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:
Ng
chetik
a
bul
a
keliu.
> I don't like the smell of your food.
Ak
milluches
a
babier
e
a
sechelik
a
mirruul
a
kall.
> I was writing letters while my friend was preparing food.
A
Kukumai
a
ngiluu
a
kall
el
mo
er
a
reokiak.
> Kukumai brought the food to the guests.
Bo
er
a
stoang
me
mochar
a
keled.
> Go to the store and buy us food.
Kede
ousbech
a
oles
el
melngos
a
kall
> We use a knife to slice food.
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:
Ulang
a
mera
el
mekreos
a
kelel
iedel
el
chetil
el
merrous.
Ng
diak
el
dilechelid
el
lebo
el
meringel
a
delel.
> Ulang is hoarding her mango and doesn't want to share, hopefully she will get a bellyache.
Ngar
er
ngii
a
keliu
er
a
kebesengei?
> Do you have food for tonight?
Kede
ousbech
a
okekall
el
meruul
a
kall.
> We use pots to cook food in.
Kau
ka
mchilt
a
keled
el
blauang
er
a
tsiam
me
a
batabinats.
> Fix us some jelly sandwichesand peanut butter.
Ngklir
a
remeruul
a
kall
er
tia
el
skuul.
> Names of the cooks at this school.

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