kall, n.a.s.food.
kall
a
rokui
el
dongang;
ongraol
me
a
odoim
me
a
kliou;
kukau,
ngikel,
tuu
a
kall,
kelel.
kelekn.poss.1s
kelemn.poss.2s
keleln.poss.3s
kelel
a
kall
el
ngii
a
oukall;
kelel
el
iedel.
kelamn.poss.1pe
keledn.poss.1pi
keliun.poss.2p
kelirn.poss.3p
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:
KLLEL
,
MENGANG
,
OTEKALL
,
ULENGALL
Examples:
Kede
ousbech
a
oles
el
melngos
a
kall
> We use a knife to slice food.
Ng
di
kea
kudenge
a
ieteklek
er
aika
el
kall.
> I don't know what to do with all that food.
Aika
el
kall
a
mla
mo
medeel
er
kemam.
> There's gotten to be too much food for us.
Kede
ousbech
a
ochadu
el
omchadu
a
kall.
> We use tongs to pick food.
Ng
dirk
ngar
er
ngii
a
kall?
> Is there still any food left?
Proverbs:
Olbed,
e
kall.
> 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.
Msebechii
a
kelel
Ngersuul.
> 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.
More Examples:
Kede
ousbech
a
manaita
el
melekosek
a
kall.
> We use cutting boards for cutting or slicing food on.
Kede
ousbech
a
kanadarai
el
omelecha
a
ralm
me
a
lechub
a
kall
er
ngii.
> We use basins to put water or food in.
Ak
di
meruul
a
kall
e
merekong.
> I only cook the food.
Ngar
er
ngii
a
keliu
er
a
kebesengei?
> Do you have food for tonight?
Ak
ngilai
a
bebil
er
a
kall
er
a
kibo
er
a
kemeldiil.
> I took some food when we went to the funeral.

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