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.
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.
Ng
kileed
e
a
kusebek
a
rengrir
e
le
ak
mlo
meoud.
> I was close to worrying everyone as I was a little late.
Ak
mo
telkib
el
meoud
el
me
remei
er
a
klukuk.
Ng
kmal
betok
a
urerek.
> I'm going to be a little late tomorrow. I have a lot of work.
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:
Te
ulemais
er
a
chelsel
a
ta
el
sikang.
> They wandered around in an hour.
Te
di
diu
el
diak
lodengei
a
ngerang
e
leko
te
mesaod.
> They both don't know anything and yet they're trying to explain.
Te
menga
a
demok.
> They're from Ngerard/Ngiual (where taro leaf soup is eaten).
Te
mlo
merek
el
mengedub
er
a
chelsel
a
ta
el
sikang
a
resechelik.
> My friends finished swimming in an hour.
Te
mesuub
a
ngarang?
> What are they studying?
Proverbs:
Te
menga
a
ekil.
> They're from Angaur.
They eat rope; rope is used to tie slaves and is therefore a symbol of inferiority.
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.
More Examples:
Ak
locha
di
telkib
e
te
odikak.
> Pretty soon they'll disown me.
Te
ngirader
a
lleng
el
belatong.
> They returned the borrowed plates.
Te
tela
el
redil
a
oukebkab?
> How many females are wearing rings?
Rebladek
a
kele
te
mlo
medengei
el
kmo
belumam
a
di
mechitang
> The spirits knew that our home land is becoming deserted.
Te
dorouakl
er
a
tekingel
a
Bung.
> They are laughing at what Bung said.

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