mlai, n.canoe; car; automobile; transportation.
mlai
a
olidiuul
er
a
beluu
me
a
daob;
mlai
a
oltak
a
rechad
me
a
uleklool.
mlikn.poss.1s
mlimn.poss.2s
mliln.poss.3s
mlil
a
mlai
er
ngii
el
chad.
mlimamn.poss.1pe
mlidn.poss.1pi
mlimiun.poss.2p
mlirirn.poss.3p
blil a mlaiexpr.garage.
mlai er a Siabalexpr.Japanese car.
Examples:
A
kmu
ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
ududek,
e
ak
mecherar
a
bechel
el
mlai.
> If I had money, (then) I'd buy a new car.
Ng
kmal
a
ungil
a
bangd
er
a
mlim.
> Your car gives a very smooth ride.
Ng
mla
mecherar
a
mlil
meng
di
chelitang
kung
a
rrat
er
ngii.
> He's bought his car so he's bicycle is now left unused.
A
Ioseb
a
ulemekall
er
a
mlil
el
mo
er
aike
el
stoang.
> Joseph drove his car to those stores.
A
Ioseb
a
ulemekall
er
a
mlil
el
mo
er
a
blik.
> Joseph drove his car to my house.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
chad
er
a
Ngerechemai,
el
metom
er
a
uel
el
metom
er
a
mlai.
> Like the man of Ngerechemai, who lost his turtle and lost his canoe.
Relates to a fisherman who jumped from his canoe to catch a turtle only to find that his canoe had drifted beyond recovery. Applies to any situation where a person fails at a task, or, aptly, to a situation where a man, through his own foolishness, loses both his wife and his mistress.
Ng
ko
er
a
omelkesel
Ngirakerisil,
el
di
diak
lecheldereder
a
mlil.
> Like Kerosene, poling his canoe with no obvious destination
Under the German administrator Winkler before World War I, a Palauan named Ngirakerisil (Mr. Kerosene) was employed as a canoe operator. Daily he would take the tireless administrator to a different part of Palau to inspect the various economic programs (largely coconut planting) instituted by the now legendary Winkler. The operator, least of all, could predict where they would be going next. The idiom is applied to any aimless person or action; indecision; a changeable person.
Lak
bo
mua
chad
er
a
Ngerchemai
el
miltom
er
a
uel
el
metom
ra
mlai.
> Don't be like the man from Ngerchemai who lost both the turtle and the canoe.
Don't bite off more than you can chew...don't be selfish.
More Examples:
Kmal
di
medechel
a
eru
el
buil
el
kungkad
er
a
mlik.
> I only have two months to pay off for my car.
Ng
mla
ngmasech
er
a
mlai
e
merael
mo
er
a
kmung
ker.
> He climbed into the car and went I don't know where.
Ak
ulemekall
el
mo
er
a
stoang
e
ng
mo
diak
a
eolt
er
a
taia
er
a
mlik.
> I was driving to the store when I got a flat tire.
Ng
tuobed
a
cherik
el
tirka
el
chad
er
a
kabelment,
aika
el
mlai
lomekall
a
rengrir
klokir
a
bedengir.
> I'm smirking at the people working for the government, do they think they own these government vehicles when they're behind the wheels.
Ak
mera
el
metitur
el
omekall
aika
el
mlai
er
a
Siabal.
> I really don't know how to drive these Japanese cars.

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