bulis, n., [From English] police; policeman.
bulis a chad el oltaut a llach e mengkar er a buai.
bebulisv.s.redup.half-witted; prone to wandering around and talking to oneself.
bebulis a telkib el mekngit me a lechub e ng ngodech a bdelul; omais el chad a bebulis.
blil a bulisexpr.police station.
mlil a bulisexpr.police car.
Examples:
A Droteo a urremelii a Maria me ng ko el mocha er a bulis.
> Droteo persuaded Maria to finally go to the police.
A Toki a milengetakl er a Droteo el mo er a bulis.
> Toki persuaded Droteo to go to the police.
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:
Ak kileed el merot er a mlai.
> I almost got run over by a car.
Ng kmal a ungil a bangd er a mlim.
> Your car gives a very smooth ride.
A Ioseb a ulemekall er a mlil el mo er a blik.
> Joseph drove his car to my house.
A kmu ng ngar er ngii a ududek, e ak mecherar a bechel el mlai.
> If I had money, (then) I'd buy a new car.
A Droteo a milsuub el meruul a mlai er a demal.
> Droteo learned how to make canoes from his father.
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:
Ke meduch el omekall a mlai?
> Do you know how to drive a car?
A bechil a sechelik a diak lesebechel el omekall a mlai er chelechang.
> My friend's wife can't drive now.
Aki kmal ko er a mle ungil merael e di mle kiul kisbekl el metengel er a dobu er a mlai el lilengelakl el kmal bekerurt.
> We were walking fine on the road until a really fast car sped by that abruptly forced us into a ditch.
A mlik a lilengir a tonari er ngak e nguu el tuchelii a iedel.
> My neighbor borrowed my car and drove it into a mango tree.
A Luke a silebedak el kmo ng mla er ngii a mlai er a rikl.
> Luke told me there was a car outside.

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