Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

buil

, n.

moon; month.
buil a klou el chaibibeob el btuch el kmard a le klebesei er a eanged; tab el buil, orakiruu, oidudur.

merek

, v.t.

end; finish.
merek a rrekui; merekong; ng mla mo merek a urreor; rekil a urreor.

rekir
/rekil

n.poss.3s

its ending; its finish; its completion.

mo merek

v.t.

finish; end.

mo merek

v.i.

end; cease.

mochu merek

v.t.pred.

is about to finish.

See also: , ,

Examples:

Ng mlo merek el meched er a chelsel a bebil el sikang a chei.

> The tide went out in a few hours.

Ng locha bekord el tela a rekil a rubak.

> I wonder what the approximate age of the old man may be.

a mekngit el ralm er a sewer el me tuobed er se er a Ongedei me a Ongeuang el Ureor er tia el mlo merek el sandei

> the bad sewer water that came out on Wednesday and Thursday of last week

Ng sebechek el omes er a ngalek e le ng mle ungil a blekerdelel er tia el mlo merek el taem.

> I can watch/babysit the child because he behaved well last time.

Te mlo merek el mengedub er a chelsel a ta el sikang a resechelik.

> My friends finished swimming in an hour.

Proverbs:

Rekil-ngebard

> Year-west.

The Palauan year, conforming roughly to fall-winter, when the wind blows generally from the west.

Rekil-ongos.

> Year-east.

The word rak in Palauan is commonly used to mean year (rekil: year of). Actually the traditional Palauan year lasted six months, dividing the solar year into two parts conforming generally to spring-summer and fall-winter. The "Year-east," when the wind blows from the east, is the time of spring-summer.

More Examples:

Ng tela rekil a ochellem?

> How old is your younger brother? (only said by a male)

Ng tela rekil a obekum?

> How old is your older brother? (only said by a male)

Ke mo merek el oureror er tela el klok?

> what time are you getting off of work?

Ng tela rekil a udelem?

> How old is your older sister? (only said by a female)

Ng tela rekil a demam?

> How old is your father?

merek

, n.

flat part of reef.
merek a chelmoll el kesai a bad er ngii.

merek

, v.t.

talk harshly or meanly to.
merek a oldiu el oungeroel; mla rokengid e merael; kiei el merek er kid.

omerek

, v.t.

spread (blanket, clothes, news, etc.); stretch out (arms, legs); propogate (religion, belief, etc.); cast or toss (e.g. fishnet); flatten and spread out (e.g. earth).
omerek a merek, merekii a bail, merek a babier, berekel.

rak

, n.

year; age; a long while ago (Each Palauan year contains 6 months and corresponds to a period of continuing easterly or westerly winds).
rak a uldekial a 12 el buil; ngar er ngii a 360 el klebesei er a chelsel a ta el rak; kot el rak el ngalek a ta rekil.

rekil

n.poss.3s

rekil a rak er ngii; ildisel a rak el le ngar; tela rekil a ngelekem?

er se el me el rak

expr.

the year after next.

er se el mlo merek el rak

expr.

the year before last.

er tia el me el rak

expr.

next year.

er tia el mlo merek el rak

expr.

last year.

Examples:

Ng ieta rak.

> The year is over.

Te rua techa tirke el mle kesib a rengul er tir a Dios el 40 el rak?

> With whom was God angry for forty years?

Ng tela a rekim?

> How old are you?

Ng locha bekord el tela a rekil a rubak.

> I wonder what the approximate age of the old man may be.

Proverbs:

Rekil-ongos.

> Year-east.

The word rak in Palauan is commonly used to mean year (rekil: year of). Actually the traditional Palauan year lasted six months, dividing the solar year into two parts conforming generally to spring-summer and fall-winter. The "Year-east," when the wind blows from the east, is the time of spring-summer.

Rekil-ngebard

> Year-west.

The Palauan year, conforming roughly to fall-winter, when the wind blows generally from the west.

More Examples:

Ng tela rekil a ochellem?

> How old is your younger brother? (only said by a male)

Ng tela rekil a demam?

> How old is your father?

Ng tela rekil a ochedam?

> How old is your opposite sex sibling?

Ng teruich me a eai a rekil.

> He's 18 years old.

Ng tela rekil a obekum?

> How old is your older brother? (only said by a male)

sandei
/Sangdei

, n., [From English]

week; Sunday.
Sangdei a ongeuid el sils er a ta el sangdei; ulengull el sils.

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