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| klebesei | n. | 24 hour period.
klebesei a sils er a buil; okedei el klebesei a ta el buil. |
| a leklebesei | expr. | at night; nights. |
| a ta er a klebesei e | expr. | once upon a time. |
| er a bek el klebesei | expr. | every day; daily. |
| er a teruich me a eru el klok er a klebesei | expr. | at twelve midnight. |
| ng mla me mo el klebesei | expr. | the days gone by; past. |
| ngar er a medal a klebesei | expr. | the days ahead; future. |
| omeka a klebesei | expr. | growing fast day by day. |
| ungil el klebesei | expr. | festive occasion. |
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> It will be dark soon. |
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> It's approaching midnight. |
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> Three days had passed since she got sick. |
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> I'll fix or do it in ten days at most. |
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> Droteo went to Guam for three days. |
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> Bet they sleep in peace at night. |
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| mla mengchii a luk | expr. | (person) gone silent [lit. has bitten silence] |
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> He thought he could give me the silent treatment so I ignored him. |
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| be | v.imp. | be a ta er a telengtengil a tekoi el mengai er a tekoi el mei; be bong, be metengel. |
| ble | v.past.hypothetical | |
| mera | cont. | mei er a |
merekung
/merkung | v.i.pred. | is about to come or arrive. |
mermang
/meremang | v.inch. | meremang a merael mei; ngar er a omerolel el mei; dumiang er a dmuil. |
mlei
/mle | v.past | came; arrived.
mlei a mla mei me ngar tiang; skoki a mlei er a tutau.
mle a melekoi er a rrekui; Bung a mle tmuu; ng mle mekerang? |
| mlera | cont. | mlei er a |
| be kbong | expr. | goodbye; I'm leaving. |
| me e mong | expr. | pass by; go on; "(in a direction) towards me and then keep going (past me)." |
| nguu el mei | expr. | bring. |
| ta el buil er mla me e mong | expr. | one month ago. |
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> Helen and I are friends. |
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> It's like the foam of the sea, which just forms and then disappears. |
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> My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and obey it. |
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> Someone or other came looking for you. |
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> Why did you go to Saipan? |
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Proverbs: |
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> I build it and you destroy it? May be applied to a person who feels his aims or projects are being destroyed by the actions of another. |
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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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> The heart and assessment. This might better be translated, "Assessment with knowledge." The mind or head is thought to be the locus of knowledge in Palau, but such knowledge is made useful or is measured with the heart (reng). Chodab, in this context, would appear to mean "to take stock of" or "to measure." In essence, then, the phrase cautions one who seems on the point of making a rash decision to temper his thoughts with his heart. |
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> It's like the rat of Ngerard, which eats up all your coconuts and (then) all of ours. It's a decision, plan etc. that will backfire. |
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> You're like a fish bait which can be eaten or pecked from the top and bottom. You don't know what to do coz chores keep coming in from left and right. |
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> My chewing pepper leaves are withered. |
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> Dont mess with the spotted eagle ray when you go fishing as they are sacred. |
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> Were there a lot of people at the party? |
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> I went fishing with my dad yesterday. |
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> It was very good with a lot of action. |
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| bla | v.s.hypothetical | |
| mla | aux. | has (done something). |
| mlar | cont. | mla er |
| mlara | cont. | mla er a |
| a lebla er ngii | expr. | if there had been. |
| mla mo | expr. | has become. |
| ng mla er ngii | expr. | there has or have been; there was or were. |
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> The candle has died out. |
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> Where were you? |
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> Is there anyone from Kayangel who has ever had leptospirosis? |
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> The bicycle was right here? |
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> I didn't notice that my clothes were torn. |
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Proverbs: |
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> Like the men of Ngesias, fussing about a thing lost. The men of the Ngesias (Peleliu) village club were sitting near their clubhouse one evening when raiders broke through the brush, shouted wildly, and excaped with the head of one of them. When they recovered their senses, the men jumped to their spears and shouted threats into the darkness of the surrounding brush. Aroused by the commotion, the village chief appeared and ,when appraised of the situation, admonished them to be quiet since the fuss would gain nothing. "Don't cry over spilt milk." |
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> Sea crabs have pushed out land crabs. Outsiders have taken over the land or titles of local people. An outsider (e.g., adopted child, friend) has become more important than a blood relative. |
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> It's like when the men of Ngesias clamored over what they had lost (after a party of raiders had attacked without warning and taken a head as a trophy). Don't cry over split milk. |
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> The people who came to the feast are now all gone. |
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> Oh no! Electricity went out! |
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> Yikes, the cooked food in a pot smells rotten. |
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> where did you come from? |
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> Did you get an opportunity to study for the test tomorrow? |
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| blilt | v.r.s. | |
| omilt a mla me e mong | expr. | repeat or rehash past matters. |
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> Like Ngiramesemong, rehashing what has been finished. Pertains to a person who repeatedly reminds another of past favors or continually recalls the mistakes of others. (My sources no longer recalled the episode or story from which this idiom derives.) |
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