Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

merael

, v.t.

go; walk; travel (particular distance); leave; (water) flow/move (in pipe); (blood) flow out.

merael

a

omekebakes,

omakes;

merael

el

mong;

omerolel.

remolii

v.pf.3s

remolii

a

mla

merael

er

ngii;

mla

remolii

a

cheroid.

rirolii

v.pf.3s.past

dorael

v.imp.3pi

let's go.

merael

v.erg.

merolang

v.inch.

merolang

a

tobeda

el

merael;

skoki

a

merolang.

merolung

v.pred.

merolung

a

kmedu

el

merael;

skoki

a

tobedung,

ng

merolung.

merorael
/mererorael

v.i.redup.

walk aimlessly; stroll.

merorael

a

mererorael.

mererorael

a

merael

el

diak

lorreched;

mererorael

er

a

chelechol.

morael

v.imp.

reall

v.a.s.

(particular distance) is to be walked, traveled or covered.

reall

a

kirel

el

merael;

ng

reall

a

kekemanget

e

mochu

er

a

Ngerechelong;

remolii.

rrael

v.r.s.

(particular distance) walked/traveled/covered.

rrael

a

mla

remolii;

beches

el

rael

a

rrael,

ki

mla

merael

er

ngii.

sekerael

v.s.

travel a lot; go from place to place; can't settle down.

sekerael

a

sekebais.

merael a rengul

expr.

indecisive.

merael el mo

expr.

becoming; on the way towards (being).

See also:

OREALL

OURAEL

RAEL

URRAEL

Synonyms:

MELEBOTEB

MERDERD

MESARECH

OMAIS

OMAKES

OMCHUB

OMOCH

OMOID

OUKED

Examples:

oketa

mlo

kaingesengasech

bilas

merael.

> They each scrambled onto the boat and then they left.

Ngara

olibngokl

kau

rengelekel

morael.

> Why are you always leaving your children behind when you go out?

Ngke

merael!

> Wow! Look who's going by!

Ngara

mekekokau

merael?

> Why are you walking so slowly?

merael

meleluluut

renguk.

> I'm leaving, but I don't know if I really want to (lit., my heart keeps returning).

Proverbs:

rrull

mededeod

mengang

merael.

> Like a ray-fish, eating while walking.

The ray-fish does not stop swimming while chewing food it has gathered while weaving along the ocean floor. The saying may be applied to any rude behavior or particularly to the act of walking and eating, which is considered impolite. It can also be applied to a person who is trying to hurry through a job without giving it careful attention.