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| meklechek | n.poss.1s | |
| meklechem | n.poss.2s | |
| meklechel | n.poss.3s |
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| meklecham | n.poss.1pe | |
| mekleched | n.poss.1pi | |
| meklechiu | n.poss.2p | |
| meklechir | n.poss.3p | |
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> I'm going to the taro garden to get some yellow taro. |
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> The taro patch sunk into the mud. |
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Proverbs: |
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> Your legs are your taro patch. Your legs will find you good fortune, you seek what you desire |
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> The taro field is the mother of our life Not only is taro an important staple in the Palauan diet, but a serving of taro is essential at any feast and taro is the essential food in a food-money exchange. Its importance is recognized in this idiom. |
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> Go and bring my basket so we can go to the taro patch. |
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> The pond at the taro swamp has a lot of water eels. |
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> I'm going to the taro garden to get two yellow taro. |
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> The frogs laid their eggs in the moat around the taro swamp. |
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> The mango tree at the taro swamp is covered with fruits. |
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| bluu | , n. | center or middle (esp., of hull of canoe); large central section of taro patch; aisle (of church, etc.).
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| blungel | n.poss.3s | |
belngel
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| belngel a blai | expr. | middle of the house. |
| belngel a omoachel | expr. | middle of the river; midstream. |
| belngel a sers | expr. | middle of the garden. |
| blungel a brer | expr. | raised platform in center of raft. |
| blungel a mesei | expr. | center of taro patch. |
| bluu el dang | expr. | center of house. |
| debar er a mesei | expr. | Australian grey duck. |
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> said the duck, who was quite a gossip. |
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Proverbs: |
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> 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. |
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> That man is like a duck. The native duck, debar, doesn't fly very well, or high like other birds, it doesn't walk or run like some animals, it can't sing well, and it doesn't swim as well as a fish. But it can do all these things. Applied to a person who seemingly can do many different things, none of them expertly. "Jack of all trades." |
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> I saw a duckling at the river. |
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> The duck bent down and pushed the unhatched egg towards Templeton. |
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