diak, v.s.is/are not; does not exist; non-existent.
diak
a
bechachau;
diak
a
kall,
diak
a
udoud,
diak
a
chad
er
a
blai.
diadiakv.s.redup.
dikeang
/di kea
/di keang
/dikea		v.s.inch.no longer; no more; not... after all.
di
keang
a
mla
er
ngii
e
mla
mo
diak,
udoud
a
di
keang.
dimlakv.s.pastwere not; did not exist; was/were non-existent.
dimlak
a
di
mla
diak,
dimlak
le
medung
er
a
cheldecheduch,
dimlak
rengesii,
dimlak
lemei.
ng diakmod.no.
ngdiakcont.ng diak
diak a rengulexpr.inconsiderate; impolite.
mo diakexpr.run out; stop; disappear; become non-existent.
Examples:
Ng
di
ngii
me
ak
kiei
er
a
iemoch
meng
uoi
diak
kudengei
a
ngerang.
> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on.
Ng
dimlak
kbo
er
a
party
e
le
a
bechik
a
mle
smecher.
> I didn't go to the party because my wife was sick.
Ng
diak
a
luldasu.
> It doesn't make any sense./He's completely disoriented.
Ng
diak
lsubed
el
mongerodech
er
tiang.
> You're not allowed to make noise here.
Ak
mle
smecher
me
ng
dimlak
kbo
er
a
skuul.
> I was sick, so I didn't go to school.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
imekurs
el
lak
el
meselsilek
er
a
eolt
e
ng
diak
lourodech.
> Like the Bilimbi tree which, if not shaken, will not bear fruit.
Applied to a person who does not fulfill their obligations without constant prodding or nagging.
A
ralm
a
diak
locheraol.
> Water is without cost.
Palauans bathe frequently; many will not miss a daily bath if at all possible. Bathing places are usually widened areas, natural or artificial (some elaborately paved with stone) in fresh-water streams. The phrase simply reminds another, probably a reluctant child, that he should bathe.
Kmakm
mechab:
charm
er
a
chab
el
kmeed
er
a
ngau
e
diak
lemedul.
> Like the insects which stays at ashes of fire but doesn't burn.
You're near a situation which needs immediate attention but you don't lend a hand.
Ke
ko
er
a
otaor
el
di
omtitechakl
el
diak
a
blil.
> You're like a floating log without a resting place.
You have no fixed abode.
Ng
ko
er
a
chelatngikl
el
diak
lebeldakl
oltellel
e
dingemuu.
> Like the honey bee, celebrating without first boiling down the coconut syrup.
Once coconut syrup, dripping from the cut flower stem, is collected it is thickened by boiling. The honeybee, however, collects his nectar, puts it in the hive without boiling it, then proceeds to fly around noisily as though celebrating the completed task. Hence, to talk or boast loudly about successes and accomplishments when one has none; to make plans but never carry them out; to celebrate without cause.
More Examples:
Sebechem
lousubes
er
ngak
adang
ng
diak?
> Would you forgive me please?
Ng
diak
a
chad
el
mo
betik
a
rengul
er
ngak.
> Nobody loves me.
Ng
diak,
ng
diak
lsebechek
el
ngosukau.
> No, I can't help you.
Ng
diak
merur.
> I'm not shy.
Diak
ka
mongebelung.
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