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.

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Examples:

Tia a mekngit el ngar er a medal a Rubak e mo ongesechii a rengul.

> This is evil in the Lord's sight, and it will make him angry.

A beab a milsa a medal a sechelil el telemall.

> The mouse saw his friend's injured face.

Ng ko er a medal a temamuu.

> His or her face is ugly.

Ng blechoel el me melecheluches a medam er a bdeluk.

> The image of your face is always appearing in my mind.

Lak lesebek a rengum e ng kmal diak a rolem e bo mad.

> Don't worry; there's really no way you're going to die.

Proverbs:

Ngelek el medad.

> Child of the front.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

More Examples:

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.

Ak chetitau a bedengek e melemalt a chiuk e meklou a medak.

> I'm brown skinned with straight hair and big eyes.

Achedil! Mla mad a dengki!

> Oh no! Electricity went out!

Ngka el rubak a di mle siesorech e mad.

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

Ak ulureor er a kesus e ng mad a dengki.

> I was working last night when the power 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.

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Examples:

Ke oba a terob er a ngelekek.

> You have the right to discipline my child.

A ngelekir a kangkeister er tilecha el telemall.

> Their child is involved in that crime.

A ngelekek a kilo remos.

> My child almost drowned.

A ngelekel a Droteo a oungkiklak.

> Droteo's child is named after me.

A ngelekek a cheleid er a delongelel aike el kerrekar.

> My child is stuck in a precarious position in those trees.

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:

Mosischeklii a ngelekem el dongmesii me lesebechel dongmesii a ta er a chad.

> Teach your child to respect themselves so that they can respect others.

Tirka el ngelekek a kmal diak ledelodau se el bebil er a taem.

> My kids are so unruly sometimes.

Ngika el rubak a kilderii a ngelekel el meringel a ochil el loia er a ongelengelel e te merolang el mo remei.

> Her father picked his daughter onto his shoulder as her foot was hurting and they walked home.

Rungalek, ka bo mocheuir a ta er a taxi el mei me lotekak el mo er a bdelul a chang.

> My child, go hail me a taxi cab so that I can take it to the dock.

Aki mlo oltak er a ngelekam er a skozio.

> We went to pick up our kid at the airport.

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.

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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