mlai, n.canoe; car; automobile; transportation.
mlai a olidiuul er a beluu me a daob; mlai a oltak a rechad me a uleklool.
mlikn.poss.1s
mlimn.poss.2s
mliln.poss.3smlil a mlai er ngii el chad.
mlimamn.poss.1pe
mlidn.poss.1pi
mlimiun.poss.2p
mlirirn.poss.3p
blil a mlaiexpr.garage.
mlai er a Siabalexpr.Japanese car.
Examples:
Ng kmal klou a cherrodech el kirel a cherredechel a mlai.
> There are a lot of complaints about the noise from cars.
Ak dilsechii a mlai e chilsberberii.
> I carved the canoe and then painted it.
A rubak a olsisechakl er a buik el melasech a mlai.
> The old man is teaching the boy how to carve canoes.
A Droteo a tilechelii a mlik.
> Droteo('s car) hit my car.
Ng kmal a ungil a bangd er a mlim.
> Your car gives a very smooth ride.
Proverbs:
Ng ko er a chad er a Ngerechemai, el metom er a uel el metom er a mlai.
> Like the man of Ngerechemai, who lost his turtle and lost his canoe.
Relates to a fisherman who jumped from his canoe to catch a turtle only to find that his canoe had drifted beyond recovery. Applies to any situation where a person fails at a task, or, aptly, to a situation where a man, through his own foolishness, loses both his wife and his mistress.
Lak bo mua chad er a Ngerchemai el miltom er a uel el metom ra mlai.
> Don't be like the man from Ngerchemai who lost both the turtle and the canoe.
Don't bite off more than you can chew...don't be selfish.
Ng ko er a omelkesel Ngirakerisil, el di diak lecheldereder a mlil.
> Like Kerosene, poling his canoe with no obvious destination
Under the German administrator Winkler before World War I, a Palauan named Ngirakerisil (Mr. Kerosene) was employed as a canoe operator. Daily he would take the tireless administrator to a different part of Palau to inspect the various economic programs (largely coconut planting) instituted by the now legendary Winkler. The operator, least of all, could predict where they would be going next. The idiom is applied to any aimless person or action; indecision; a changeable person.
More Examples:
Kileed e ak merot er a mlai el ngar er a rrat er ngak.
> I almost got ran over by a car riding my bicycle.
A sechelil a sechelik a miltuchel er a mlai. Kmal ngeltengat el dimlak lemad.
> My friend's friend got hit by a car. She is so lucky she didn't die.
Ke meduch el omekall a mlai?
> Do you know how to drive a car?
Kmal di medechel a eru el buil el kungkad er a mlik.
> I only have two months to pay off for my car.
Ak ulemekall el mo er a stoang e ng mo diak a eolt er a taia er a mlik.
> I was driving to the store when I got a flat tire.

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