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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 rechad er a osbitar a chad el smecher.

> The hospital patients are sick people.

Ng di Kot el Ngar er Bab el Dios a diak lekiei a blai el rruul er a rechad.

> But the Most High God does not live in houses built by human hands.

Ng di soadel er a rechad el outekoi er ngii.

> This is to be discussed only by those whose concern it is.

A rechad er a osbitar a rechad el smecher.

> The hospital patients are the people who are sick.

Te oumesingd el omuchel a rechad el me er a ta el klok.

> People tend to start arriving at one o'clock.

Proverbs:

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.

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.

More Examples:

A rechad er a Jahovah a oubaiong.

> Jehovah's witnesses carry umbrellas.

Ka bo er a oreomel e mues aike el rambotang el kmo mla mo marek e mngai a bebil mei. Ke mo ungil mart me ng diak leues a rechad el lolengit er a uchei er a be mrei.

> Go check the rambutan in the rain forest. If there are ripe ones, bring them home but make sure to hide them so people don't bum them off you.

Ildisir a resensei er tia el skuul.

> Number of teachers at this school.

A rechad er a haisha a mei er a beluu er a kebesengei.

> The dental program is visiting the village tonight.

Ng kmal ungil aikio er a rechad er a Melekeok.

> The people of Melekeok are very attractive.

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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