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 mla mecherar a mlil meng di chelitang kung a rrat er ngii.
> He's bought his car so he's bicycle is now left unused.
A Droteo a uai a decham er a omeruul el mlai.
> Droteo fixes cars as well as you.
Ng kmal di mle ta a klungiolel el mlai.
> They were all canoes of equivalent quality.
Ng kmal a ungil a bangd er a mlim.
> Your car gives a very smooth ride.
Ak di olteterau a iasai e mecherar a mlik.
> I'm just selling vegetables a little at a time, and then I'll (be able to) buy my car.
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.
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.
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.
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 bechil a sechelik a diak lesebechel el omekall a mlai er chelechang.
> My friend's wife can't drive now.
Ng mla er ngii a teluchel el mlai er a bita er a did. Dimlak a metemall el chad.
> There was a crash by the bridge. Nobody got hurt.
Ak ulemekall er a mlai e a rebulis a mdechemak e le ng diak a lisens er ngak.
> I was driving a car and the police caught me because I don't have a license.
Ak mera el metitur el omekall aika el mlai er a Siabal.
> I really don't know how to drive these Japanese cars.

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