bulis, n., [From English] police; policeman.
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bebulisv.s.redup.half-witted; prone to wandering around and talking to oneself.
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blil a bulisexpr.police station.
mlil a bulisexpr.police car.
Examples:
> Toki persuaded Droteo to go to the police.
> Droteo persuaded Maria to finally go to the police.
mlai, n.canoe; car; automobile; transportation.
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blil a mlaiexpr.garage.
mlai er a Siabalexpr.Japanese car.
Examples:
> We will push the car.
> I almost got run over by a car.
> May I borrow your car?
> If I had money, (then) I'd buy a new car.
> He/she is very lucky to get a car.
Proverbs:
> 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.
> 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.
> 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:
> I am looking for a car.
> I almost got ran over by a car riding my bicycle.
> Luke told me there was a car outside.
> There was a crash by the bridge. Nobody got hurt.
> My neighbor borrowed my car and drove it into a mango tree.

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