

delam?

> How old is your mother?

Ng

techa

ngklel

a

delam