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Dois

, n., [From Japanese]

Germany.

ollaol
/olul

, n.instr.

metal rack for roasting food on.
ollaol a olsechall, klekedall er a omelul; ollaol er a ngikel.

rakt
/rakd

, n.

sickness; disease.
rakd a secher, kemkom a kdekudel el rakd; ourakd er a ngul, rekdel.

re-
/r-

, affix

used to indicate a plurality of people.
re a melekoi el kirir a rebetok; rechad, rebuik, rekebil, rebeluu a kldibel.

rechad

n.

people.

rekebil

n.pl.

girls.

remo
/remong

n.plural

those people going (somewhere).

resensei

n.

teachers.

rebetok el chad

expr.

many people.

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Examples:

A remo er a osbitar a smecher.

> The ones who are going to the hospital are sick.

Tirka el chad el meringel a bderrir a remo er a osbitar.

> These people with headaches are the ones who are going to the hospital.

A rechad er a osbitar a rechad el smecher.

> The hospital patients are the people who are sick.

E le a rechad a diak lsal mellomes a rengrir el ua a recharm.

> Because humans aren't as smart as animals.

A rechad er a Belau te mekera a loruul a bekai?

> How do Palauans make pottery?

Proverbs:

Choreor ourois a rechad.

> The mountains of Koror are people.

Several interpretations are given for this idiom: (i) Koror doesn't have mountains as high as other districts to the north, but the people are as high (elite) as mountains. (2) Others lay claim to the height of the mountains near their village, in Koror the people make the villages great. (3) A group of warriors from a northern village set out to raid Koror, but, as they approached the islands on which the hamlets of Koror are situated, they saw mountain after mountain fading away into the distance; dispairing any success against such a great nation, the raiders turned home. Actually, the mountains that they saw rugged, raised limestone islands-are nearly uninhabited, with Koror's population concentrated on islands of clay and volcanic origin along the northern fringe of the group.

Kid a rechad a milechell er a kosekodel.

> Narrow was our birth as humans.

The saying defines life as a confined, perilous journey, symbolized by the painful narrowness of the birth canal. Generally applied to the trials of life, or sometimes by a parent to a child that does not want to do his chores.

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A resensei a mla er ngii a klisischir el mellach e mesmechokl er a rengalek er a skuul.

> Teachers had the authority to discipline and correct the kids on premises.

A rechad er a Jahovah a oubaiong.

> Jehovah's witnesses carry umbrellas.

A rechad er a blik a mla mo smecher.

> My folks have passed on.

A rechad a lulemak a chelbechielir.

> People were betrothed.

A rechad er a olai me a temall a kdekudel.

> People associated with magic and voodoo are feared.

uchelel

, n.poss.3s

beginning; start; origin; ancestors.
uchelel a uchul er ngii; ulemechell; uchelel a rael, uchelel a urreor.

uchelir a rechad er a Belau

, expr.

origin/ancestors of the Palauan people.

ulecherangel

, n.

number (of people).

ulecherangel a ulechur; mla mengai a ildois; rengalek a ulecherungel; ulecherengelel.

uchelek	n.poss.1s
uchelem	n.poss.2s
uchelam	n.poss.1pe
ucheled	n.poss.1pi
ucheliu	n.poss.2p
uchelir	n.poss.3p	uchelir a kotir; kmal mera el belulir; uchelir a rechad er a Belau a di kakerous.
uchelel a cheldecheduch	expr.	beginning of the meeting.
uchelir er a rechad er a Belau	expr.	origin or the ancestors of the Palauan people.
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ulecherengelel /ulecherngelel	n.poss.3s	ulecherengelel a ulecherangel
ulecherangel er a rechad	expr.	census.
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ollaol er a ngikel	expr.	metal rack for roasting fish on.
ollaol er a rechad	expr.	place for cremating the dead.
olul er a ngikel	expr.	metal rack for roasting fish on.
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