kall, n.a.s.food.
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kall er a Sinaexpr.Chinese food.
kall er a mekemadexpr.C-rations.
kelek el udongexpr.my noodles.
kelel a charmexpr.food or feed for animals.
kelem el tuuexpr.your banana.
See also: , , ,
Examples:
> I don't like the smell of your food.
> They tend to eat fruits and raw food.
> I'm warming up my food.
> I was writing letters while my friend was preparing food.
> Kukumai brought the food to her mother.
Proverbs:
> Weigh the food of Ngersuul.
Don't overdo things/Keep things in proper proportion/This is too much for me or us to deal with. According to folk history, Koror once sent a very large force of warriors against the tiny village of Ngersuul (Ngchesar in central Palau). When the force was seen offshore, the people fled to a sheltered hill and one of the village club leaders shouted to the enemy, "Why don't you weigh the food of Ngersuul?" suggesting that Koror either pick on a village its own size or send a more equivalent-sized force. The idiom expresses nicely the ideal of balanced opposition characterizing appropriate competition in Palau.
> A stone platform, yet food.
A man of Airai in central Palau, apparently during a period of hostilities, brought to his home from the lagoon all manner of shell food still attached to coral boulders. In the security of his own yard, he removed the shell foods and eventually with the stones he was able to construct a stone platform for his home. A lot in Airai, supposedly where this platform stood bears the name, Olbed-e-kall.
More Examples:
> We use a knife to slice food.
> We use frying pans to fry food.
> Ulang is hoarding her mango and doesn't want to share, hopefully she will get a bellyache.
> We use pots to cook food in.
> I only cook the food.

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