mereched, v.s.early; fast.
mereched
a
diak
le
meoud;
mekekeam,
meklekilt,
orechedii
a
blai;
oreched
a
urreor,
rechedel.
merecherechedv.s.redup.very fast; advancing; progressing.
mereched a bdelulexpr.shrewd; foxy; quick-witted; alert; fast-thinking.
mereched a chimalexpr.have sticky fingers; fast in stealing things.
See also:
RECHED
Synonyms:
BEKERURT
,
CHELIDEUID
,
MENGILEK
,
ORRINGEL
,
SBIIDO
Examples:
A
bilas
a
mereched
el
mei.
> The boat is coming early.
Ke
di
mo
mereched
el
obes
aike
el
lebla
bo
modengei.
> You will soon neglect what you already know.
Ng
kmal
kirem
el
mereched
el
mo
mesa
a
toktang.
> You should see a doctor as soon as possible.
ng
milekoi
a
debar
el
kmal
mereched
a
ngerel.
> said the duck, who was quite a gossip.
More Examples:
Kau
mera
el
mereched
el
ngmasech
a
rengum.
> You get irritable so quickly.
Kmal
di
soad
a
mereched
e
beot
el
sisebel
a
udoud.
Ng
diak
domdasu
er
a
ngar
er
a
medad
el
taem.
> We like it quick and easy money making schemes without thinking for the future.
Ng
kmal
mereched
a
rebsel
a
sils
er
a
chelechang.
> The setting of the sun is very quick today.
te, n., [From Japanese] ability; skill; style.
meoud a teexpr.slow witted.
mereched a teexpr.clever.
Examples:
Te
menga
a
kmai.
> They're from Imeliik (where kmai are abundant).
Te
mla
nguu
a
diul.
> They removed him from power.
Te
oumesingd
el
omuchel
el
me
a
rechad
er
a
ta
el
klok.
> People tend to start arriving at one o'clock.
A
lsekum
ng
ungil
a
chei,
e
te
mo
er
a
chei.
> If the tide is good, (then) they'll go fishing.
Te
mlo
merek
el
mengedub
a
resechelik
er
a
chelsel
a
ta
el
sikang.
> My friends finished swimming in an hour.
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:
E
kau,
te
tela
a
rechad
er
a
blim?
> And you, how many people are in your family?
A
lebong
a
Lukes
e
te
mla
omuchel
el
omengur
me
ng
chemer
e
mo
remei.
> When Lukes went, they had already started eating so she pouted and went home.
Te
kmal
mesesuau.
> Theyre idiots.
Rebladek
a
kele
te
mlo
medengei
el
kmo
belumam
a
di
mechitang
> The spirits knew that our home land is becoming deserted.
Te
mera
el
betok
a
ngerir
e
diak
a
chimorir.
> A lot of talk but no action.

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