kebtot, n.twins (of same or opposite sex).
kebtot
a
teblong;
terung;
kebtot
el
ngalek
a
dmak
el
mechell
el
terung.
See also:
MENGEBTOT
Examples:
Ng
milchelleterir
ar
kebtot.
> She birthed twins.
bai
/abai		,
/uploads/pics/2979.jpg, n.		village meeting house; guest house; community house.
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:
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?
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.
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.
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.
More Examples:
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.
Ng
mla
er
ngii
a
klaiuengader
er
a
bai
er
a
kesus.
> There was a farewell party at the community house last night.
Ng
diak.
Ng
bai
ko
er
a
di
chetelaol.
> No. He or she only feels dizzy.
Ng
locha
bai
ungil
doruul
a
cheluch
er
Belau.
> I think we should make coconut oil.
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.

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