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:
A
Kukumai
a
ngiluu
a
kall
el
mo
er
a
delal.
> Kukumai brought the food to her mother.
Ak
milluches
a
babier
e
a
sechelik
a
mirruul
a
kall.
> I was writing letters while my friend was preparing food.
Ng
ngiluu
a
kall
a
Kukumai
el
mo
er
a
ngii
di
el
chad?
> Did Kukumai bring the food to anyone?
Ak
blechoel
el
meruul
a
kelel
a
Droteo.
> I always prepare Droteo's food.
Ng
kmal
meringel
a
renguk
er
a
kall.
> I feel bad about the (wasted) 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
ochadu
el
omchadu
a
kall.
> We use tongs to pick food.
Ng
tela
a
cheral
a
kelek?
> What is the cost of our food?
Ak
mlo
er
a
McDonalds
el
mo
omechar
a
kelel
a
ngelekek
er
a
sueleb.
> I went to McDonalds to buy my son his lunch.
Ngar
er
ngii
a
keliu
er
a
kebesengei?
> Do you have food for tonight?
Ng
mle
ua
ngera
kall?
> How was the food ?

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