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.3s
mlil
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.
Ng
mla
bangk
a
taia
er
a
mlik.
> My tire's gone flat.
Ak
dilsechii
a
mlai
e
chilsberberii.
> I carved the canoe and then painted it.
A
Droteo
a
milsuub
el
meruul
a
mlai
er
a
demal.
> Droteo learned how to make canoes from his father.
A
Droteo
a
uai
a
decham
er
a
omeruul
el
mlai.
> Droteo fixes cars as well as you.
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:
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.
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.
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.
Ng
ua
ngerang
a
bedengel
a
mlim?
Ng
mellemau
adang
ng
bekerkard?
> What is the color of your car? is it blue? or is it red?

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