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:
Ng
ngiluu
a
kall
a
Kukumai
el
mo
er
a
ngii
di
el
chad?
> Did Kukumai bring the food to anyone?
Kede
ousbech
a
ochadu
el
omchadu
a
kall.
> We use tongs to pick food.
Ng
kmal
meduch
el
meruul
a
kall
meng
diak
lousbech
ra
chad
el
tames
a
ikel
loruul.
> She's an amazing cook that she doesn't even need anyone to try the food she makes.
Bechar
a
keled.
> Buy our food.
Kede
ousbech
a
oles
el
melngos
a
kall
> We use a knife to slice 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
ongerdechidel
el
mengerdoched
a
kall.
> We use frying pans to fry food.
Kede
ousbech
a
okekall
el
meruul
a
kall.
> We use pots to cook food in.
A
bechik
a
milruul
er
a
kelam
el
aho.
> My spouse made us some sweet porridge soup.
Debii
a
keled.
> Let's divide our food.
Ak
ngilai
a
bebil
er
a
kall
er
a
kibo
er
a
kemeldiil.
> I took some food when we went to the funeral.

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