meoud, v.s.late.
meoud
a
eoud;
diak
le
mereched;
eudel
a
omerael;
meudang.
memeoudv.s.redup.rather late.
meudangv.s.inch.is getting late.
meudang
a
mla
mo
meoud;
kles
a
meudang;
eudel.
meoud a bdelulexpr.ingenuous; slow-witted.
See also:
IOUD
Examples:
Ke
mera
el
meoud!
> You're very late!
More Examples:
Me
kurael,
e
ak
mo
el
mo
meoud.
> I have to go or I'll be late.
Ng
mlo
meoud
er
a
tutau
me
ng
di
milsngii
a
riid
e
obes
aika
el
suelebel.
> He was running late this morning and left without his lunch.
Ng
kileed
e
a
kusebek
a
rengrir
e
le
ak
mlo
meoud.
> I was close to worrying everyone as I was a little late.
Kmal
meoud
a
John
e
a
bechil
a
ko
er
a
belsiochel
el
cherabrukl
el
mengiil
er
ngii.
> John is taking too long and his wife is "like a decorated lobster" waiting for him.
John,
mousubes
e
ak
mla
touchakl
er
a
blil
a
Ngerkumer
me
ak
mo
telkib
el
meoud.
> 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:
A
rechad
er
a
Belau
te
mekera
a
loruul
a
bekai?
> How do Palauans make pottery?
Te
menga
a
cheremrum.
> They're from Ngeremlengui or Ngardmau where cheremrum are abundant.
Te
oketa
mlo
er
a
chei.
> They each went fishing.
Te
locha
mla
mo
smecher.
> Maybe they've gotten sick.
Te
ko
er
a
ngemokel
el
bilis
el
diak
leturk
a
nglemekelel.
> They are like greedy dogs that never get enough.
Proverbs:
Te
ko
er
a
kila
a
deldalech.
> 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.
Te
menga
a
ekil.
> They're from Angaur.
They eat rope; rope is used to tie slaves and is therefore a symbol of inferiority.
More Examples:
A
rengalek
er
chelecha
el
taem
aleko
te
kmal
mellomes.
> Kids these days think they are so smart.
Te
mlo
kedubech,
e
ng
mesibas
el
obeu
a
bdelul.
> They were pushing each other and he slipped and split his head.
Te
chemur
a
brer
e
mo
er
a
chei.
> They each took their own raft to go fishing.
A
resechal
me
a
redil
er
a
Ngeremlengui
a
ungil
ongbiall
le
te
kladikm
er
a
siukang.
> The men and women from Ngeremlengui are ideal spouses because they are well-versed in customs and traditions.
Te
dorouakl
er
a
tekingel
a
Bung.
> They are laughing at what Bung said.

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