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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:

Ng milledaes a rengrir a rechad er a Judea me a rengrir a rechad er a Gris.

> He convinced the Jews and the Greeks.

Ak mo remuul a beluu er a Juda el di mo cheloit el diak a rechad el kiei er ngii.

> I will make the towns of Judah like a desert where no one lives.

A rechad er a osbitar a chad el smecher.

> The hospital patients are sick people.

A chesimer a ulebok er a ta er a resensei el mengelekolt er a klas.

> The door was opened by one of the teachers to cool down the classroom.

A lsekum te ngar er ngii a remo 50 el melemalt el chad el ngar er se el beluu, e ...

> If there are fifty innocent people in the city, then ...

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.

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A rechad a lulemak a chelbechielir.

> People were betrothed.

A rechad er a Jahovah a oubaiong.

> Jehovah's witnesses carry umbrellas.

Ngar er ngii a klemechek el mo er a rechad er a blik.

> I have a message for my folks.

A rechad el milluches aika el hong a dimlak a ungil losisecheklir me ng betok a chelebireklel.

> People who wrote these books didn't have enough experience or teachings so there are some mistakes.

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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