kall, n.a.s.food.
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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: , , ,
Examples:
> This is (my) food to tide me over in case I get hungry.
> They tend to eat fruits and raw food.
> We use a knife to slice food.
> Whose food is this?
> I'm warming up my food.
Proverbs:
> 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.
> 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.
More Examples:
> My spouse made us some sweet porridge soup.
> I also made chicken soup for us.
> We use a knife to slice food.
> What is the cost of our food?
> Ulang is hoarding her mango and doesn't want to share, hopefully she will get a bellyache.

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