Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

ngei

, interj.

here it is; take it.

melai

, v.t.

bring; take; get; receive; obtain; take (amount of time); lay claim to; take away; remove.

melai

a

ngmai;

nguu;

ngeiul.

nguu

v.pf.3s

nguu

a

melai

er

ngii;

ngiul.

ngiluu

v.pf.3s.past

ngoikid

v.pf.1pi

ngoititerir
/ngoiteterir

v.pf.3p.human

ngoiteterir

a

melai

er

tir;

mla

ngoiteterir

el

merael.

ngmai

v.pf.3p.inan.

ngmai

a

melai;

mla

ngmai

a

babier;

nguu

a

udoud,

ngeiul.

ngilai

v.pf.3p.inan.past

ngilititerir

v.pf.3p.human.past

kangingai

v.recip.redup.

bring or take (things) together.

kangingai

a

kakerous

el

melai;

kengai,

didu

el

melai

a

ududir,

nguu,

ngeul

a

ududel.

kengai

v.recip.

kengai

a

kangingai;

di

du

el

melai,

nguu;

ngmai,

te

kengai

a

kelir

er

a

tebel.

mengai

v.erg.

get brought/taken; lose baby; have miscarriage.

mengai

a

nguu;

nglai;

ngmai

a

kles;

kles

a

mla

mengai

el

mo

er

a

bai.

mengingai

v.erg.redup.

easy to take or take away or remove.

mngai

v.imp.

Go get some (things).

ngei

v.imp.

here it is; take it.

ngei

a

msang;

oldars

a

ngerang;

msang,

ngei

tia

udoud

me

mnguu.

ngiuul
/ngeiul
/ngeuul

v.a.s.

is to be brought/taken/received.

ngiuul

a

kirel

el

mengai;

nguu,

ngmai,

udoud

a

ngiuul

er

a

bank.

nglai
/ngliuul

v.r.s.

brought; taken; received; obtained.

nglai

a

mla

mengai;

nglai

a

chutem;

mla

nguu;

ngmai;

ngeul.

ngliuul

a

nglai;

mla

mengai;

kengei

er

a

usbechel

a

chutem

a

ngliuul.

ngoiong

v.inch.

is beginning to get or receive (multiple objects).

ngoiong

a

ko

el

mla

ngmai.

ngourang
/ngoura

v.inch.

is beginning to get or receive (a single object).

melai er a rengul

expr.

persuade.

See also:

MELARENG

NGAIBEBUDEL

NGIUL

OLAI

OMELAI

Examples:

Kele

lekau

ngiluu

olechesek.

> I wonder if it wasn't you who took my pencil.

mera

ngeltengat

mla

nguu

mlil.

> He/she is very lucky to get a car.

sebechem

ngmai

betotem

sel

tmolch?

> Can you pick up something from the bottom of that deep water/ocean?

milengai

Toki.

> Toki had a miscarriage.

ngoititerir

mesterir

recherroir,

tirke

sorir

omekoad

tir.

> I will hand them over to their enemies, who want to kill them.

Proverbs:

ngmai

llechul

rael.

> He gets his law from the streets.

Rael has the general meaning "way," applicable both to method and to a street. The implication is that if a child will not learn from his parents, he will learn the hard way from experience. It may be used in the positive sense of someone who is quick to learn from experience.

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