bai, mod.comparatively; by comparison, instead; rather. Also used in conditional sentences to contrast two events.
bai
a
omuchel
a
bebil
er
a
omengedecheduch,
bai
ungil
me
ko
mlei;
bai
ba
morael,
bai
molekoi
e
kuleki
kung;
bai
de
kasmesumech
er
tiang
e
bo
de
kebii.
Examples:
Kede
bai
mo
odngelii
er
a
kebesengei?
> Shall we visit her tonight?
Ng
bai
soak
a
kohi
er
a
tii.
> I like coffee more than tea.
A
eolt
a
bai
iliit
er
a
Belau.
> The storm missed Palau.
Bai
molesei
el
ekong.
> Move a little away (from me).
Proverbs:
Ke
ko
er
a
bisech
er
a
bai
el
dechor
er
a
rebai
e
diak
dousbech
er
ngii.
> You're like the bisech plant in the backyard which has no purpose.
A person who isn't trusted so he/she is not needed.
Ng
ko
er
a
ngklel
a
bai
er
a
Chol:
a
Medederiik
> Like the name of the bai at Chol: "Empty."
A bai in the northern community of Chol is (or once was) called Medederiik, meaning "deserted" or "empty." The idiom may apply to a person without possessions, a poor man.
Ngalek
a
bai.
> Child of the clubhouse.
In former times, when Palauan women would sometimes serve as companions to the men of clubs in villages other than their own, a woman occasionally became pregnant. While pregnancy during this service, or as a result of it, was considered bad form, a child so conceived was not considered "illegitimate" but was differentiated in degree by this idiom.
Ng
ko
er
a
ngklel
a
bai
er
a
Ngerekabesang:
a
Telkakl
> Like the name of the community house at Ngerekabesang: "Buttressed."
At Ngerekabesang in Koror (central Palau) there is a community house (bai) called Telkakl, which means "to buttress" or "to be buttressed." Some of the older bai in Palau were thus supported with beams from the ground to the eaves, and the implication has been added that a bai so supported must be very full of important possessions. This idiom is used of a person who is wealthy, or of one's self, meaning that one has cash on hand.
More Examples:
Ng
locha
bai
kirel
el
lmuut
el
mo
er
ngii
a
bul
er
a
beluu
e
meruul
a
skoki
el
di
me
soiseb
se
el
mellomes
el
ua
ngar
e
mong.
> I think there should be a curfew on land and have flights only come in during the day like before.
Elik
aika
el
delir
tirkang
me
a
aika
el
bilir
bai
dil
di
meau
kung
meltang.
> Oh my, their bellies and their clothes, they shoudl just go naked then.
Ngar
ngii
a
chelitakl
er
a
Bai
er
a
kebesengei
el
ungil
el
oderengesall.
> There is singing at the clubhouse tonight that is good to hear.
Ng
diak
kblekall
er
a
mekngit
el
reng;
ak
bai
mengull
er
a
Demak,
e
kemiu
a
imings
a
medemiu
er
ngak.
> I am not possessed by a devil; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
Ak
omdasu
e
a
rechad
er
a
Irrai
a
bai
ungil
el
meruul
a
omelai
el
oleng
er
a
ngii
di
el
chad
el
mo
er
a
skozio.
> I think people in Airai should make toll booths at the airport and collect fees.
bai
/abai		,
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bai
a
ongdboll;
tbiil
a
llach
er
ngii;
bai
er
a
klobak;
a
bai
a
ongdboll
er
a
beluu,
orekuul,
blil
a
kldibel,
bailbeluu;
bai
er
a
remeau;
oremuul,
bai
er
a
rengeasek,
merael
a
kakerous
el
omeruul
er
a
chelsel
a
ngellakel
me
a
sius,
me
a
klautok
me
a
ngloik
er
a
chesel.
biln.poss.3s
bai er a rubakexpr.bai for old men only.
kebtot el baiexpr.twin bai; two bais adjacent to each other.
See also:
BAIBELUU
Examples:
Bai
molesei
el
ekong.
> Move a little away (from me).
Ng
bai
soak
a
kohi
er
a
tii.
> I like coffee more than tea.
A
eolt
a
bai
iliit
er
a
Belau.
> The storm missed Palau.
Kede
bai
mo
odngelii
er
a
kebesengei?
> Shall we visit her tonight?
Proverbs:
Ngalek
a
bai.
> Child of the clubhouse.
In former times, when Palauan women would sometimes serve as companions to the men of clubs in villages other than their own, a woman occasionally became pregnant. While pregnancy during this service, or as a result of it, was considered bad form, a child so conceived was not considered "illegitimate" but was differentiated in degree by this idiom.
Ng
ko
er
a
ngklel
a
bai
er
a
Ngerekabesang:
a
Telkakl
> Like the name of the community house at Ngerekabesang: "Buttressed."
At Ngerekabesang in Koror (central Palau) there is a community house (bai) called Telkakl, which means "to buttress" or "to be buttressed." Some of the older bai in Palau were thus supported with beams from the ground to the eaves, and the implication has been added that a bai so supported must be very full of important possessions. This idiom is used of a person who is wealthy, or of one's self, meaning that one has cash on hand.
Ng
ko
er
a
ngklel
a
bai
er
a
Chol:
a
Medederiik
> Like the name of the bai at Chol: "Empty."
A bai in the northern community of Chol is (or once was) called Medederiik, meaning "deserted" or "empty." The idiom may apply to a person without possessions, a poor man.
Ke
ko
er
a
bisech
er
a
bai
el
dechor
er
a
rebai
e
diak
dousbech
er
ngii.
> You're like the bisech plant in the backyard which has no purpose.
A person who isn't trusted so he/she is not needed.
More Examples:
Ng
bai
soak
a
di
beches
el
ouchais
er
ngak
er
a
bai
mongeteket
er
ngii.
> I want you to be direct with me instead of prolonging it.
Kede
bai
mochu
melamech
a
cheliud.
> We should chew homegrown tobacco.
Ng
diak
kblekall
er
a
mekngit
el
reng;
ak
bai
mengull
er
a
Demak,
e
kemiu
a
imings
a
medemiu
er
ngak.
> I am not possessed by a devil; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
Bai
di
beketeklii
el
kmo
ng
diak
el
soam.
> Just make it clear that you really do not want to.
Ng
diak
bai
debo
dongedub
er
a
bdelul
a
chang?
> Why don't we go take a swim at the dock?

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