Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

meloi

, v.t.

include .
meloi a melotoi; telotoi er a klou me a kekerei; meloi er a rechad.

melotoi

v.redup.

include; pick (plants) here and there.
melotoi a meloi.

metotoi

v.erg.redup.

teloi

v.r.s.

included in; among.
teloi a uldimukl; obengterir, oltoi er ngii er a seked; otongii er a omerael; otongel.

telotoi

v.r.s.redup.

included in; among.
telotoi a mla metotoi; betok el kakerous e a ngodech a urrebet er a deleongel; rengalek el sechal me a redil, meklou me a mekekerei; urrachem.

toi

channel or passage between Rock Islands.
toi a delongelel a chelebacheb.

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Examples:

Ng mle teloi er tir.

> He was one of them.

Ke ko er a terriid el di teloi er a klab e mengerem.

> You're like the terriid bird which stays among the taro plants but goes hungry (i.e. you're surrounded by girls but can't make it with any of them).

Proverbs:

Ng ko er a terriid el teloi er a klab e di mengerem.

> Like the terriid, in the taro garden but hungry

The terriid, a bird, is often seen in the taro garden but, unlike the purple swamp hen which eats taro corms, the terriid seems to eat nothing. The idiom may apply to anyone who works hard without recognition, or to a man frequently in the company of women but with no success as a lover.