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?
Ng
soal
el
menga
ngera
el
kall?
> What food does he/she like to eat?
Bo
er
a
stoang
me
mochar
a
keled.
> Go to the store and buy us food.
Tia
ng
kelel
techang?
> Whose food is this?
Ak
milluches
a
babier
e
a
sechelik
a
mirruul
a
kall.
> I was writing letters while my friend was preparing 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:
Ak
di
meruul
a
kall
e
merekong.
> I only cook the food.
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
meriik,
e
melemed,
e
meruul
a
kall,
e
mengetmokl
er
a
blai.
> I sweep and mop and make food and clean the house.
Ulang
a
mera
el
mekreos
a
kelel
iedel
el
chetil
el
merrous.
Ng
diak
el
dilechelid
el
lebo
el
meringel
a
delel.
> Ulang is hoarding her mango and doesn't want to share, hopefully she will get a bellyache.
Ak
dirrek
el
milruul
a
kelam
el
sub
el
malk.
> I also made chicken soup for us.

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