klou, v.s.big; large; great; old.
klou a diak le kekerei; babii a klou er a katuu.
kiklouv.s.redup.a little bigger.
kiklou a telkib el klou; kiklou el blai.
klungangv.s.inch.is getting big/growing.
klungang a mla mo klou.
meklouv.s.pl.big; large; great; old (required with plural subject).
meklou a betok el klou; meklou el ngikel, meklou el blai, mekllungel; orekerekoang.
klou a chullexpr.heavy rain.
klou a rengulexpr.patient; confident.
klou el chadexpr.adult.
klou er a rengulexpr.determined.
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Examples:
Me ta er a kiklou el sualo.
> Give me a basket that's a little bigger.
Ke medengei el kmo a Ngeriungs a ta er a klou a ultutelel el blil a suebek el charm er a beluulchad?
> Do you know that Ngeriungs is an important Bird Area in the world?
Ak oulengechel er a mangidab se el lebo ldibus el kmo ng mo er ngii a klou el eolt.
> Whenever a spider has disappeared (from its web), I take it as a sign that there will be a big storm.
klou a chei
> tide is low
A Rehina a ulemdasu er ngii el kmal klou el dil e le ng mle oubail er a dores.
> Rehina thought herself to be a big girl because she was wearing a dress.
Proverbs:
Metkul a bkul a Ngirair, e klou el Belau el mo er a Ngerechelong.
> From the Metkul boundary point at Ngirair, Palau is yet huge up to Ngerechelong.
This saying is given two meanings, both negative, pertaining to the people of northern Palau and to Ngaraard particularly: (i) the people of northern Palau are so provincial that they still think Palau is a huge country; (2) the people of northern Palau are the biggest liars (a play on "to deceive," which sounds like Belau [Palau] ). The idiom may be shortened to "Men of the point" (Chad ra bkul), referring to a point of land at Ngirair marking the boundary of Ngaraard. Or the act of patting the elbow (bkul) may carry the same meaning. Actually, the idiom is of fairly recent vintage, pertaining in part to resistance on the part of some of the people of northern Palau to administrative programs instituted by the Japanese.
Ng ko er a debar er a Ngechur, el klungang e me ngal modekriker.
> Like the duck of Ngechur, he became industrious after growing old.
The idiom is applied to a person who has more or less vegetated into maturity and old age and who, already far past his prime, suddenly tries without success to do all the things he might have done when younger. It may be used with reference to an elder who tries to be a dandy.
More Examples:
A rokui el ngalek a mle ngelekel tia el chimo el beluu. Ng mle klou a klaukerreu.
> All the kids belonged to the village. Everyone cared about each other.
Ak oklukl e ongirt. Ng locha klou a terreter.
> I'm coughing and sneezing. There's something going around.
Ka mluut el mo klou a ngerem e ng dimlak krengesau.
> Can you speak a bit louder, i didnt hear you?
Kmal mle klou a ieleb.
> It flooded.
A dingal a kuk meklou er a llel a brak.
> His ears are bigger than elephant taro leaves.
oikab
/oisab		, v.s.improved or better from illness.
oikab a telkib; soak a oikab el betok el udoud, smecher a oikab el mesisiich.
oisab a oikab.
oikikabv.s.redup.oikikab a telkib el oikab; oisisab.
oika el kekereiexpr.rather small.
oika el kiklouexpr.rather large.
oikab el kekereiexpr.rather small.
oikab el kiklouexpr.rather large.
Examples:
Ng mla mo oikab.
> She's a bit better.
More Examples:
A blimam a oikab el kmeed er a blil a charm.
> Our house is a bit closer to the zoo.

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