Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

ilteet

, n.

riches; power; majesty.
ilteet a meteet, mesiich, ngar bab el blai; ngalekilteet a ngaleksiich.

klsobiall
/klsobeliall

, n.

unmarried state.
klsobeliall a mesobil; diak le bechiil.

ngalek er a klsobiall	expr.	bastard; child born out of wedlock.
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mad

, n.

eye; face; point; edge; front; area or space (directly) in front of; entrance; point of access; aperture; title given to messengers.
mad a klekedellel a chad el omes; olab a ues; klidm, chelsul a mad, bsechel a mad, medal.

medak

n.poss.1s

medam

n.poss.2s

medal

n.poss.3s

medal a mad er ngii.

medemam

n.poss.1pe

medad

n.poss.1pi

medemiu

n.poss.2p

mederir

n.poss.3p

el mo er a medad

expr.

in the future.

mad el chur

expr.

laughing or smiling face.

mad el kekerei

expr.

expression of a child.

mad el ngalek

expr.

expression of a child.

medal a bedul

expr.

forehead.

medal a beluu

expr.

representative of the village; center of village.

medal a blik

expr.

in front of my house.

See also:

Examples:

A Droteo a silebedak el kmo a demal a mla mad.

> Droteo informed me that his father had died.

Ng seroll a medam?

> Can't you see straight?

A ngalek a ietu a medal.

> The child is about to fall asleep.

Ke kmal mengas a medad er a seked.

> You really embarrass us in public.

Ng ko er a medal a temamuu.

> His or her face is ugly.

Proverbs:

Ng ko er a Chelebesoi er a Ngeriil el mad er a diak lebngel.

> He's like Chelebesoi of Ngeriil, dead in a fishtrap not his own.

A man named Chelebesoi (also the name of a fish) was robbing another man's fish trap when a head-hunting party came by and removed his head. He lost both his head and his reputation. The idiom may apply to one who gets hurt while trying to do someone else's job.

Ng ko er a ngkelel a iusech el dimengel a medad er ngii

> Like a fish in deep, clear water, eaten only with the eyes.

Fish are not easily caught in clear water. The idiom applies to that which may be admired but not obtained, like an expensive item or another man's beautiful sweetheart.

Se el obutek a medak.

> When my eyes are closed.

When one dies the eyes are "closed"; hence, to be dead. The term for "death" is mad as is the term for "eye," (mad; madak: "my eye"). Some sources suggest that the term for death refers to the closed eyes of a dead person.

Ng di ua dorael er a medal a oles.

> It's as if we were walking on the blade of a knife.

i.e., we're treading on dangerous ground; if we make one wrong move, we're finished.

Ngelek el medad.

> Child of the front.

A child (or adult) who performs well when being supervised, but who shirks duty otherwise.

More Examples:

Ng mla er ngii a chermek el bilis e ng di mla mad.

> I had a pet dog but he died.

Kmal di soad a mereched e beot el sisebel a udoud. Ng diak domdasu er a ngar er a medad el taem.

> We like it quick and easy money making schemes without thinking for the future.

Ngka el rubak a di mle siesorech e mad.

> This old man stayed stiff and contorted as he died.

Mtetkii a medal

> point to his or her eyes, or face.

Achedil! Mla mad a dengki!

> Oh no! Electricity went out!

mengebuul

, v.t.

make (someone) miserable.
mengebuul a chobulii a chad; rullii el mo chebuul; nguu a bechil a chad a mengebuul er ngii.

ngalek

, n.

child; baby; anyone younger than speaker; sweetheart; fiance(e); pinkie; small finger.
ngalek a ngelekel a sechal er a delengchokl; ulechell a ngalek er a delengchokl el ngii a ulechell er ngii; mla mo chuodel e ng di ngalek er isei el delengchokl; ngar ngii a ngelsonges er a klisichel el ng ngalek. ngalek a kekerei el chad; ngelekel a demal, ngalektang, ngalekukeruu; ngalek er a skuul.

ngelekek

n.poss.1s

ngelekem

n.poss.2s

ngelekel

n.poss.3s

his/her its child or baby; relatively small size or quantity of.
ngelekel a ngalek er ngii el ilteet.

ngelekam

n.poss.1pe

ngeleked

n.poss.1pi

ngelekiu

n.poss.2p

ngelekir

n.poss.3p

klengalek

n.

childhood.
klengalek a ngalek; reng el ngalek me ng sekebdebid.

ngalekdiul

n.

fatherless child.
ngalekdiul a ngalek er a klsobelial.

ngalekebai

n.

child born of woman serving as community house concubine.

ngalekukeruu

n.

siblings who don't get along with each other.
ngalekukeruu a ta derrir e kakerous a rdemerir; diak el ta rengrir; di kautok e kakoad.

ngelekedbudel

n.

neglected child.

ngelekei

n.

child (term of address to one's child).

rengelekei

n.

term of address by parent to children.

rungalek

n.

term of address by parent to child.
rungalek a okedong er a ngelekel; e rungalek.

ngalek el redil

expr.

daughter.

ngalek el sechal

expr.

son.

ngalek er ngak

expr.

my sweetheart.

ngelekel a diil

expr.

snack, light meal.

ngelekel a ngelekel

expr.

grandchild.

ngelekel a ureor

expr.

small or insignificant task.

See also: , , , ,

Examples:

A ngelekel a rruul el diak loleb a tekoi.

> Her child is trained not to interrupt people.

Ng chebuul ngike el ngelekel a chesisebangiau el kulekur a ochil er a chetebtel a kemim.

> This baby bird is so pitiful that I'm tying its foot to the top of the starfruit tree.

A Toki a mengib er a ngelekel er a tut.

> Toki is weaning her child (from the breast).

A Juda a ngelekel a laion.

> Judah is the son of a lion.

Ke dilu el kmo ng mo omekoad er a ngelekel a babii?

> Did you say he is going to kill the baby pig?

Proverbs:

Kau, ke ngelekel a Redechor, me ke di dechor?

> Are you the son of Redechor

is that why you're standing around so much?

Ke mera el ngelekel a ulled.

> Really a child of the back.

A child (sometimes an adult) that behaves well whether its parents are present or not; a child that is good when one's back is turned.

Ng kolia a ngelekel.

> He ate his child.

Reference is made again to a form of food-money cycle. When a man marries, his wife's younger brothers and sisters are "children" (ngelekel: his child). The husband and wife strive to engage them in from this particular food-money cycle: Father to daughter (wife's younger sister) -food Daughter to father-money Father to son (wife's younger brother)money Son to father-food and service. The saying may be applied to a man who marries or has sexual relations with his wife's sister, thus interrupting or jeopardizing this food-money cycle. With less strength, the sanction is applied to a man marrying any member of his wife's immediate clan (kebliil).

More Examples:

Ak mlo er a McDonalds el mo omechar a kelel a ngelekek er a sueleb.

> I went to McDonalds to buy my son his lunch.

Ng diak. Ng smecher a ngelekek.

> No. My child is sick

Ak milsa a ngelekel a debar er a omoachel.

> I saw a duckling at the river.

A ngelekek a lebilengchii a bilis er a tutau.

> A dog bit my child this mornng.

A ngelekek a milengilt el mo omtechei er a resechelil el mengedecheduch er a omelilt.

> My kid had the honor to speak on behalf of his class on their graduation.

okang

, n.

food used as bait (esp. for crabs).
okang a kall el lolab a rechad el mei; menga a ulekang. okang a uaol er a ketat; okelel.

oreomel
/chereomel

, n.

forest; woods.
oreomel a chereomel; chutem elmeklou a kerrekar er ngii; diak a delengchokl er a oreomel; meklou a oreomel er a Babeldaob.
chereomel a oreomel; betok a kerrekar me a besebes er ngii. A chereomel aike el chutem el ngar er ngii a bek el bedengel a kerrekar me a besebes me a emull el dimlak a chad el melalem, ng di mle ngii el dubech.

rael

, n.

road; path; way; canal; means; solution; way out (of); way to someone's heart; connection (between families, etc.).
rael a ulekrael el usbechall er a omerael; ledes a rael el mo er a blai; rolel a mlai; ngar ngii a ungil rolel a omengedecheduch, rolel a tekoi.

rolek

n.poss.1s

rolem

n.poss.2s

rolel

n.poss.3s

rolel a rael er ngii.

rolam

n.poss.1pe

roled

n.poss.1pi

roliu

n.poss.2p

rolir

n.poss.3p

Rael Kedam

n.

The mountain range that runs North-South on Babeldaob. In Palauan legend, it comes from Uab's spine. It marks the boundary of many states in Babeldaob. The name literally means the flight path of the kedam.
Ng ikel rois el meliud er a Keiukl me a Desbedall.

rael el beluu

n.

person without a fixed residence.

chad er a rael

expr.

outsiders.

ng diak a rolel e

expr.

there's no way to/have no way to.

ngalek er a rael

expr.

fatherless child; bastard.

rolel a ralm

expr.

ditch.

See also: , , ,

Examples:

Ng di kea a rolel e lluut.

> There's no longer any way for him to return.

Ng blak a rengul el osiik a rolel er a Toki.

> He's intent upon finding a way to Toki's heart.

Ng diak a rolek e kbo er a Merikel.

> I don't have any way of going to America.

Ng tiluchakl er a rael el mo omes er a laion el lulekodir, e mlo mechas a rengul er a lebetik a betok el bee el ketitech er ngii.

> He left the road to look at the lion he had killed, and he was surprised to find a swarm of bees.

A cherridel a Droteo er a rolel a ochur a diak lmotoir er a resechelil.

> Droteo is so so advanced in math that his friends can't catch up with him.

Proverbs:

Ng di ngmai a llechul er a rael.

> He gets his law from the streets.

Rael has the general meaning "way," applicable both to method and to a street. The implication is that if a child will not learn from his parents, he will learn the hard way from experience. It may be used in the positive sense of someone who is quick to learn from experience.

More Examples:

Tirka el ngalek er a skuul a mera el mekedung, te meruu a komi er a tkul a rael.

> The kids from school are so well behaved, they are picking up the trash on the sides of the road.

Kede mochung er a rolel me ke mo diak chomdu tekingem.

> If we go at it, yoy won't be able to say anything.

Ngera rolem el mo chedal?

> How are you related?

Ak urrenges el kmo ng sebeched el mengesekl a ngais er a tkul a rael e le ng kmal mekeald.

> I heard we can literally fry eggs on the sidewalk because of the heat.

Ngka el bechik a kumdasu e ng ousechelei er a rael.

> I suspect that my spouse is having an affair.

sechelei

, n.

friend; companion; boyfriend; girlfriend; lover; term of address from a woman to a group of people.
sechelei a soal a klausechelei; secheleingalek; sechelei a okedong er a klausechelei, e sechelei, sechelil.

skuul

, n., [From English]

school.
skuul a olsechall er a omesuub; blil a osisechakl, skuul a omekrael a rechad el mo meduch el di tir.

telolem

, num.

6 [six] (human).
telolem a ochur (6) er a rechad telolem el ekebil; telolem el buik.

telolem el ngalek

expr.

six children.

teuid

, num.

7 [seven] (human).
teuid a ochur (7) el mo er a rechad; teuid el ngalek, teuid el rubak, teuid el buik.

teuid el ngalek

expr.

seven children.

chobulii	v.pf.3s	chobulii a mengebuul er ngii; meruul er ngii el mo chebuul; mla nguu a bechil; chelebulel.
chilebulii	v.pf.3s.past
mengebuul	v.i.	live a life of poverty; live austere life. mengebuul a chobulii a chad; rullii el mo chebuul; nguu a bechil a chad a mengebuul er ngii.
ngalek chebuul	expr.	child of poor family; low-born child.
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