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In head-hunting days villages on the same side-haven as Koror, or otherwise allied, would visit Koror last with heads taken in raids or ambush after visiting several allied villages for dances and money collections marking a successful hunt. By and large, the purpose of head-hunting was economic, with money paid the men of the successful raiding club at each allied village where the heads would be displayed. The collection went to the coffer of their village chief. By the time the warriors reached Koror, then, the heads would often be quite odorous and unpleasant (economically useless). So they would be discarded at a place called Emerert in Koror. From the standpoint of any male ego the mother's brother (okdemaol; okdemelem: your mother's brother) is always significant, since one such individual usually acts as guardian and financial advisor for the younger clan member. The idiom, then, is used by the people of Koror to insult persons of other, generally hostile, villages.

Ng

meredem

er

oiaol

bedul

ngii.

> 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.

More Examples:

Locha

sebeched

el

kmo

te

ko

er

a

aika

el

iwashi

diak

a

bdelul

e

seluk

er

a

beached.

> We can say they're like sardines without heads in a can.

Akoi!

Tia

el

klechad

ng

mo

bedul

ker.

> Ah! Where this life going.

Ak

milengereel

er

a

bdelul

a

chang.

Ng

di

mle

luut

a

cheldik.

> I fished at the dock. I only caught squid.

Mretechii

a

bdelum.

> Touch your head.

Ng

meringel

a

bdeluk.

> My head hurts, or I have a headache.

but

, n.

genitals; anus; vagina; bottom (surface).

but

a

eoulbeluu

er

a

chad

me

a

uriul,

idekel

a

but,

uchauch

a

btil

a

chad,

btil

a

omerael,

btil

a

lius.

btil

n.poss.3s

btil

a

but

er

ngii;

uriul,

btil

a

lius,

btil

a

chad.

bekebut
/bekebtiil
/bekebtil

v.s.

(woman) having large buttocks or vagina; (man) having large buttocks.

bekebtiil

a

klou

a

idekel

a

btil.

but

n.

bottom (surface).

idekel a but

expr.

buttocks.

Examples:

Kau

a

melechui

er

a

btil

a

Droteo.

> You are inferior to Droteo (lit., you wipe Droteo's anus).

Ngka

a

sebiil

a

btil,

el

diak

a

ngera

el

lodengei.

> He's young and unexperienced (lit. his buttocks are covered with sores) and doesn't know anything.

Ngka

a

sebiil

a

btil

me

lak

morrenges

a

lolekoi.

> He's just a child, so don't listen to what he says.

Proverbs:

Ng

ko

er

a

btil

a

Titechingai

> Like the buttock of Titechingai.

He rushes crazily from one task to another. Titechingai had a disease which left his buttock covered with old sores and pock marks. Therefore, when Titechingai called on a young woman at night, he always left the house before it became light in order to avoid being seen. Once, however, when he awoke it was already light and he was observed to dash from bush to bush in his desperate attempt to run through the village with minimum exposure. A person who seems to be rushing madly about in the conduct of several tasks may be compared with Titechingai.

A

rengalek

el

sechal

a

di

mekekerei

e

kora

mersaod

el

melbard

er

ter

ra

btil

a

ralm.

> A male child, though small, is yet like a small barracuda that braces against the flowing stream.

The small barracuda (mersaod, a small ai) can be seen bracing, without apparent motion, against the stream, usually where fresh water flows into the lagoon, or where tide water runs off the reef, until suddenly it dashes into the stream to grab a small fish. Then it retreats once more to its place of watchfulness. This watchful, quiet, reserved, almost crafty approach to life is much admired, and parents will encourage their male children with this saying.

chebecheb

, v.s.

lying face down; placed upside down; bent over.

chebecheb

a

terrob;

diak

el

dengarech,

chemau

eou,

mechebechebii,

mechebecheb,

ochebechebel

dengarech

, v.s.

lying face up; supine; placed right side up.

dengarech

a

chemau

bab;

diak

el

chebecheb,

olekang

a

dengarech.

mengerumet

, v.t.

wash inside of (bottle, bowl, pot, etc.) with circular motion; wash out (mouth, ear, etc.); brush (teeth); pump out (stomach, intestine); give enema or laxative.

mengerumet

a

melatech;

churemetii;

churumet

a

belatong;

chermetel.

omat

, v.t.

put (pot, food in pot) on fire; put; place; pound (something) into ground; (boat) jump up and down in waves.

omat

a

mo

kmedii;

metir

a

olekang

er

a

ingukl,

omat

er

a

btil

a

di

dengchokl

e

chetil

el

merael;

otil.

churemetii	v.pf.3s	churemetii a mengerumet er ngii.
chirremetii	v.pf.3s.past
churumet	v.pf.3p.inan.	churumet a mengerumet; omekbeches er a chelsel.
chirrumet	v.pf.3p.inan.past
chelerrumet	v.r.s.	washed or pumped out. chelerrumet a mla mecherumet; nglatech, churemetii a olekang, churumet, cheremetel.
cherematel	v.a.s.	is to be washed or pumped out. cherematel a kirel el mecherumet; mengatech, churemetii, churumet a ollumel, cheremetel.
cherrumet	v.s.	(inside) cracked or broken. cherrumet a mla mecherumet; mla mengatech, chelerrumet; churemetii, churumet a kob, mengerumet, chermetel.
mecherumet	v.erg.	mecherumet a chelerrumet; churemetii a ollumel, mla mecherumet, churumet, mellib; chermetel.
cherrumet a btil	expr.	(woman) having insides worn out from too much sexual intercourse.
See also: ONGERUMET
Synonyms: MELATECH , MELEMED , MELLIB , MERISU , MESILEK , OMRALM

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