meoud, v.s.late.
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memeoudv.s.redup.rather late.
meudangv.s.inch.is getting late.
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meoud a bdelulexpr.ingenuous; slow-witted.
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Examples:
> You're very late!
More Examples:
> I have to go or I'll be late.
> John is taking too long and his wife is "like a decorated lobster" waiting for him.
> I was close to worrying everyone as I was a little late.
> I'm going to be a little late tomorrow. I have a lot of work.
> John, forgive me, I made a stop at Ngerkumer's and may be a run a little late.
te, n., [From Japanese] ability; skill; style.
meoud a teexpr.slow witted.
mereched a teexpr.clever.
Examples:
> They wandered around in an hour.
> They both don't know anything and yet they're trying to explain.
> They're from Ngerard/Ngiual (where taro leaf soup is eaten).
> My friends finished swimming in an hour.
> What are they studying?
Proverbs:
> They're from Angaur.
They eat rope; rope is used to tie slaves and is therefore a symbol of inferiority.
> They are as though eating deldalech.
Deldalech is the material once used to blacken teeth in Palau. When the deldalech was applied it was "eaten" by keeping the mouth and lips completely immobile for several hours until the dye had set. May be applied to a meeting at which some problem is presented for discussion and no discussion takes place, all the participants sitting in stony silence; also to a person or group that receives a reprimand in silence.
More Examples:
> Pretty soon they'll disown me.
> They returned the borrowed plates.
> How many females are wearing rings?
> The spirits knew that our home land is becoming deserted.
> They are laughing at what Bung said.

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