kall, n.a.s.food.
kall
a
rokui
el
dongang;
ongraol
me
a
odoim
me
a
kliou;
kukau,
ngikel,
tuu
a
kall,
kelel.
kelekn.poss.1s
kelemn.poss.2s
keleln.poss.3s
kelel
a
kall
el
ngii
a
oukall;
kelel
el
iedel.
kelamn.poss.1pe
keledn.poss.1pi
keliun.poss.2p
kelirn.poss.3p
kall er a Sinaexpr.Chinese food.
kall er a mekemadexpr.C-rations.
kelek el udongexpr.my noodles.
kelel a charmexpr.food or feed for animals.
kelem el tuuexpr.your banana.
See also:
KLLEL
,
MENGANG
,
OTEKALL
,
ULENGALL
Examples:
Aika
el
kall
a
mla
mo
medeel
er
kemam.
> There's gotten to be too much food for us.
Ng
di
kea
kudenge
a
ieteklek
er
aika
el
kall.
> I don't know what to do with all that food.
Ng
dimlak
a
kall.
> There wasn't any food.
Kede
ousbech
a
oles
el
melngos
a
kall
> We use a knife to slice food.
Ak
blechoel
el
meruul
a
kelel
a
Droteo.
> I always prepare Droteo's food.
Proverbs:
Olbed,
e
kall.
> A stone platform, yet food.
A man of Airai in central Palau, apparently during a period of hostilities, brought to his home from the lagoon all manner of shell food still attached to coral boulders. In the security of his own yard, he removed the shell foods and eventually with the stones he was able to construct a stone platform for his home. A lot in Airai, supposedly where this platform stood bears the name, Olbed-e-kall.
Msebechii
a
kelel
Ngersuul.
> Weigh the food of Ngersuul.
Don't overdo things/Keep things in proper proportion/This is too much for me or us to deal with. According to folk history, Koror once sent a very large force of warriors against the tiny village of Ngersuul (Ngchesar in central Palau). When the force was seen offshore, the people fled to a sheltered hill and one of the village club leaders shouted to the enemy, "Why don't you weigh the food of Ngersuul?" suggesting that Koror either pick on a village its own size or send a more equivalent-sized force. The idiom expresses nicely the ideal of balanced opposition characterizing appropriate competition in Palau.
More Examples:
Kede
ousbech
a
manaita
el
melekosek
a
kall.
> We use cutting boards for cutting or slicing food on.
Ngar
er
ngii
a
keliu
er
a
kebesengei?
> Do you have food for tonight?
Ak
dirrek
el
milruul
a
kelam
el
sub
el
malk.
> I also made chicken soup for us.
Kede
ousbech
a
kanadarai
el
omelecha
a
ralm
me
a
lechub
a
kall
er
ngii.
> We use basins to put water or food in.
Ak
mo
omechar
a
kelam
el
beras
me
a
kansume.
> I'm going to the store to buy rice and canned meat.

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