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| bedengang | v.s.inch. | is (just) going to sleep.
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| mo bad | expr. | go to sleep. |
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> Is there a sharp stone? Is any stone sharp? |
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> It is still light out but he feels like going to sleep. |
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> The fish keeps poking his head out of the coral. |
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> That stone is sharp. |
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> xx. |
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> The wind sleeps in the eskiik bush. Around March the wind quiets at about dusk and begins to pick up the next morning. During the night the wind is said to sleep in the eskiik, a small shrub common on the hills of Palau. A quiet night is appropriate in the Palauan view because economically important fruit trees, such as breadfruit, are setting their buds at this time. This period of budding is thought to be analogous to the second or third month of human pregnancy, when exertion or shock may precipitate a miscarriage. If the winds blow strong at night during this time, elders note that the season will be poor as far as fruit harvest is concerned. The eskiik bush, where the wind sleeps, has a characteristic bad odor said to be caused by the wind performing its "natural functions." |
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> The male heart is like stone. The true man or leader has a strong, unwavering character. His decisions are firm and unchanging. |
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> I fell on the stone path and cracked my head. |
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> The elderly titled men will be spending the night at their club house. |
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| bad | , n. | stone; rock; coral; crossbeams supporting floor or house.
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| beduk | n.poss.1s | |
| bedum | n.poss.2s | |
| bedul | n.poss.3s | his/her/its stone; rock; coral; crossbeams supporting floor or house. |
| bedemam | n.poss.1pe | |
| bedud | n.poss.1pi | |
| bedemiu | n.poss.2p | |
| bederir | n.poss.3p | |
| bad el chelid | expr. | type of trepang (colored like coral). |
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Examples: |
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> The school faces in the direction of M-Dock. |
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> That stone is sharp. |
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> It is still light out but he feels like going to sleep. |
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> Is there a sharp stone? Is any stone sharp? |
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> The boy was stuck precariously in the banana tree; the spear is stuck precariously in the coral rocks. |
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Proverbs: |
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> The wind sleeps in the eskiik bush. Around March the wind quiets at about dusk and begins to pick up the next morning. During the night the wind is said to sleep in the eskiik, a small shrub common on the hills of Palau. A quiet night is appropriate in the Palauan view because economically important fruit trees, such as breadfruit, are setting their buds at this time. This period of budding is thought to be analogous to the second or third month of human pregnancy, when exertion or shock may precipitate a miscarriage. If the winds blow strong at night during this time, elders note that the season will be poor as far as fruit harvest is concerned. The eskiik bush, where the wind sleeps, has a characteristic bad odor said to be caused by the wind performing its "natural functions." |
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> The male heart is like stone. The true man or leader has a strong, unwavering character. His decisions are firm and unchanging. |
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> Attaching the drain spout to oneself. Pertains to favoritism, the adjustment of the flow of favors from the leader to one-self. It is considered unsporting and in poor taste to seek favoritism through undue support of a leader in direct anticipation of favors. |
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> Which direction is Yigo located on the map? |
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> Ah! Where this life going. |
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> Yigo is located on the north side of the island. |
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> Standing on the beach looking out towards the open ocean and the horizon. |
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> The duck bent down and pushed the unhatched egg towards Templeton. |
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| chei | , n. | ocean; sea; place for fishing.
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| bad el chei | expr. | porous stone in sea. |
| chad er a chei | expr. | fisherman. |
| ched el chei | expr. | (normal) low tide. |
| dmolech a chei | expr. | high tide. |
| kekere a chei | expr. | tide is low (but not as low as normal). |
| klou a chei | expr. | tide is low. |
| kmes a chei | expr. | slack tide; neap tide. |
| mo er a chei | expr. | go fishing. |
| ngar er a chei | expr. | fish for (food); take (food) from sea. |
tekoi er a chei
/tekoi el chei | expr. | words of criticism for poor fishing ability. |
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> the two friends who planned to go fishing |
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> The skillful fisherman speared 20 fish in the head. |
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> They each went fishing. |
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> The tide went out in a few hours. |
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> Who (pl.) went fishing with you? |
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> They each took their own raft to go fishing. |
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> My boyfriend is really good in fishing. |
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> We went fishing last night and had large catch. |
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> I'm going fishing. |
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> I went fishing with my dad yesterday. |
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| cheled | , n.r.s. | any product of the sea (or, sometimes, pigeons) caught but not yet cooked; shell.
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| cheldik | n.poss.1s | |
| cheldim | n.poss.2s | |
| cheldil | n.poss.3s |
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| cheldemam | n.poss.1pe | |
| cheldid | n.poss.1pi | |
| cheldemiu | n.poss.2p | |
| chelderir | n.poss.3p | |
| bad el cheled | expr. | crab (which lives on reef). |
| cheldik el ngikel | expr. | the fish I've caught. |
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Examples: |
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> How many pounds was your catch? |
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More Examples: |
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> I fished at the dock. I only caught squid. |
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> We didnt catch anything as the waves were really strong. |
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> The yellow striped sweet lips we caught are good smoked. |
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> You caught a lot of fish so at least give me one red snapper. |
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| chelsel | , n.poss.3s | inside; within.
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| chelsek | n.poss.1s | |
| chelsem | n.poss.2s | |
| chelsam | n.poss.1pe | |
| chelsed | n.poss.1pi | |
| chelsiu | n.poss.2p | |
| chelsir | n.poss.3p | |
| chelsel a bad | expr. | in or among the coral. |
| chelsel a blsibs | expr. | inside of the hole. |
| chelsel a kall | expr. | in/inside the food. |
| chelsel a klengar | expr. | within (one's) lifetime. |
| chelsel a skidas | expr. | inside of the drawer. |
| chelsel a taoch | expr. | in/inside the channel. |
Examples: |
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> Pour the coconut milk in the pot. |
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> The travelers stopped being thirsty in a few hours. |
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> My friends finished swimming in an hour. |
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> The picture was drawn in five minutes. |
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> There are ones who have dreamed about being in that place. |
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Proverbs: |
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> Inside child. A child of the inside is a member of an elite lineage, one who is not bashful before elite persons. |
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More Examples: |
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> I didn't see them in the men's club house. |
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> Pour the coconut milk in the pot. |
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> Within the second-floor bunker area was a wireless telegraph room and receiving- and transmitting-room. |
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> Put the breadfruit in the pot. |
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| kerrekar | , n. | tree; wood; log; board.
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| kerrekerul | n.poss.3s |
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| bad el kerrekar | expr. | crossbeams supporting floor of bai (including bad el umad). |
| rengul a kerrekar | expr. | center/core of tree. |
Examples: |
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> How long is the board? |
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> Is Droteo going to cut off branches from a tree? |
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> Droteo is cutting off that tree's branches. |
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> How high is the tree? |
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> My child is stuck in a precarious position in those trees. |
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Proverbs: |
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> Opening of the trees. From late April to June is the time of greatest flowering or opening of many trees in Palau. |
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> He or she fell out of the tree and broke his or her leg. |
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> These mahogany trees are getting so tall. |
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> I'm so worried about these big trees by the house if they would break and crush us. |
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> My plants are from the tree from my neighbor that I transplanted myself. |
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| meringet | , v.t. | chew (food); crush (rock, sugar cane, etc.).
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| ringetii | v.pf.3s |
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| rirengetii | v.pf.3s.past | |
| reminget | v.pf.3p.inan. |
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| riringet | v.pf.3p.inan.past | |
| meringet | v.erg. | |
rengetall
/rengotel
/ringetall | v.a.s. | is to be chewed or crushed.
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| rringet | v.r.s. | chewed; crushed.
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| meringet a bad el mesil | expr. | rock-crushing machine. |
| meringet a deb el mesil | expr. | sugarcane-crushing machine. |
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Synonyms:
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| uel el chad | n. | persistent person. |
| bad el uel | expr. | sound asleep. |
| uel el chad | expr. | man who reaches sexual climax slowly. |
Examples: |
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> The thing that the boys are polishing is the turtle shell. |
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> The turtle shell, I was watching the boys who were polishing it. |
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> I keep turtles as pets. |
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> Who caught the turtle that you saw the boys who are polishing its shell? |
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> The turtle shell, I don't know who was polishing it. |
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Proverbs: |
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> Like the purple swamp hen, flying off with its legs hanging down The purple swamp hen (uek; other sources name another bird, sechou [heron]) is careless about its legs when it flies, letting them dangle in flight instead of neatly tucking them up like other, more trim flyers. The saying applies to persons who do sloppy work or carelessly leave a task half finished |
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> Don't be like the man from Ngerchemai who lost both the turtle and the canoe. Don't bite off more than you can chew...don't be selfish. |
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> When the purple swamp hen appears, it brings remembrance There is a song (Oumachas) from which this saying derives: Once there was a young couple who made love in a secluded spot in the taro garden. While they were lying together a purple swamp hen darted out of the brush startling the couple. Eventually love cooled, but thereafter whenever the girl saw a purple swamp hen while she worked in the gardens, she recalled her lover. Hence any occurrence that brings back fond memories. |
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> Like the man of Ngerechemai, who lost his turtle and lost his canoe. Relates to a fisherman who jumped from his canoe to catch a turtle only to find that his canoe had drifted beyond recovery. Applies to any situation where a person fails at a task, or, aptly, to a situation where a man, through his own foolishness, loses both his wife and his mistress. |
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More Examples: |
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> I'm making the turtle soup in coconut milk. |
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> I lost the turtle that takes four people to subdue. |
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> The spear hit the turtle in the chest. |
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| umad | , n. | end of roof of house (at front and back).
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| umedal | n.poss.3s |
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bad el umad
/badelumad | expr. | crossbeams supporting floor at ends of bai.
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