bab, n.area/space above; top; surface.
bab
a
bebul,
melidiul,
a
sils
a
ngar
bab.
skoki
a
merael
er
a
bab.
bebukn.poss.1s
bebumn.poss.2s
bebuln.poss.3s
bebul
a
ngar
er
a
bab
er
ngii,
bebul
a
tebel.
bebmamn.poss.1pe
bebudn.poss.1pi
bebmiun.poss.2p
bebrirn.poss.3p
bebul a daobexpr.surface of the sea.
bebul a tebelexpr.top of the table.
Examples:
A
Droteo
a
kie
er
a
bab.
> Droteo lives upstairs.
Kengti,
a
eanged
a
uchul
e
a
National
Emergency
Management
Office
(NEMO)
a
mla
otebedii
A
Small
craft
warning
er
a
beluu
er
Belau
rokir.
Daob
er
a
delongelel
a
Beliliou
me
a
Ngeaur,
Ollei
ma
Ngcheangel
me
a
ikrel
a
chelmoll
a
kmal
mekngit
er
elecha
el
taem.
Me
a
leuaisei,
e
aike
el
banderang
er
a
small
craft
warning
a
mla
mengerd
el
mo
er
bab
el
merrob
a
rokui
el
omerael
el
mo
tuobed
el
mo
er
aike
el
basio.
A
obis
er
a
NEMO
a
melemolem
el
omes
er
a
teletelel
a
daob
e
ouchais
er
a
buai
lokiu
tia
el
radio
station.
> Due to the weather conditions and increasing hazardous surf, the National Emergency Office (NEMO) is issuing a Small Craft Warning for the entire Republic of Palau. Water conditions from outside the reef through all exposures are very rough at this time. Travel between Peleliu and Angaur, Kayangel and Ollei and/or outside the reefs are strictly prohibited. Small craft warning flags have been raised and the republic is requested to observe this warning. NEMO will continue to monitor these marine conditions and advise the public accordingly.
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.
Bo
mkodir
se
el
kob
er
a
bebul
a
tebel;
a
John
a
mlo
kmedii
a
kob
er
a
bebul
a
tebel;
a
John
a
kiledir
a
kob
er
a
bebul
a
tebel.
> Put the cup on the table; John was putting the cup on the table (just now, recently); John put the cup on the table (yesterday, a week ago, etc.).
A
klok
a
ngar
er
a
bebuk.
> The clock is up there above me.
Proverbs:
Ke
ko
er
a
kuaol
el
sbungel
er
bab
me
iou.
> You're like a fish bait which can be eaten or pecked from the top and bottom.
You don't know what to do coz chores keep coming in from left and right.
Ng
ko
er
a
chelid
er
a
Ngebuked,
el
di
rirekir
er
a
bab.
> Like the gods of Ngebukd, completed up above.
As part of the festivities of a village feast or in celebration of some event, such as the completion of a community hall, Palauan young people produce a variety of named dances. One type of dance, called ruk, was never conducted in Ngebukd (in Ngaraard, northern Palau). It was said that the gods of the village had done their dancing in heaven before coming to earth and thus it was not necessary for the people of Ngebukd to dance. The saying pertains to a completed task, indicating to another that the work need not be repeated.
More Examples:
Mnguu
a
hong
el
loia
er
a
bebul
a
tebel.
> Put the book on top of the dest
Ng
mla
mo
suibes
a
deromukang
me
ng
omelloes
er
a
bab.
> The drum was overfull and flowed over the top.
Ng
ngarang
a
ngar
er
a
bebul
 a
tebel
> What is on the table or desk?
A
Lurvey
a
mlo
elireuakl
e
ngubetii
tia
el
medalia
el
ngkedel
a
Wilbur
el
mla
er
a
chiklel
e
nguu
el
turecheklii
er
a
deel
el
ngar
er
a
bebul
a
blil
a
Wilbur.
> Lurvey bent down and removed Wilbur's medal from his neck and hung it from a nail at the top of Wilbur's pen.
Sel
ongeru
el
chellbel
ngar
ngii
a
mesil
era
dembo
ma
ikel
berotel
tekoi
era
mekemad
e
dirrek
el
obis
ra
ngar
bab
el
soldau
er
a
Siabal.
> On the second floor was a transmitting command post, aircraft-unit command post, and an officer's room.
ngar, v.s.be (located); exist; be alive.
ngar
a
outeliil;
chad
a
ngar;
ngar
er
ngii
a
klengar
er
ngii;
charm
a
ngar.
ngar ngiicont.ngar er ngii
ngarkercont.ngar ker
ngar er a bab a rengulexpr.conceited; disrespectful; proud; arrogant; haughty; snobbish.
ngar er a bab el chadexpr.one's superior; wealthy/well-to-do person.
ngar er a eou a rengulexpr.(person is) humble/respectful.
ngar er ngiiexpr.there is.
ngar kerexpr.where is it.
Examples:
A
beab
a
sebechel
kmerd
er
a
Ngcheangel
el
ngar
er
a
chelsel
a
blil
a
kall
el
ua
bek
el
beras.
> Rats can get to Kayangel in bags of food such as rice.
Ng
kmal
meringel
a
sils
e
ng
ngar
er
a
sers
el
di
blechetoel
a
bdelul.
> The sun is shining so hard and she's at the farm with nothing on her head.
Ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
chad
er
tiang.
> Somebody's here.
Ng
ngar
er
ker
el
hong
a
soam?
> Which book do you want?
Ng
ko
er
a
osechel
a
mengur
el
di
ngar
er
a
milkolk
el
mo
er
a
milkolk.
> It's like coconut juice that goes from the dark (of the inside of coconut) to the dark (of the inside of the drinker's mouth). - i.e. It's a matter kept secret or something whose source and use are unknown.
Proverbs:
Ng
kora
osechel
a
mengur,
el
di
ngar
er
a
milkolk
el
mo
er
a
milkolk.
> Like coconut water, passing from darkness to darkness.
Water, drunk from a coconut, passes from the dark of the nut to the dark of the mouth. Some discussions, such as those of village leaders, are secretively passed from mouth to mouth without public discussion.
Ng
ngar
ngii
a
melebisech
er
a
chutem
e
imiit
> Are there any who spear at the ground and miss?
Used to describe something that is easily accomplished.
Melim
e
menga
er
a
ngar
er
a
ucharm.
> To eat and drink by the mast tip.
The ucharm (bird) is the hardwood tip at the top of the canoe mast. The person to whom the idiom is applied is accused of thriving on gifts from other places. Particularly it may be applied to persons of a highranking village who rather expect that visitors in canoes from other villages will come provisioned with gifts-thus, those who watch for the canoes. Sometimes the idiom goes: Ngkora chad ra Oreor, "Like the man of Koror," with reference to the high ranking community of Koror in central Palau.
More Examples:
Ngar
er
ngii
a
delngod
er
a
bedengem?
> Do you have any tattoos?
Aki
mlo
mukai
er
a
ochedak
el
mlei
el
ngar
er
a
ngebard.
> We went to pick up my brother that flew in from the states.
Ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
chimong
el
chaisbaks.
> It has one refrigerator.
Ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
eolt.
> It's typhoon condition.
Ochoi,
ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
mellemau
me
a
becheleleu
me
a
bekerkard.
> Yes, they have blue, white, and red.

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