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eou

, n.

area/space below.

eou

a

diak

el

bab,

eungel

a

blai

a

chemrungel,

eoulbeluu

a

diak

le

kedidai,

eungel

a

lius

a

mechuu.

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 ngii

cont.

ngar er ngii

ngarker

cont.

ngar ker

ngar er a bab a rengul

expr.

conceited; disrespectful; proud; arrogant; haughty; snobbish.

ngar er a bab el chad

expr.

one's superior; wealthy/well-to-do person.

ngar er a eou a rengul

expr.

(person is) humble/respectful.

ngar er ngii

expr.

there is.

ngar ker

expr.

where is it.

Examples:

A

a

er

a

el

kmo

a

a

er

a

el

> Satsko told Toki a lie (saying) that John has lots of money.

A

a

er

a

bab

el

> Tony is higher in the rank.

Ng

er

a

me

> It's further in back of me.

Ng

er

a

bul

er

a

> There's a restriction on (killing) pigeons.

Ng

er

a

el

> There's a strange smell (here).

Proverbs:

e

er

a

er

a

> 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.

Ng

a

er

a

e

> Are there any who spear at the ground and miss?

Used to describe something that is easily accomplished.

Ng

a

el

di

er

a

el

mo

er

a

> 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.

More Examples:

A

er

a

a

el

el

buk

me

a

el

er

a

> A librarian's job is to take care of all the books and documents in the library.

Sel

el

a

era

ma

era

e

el

ra

bab

el

er

a

> On the second floor was a transmitting command post, aircraft-unit command post, and an officer's room.

A

a

mlo

e

tia

el

el

a

el

mla

er

a

e

el

er

a

el

er

a

a

a

> Lurvey bent down and removed Wilbur's medal from his neck and hung it from a nail at the top of Wilbur's pen.

A

a

er

a

a

er

> My uncle's wife has an obligation to go to today.

A

a

er

a

el

> The wind is coming from the east.

tuchelbakl

, v.i.

dive.

tuchelbakl el mo er a eou	expr.	dive down (into the water).
See also: MELECHELBAKL