ngakl, n.name.
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me
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ngklekn.poss.1s
ngklemn.poss.2s
ngkleln.poss.3s
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ngklamn.poss.1pe
ngkledn.poss.1pi
ngkliun.poss.2p
ngklirn.poss.3p
See also: ,
Examples:
> What's your name?
> My brother's name is John.
> Once upon a time, there was a god named Meluadeangel.
Proverbs:
> Like the name of the bai at Chol: "Empty."
A bai in the northern community of Chol is (or once was) called Medederiik, meaning "deserted" or "empty." The idiom may apply to a person without possessions, a poor man.
> Like the name of the community house at Ngerekabesang: "Buttressed."
At Ngerekabesang in Koror (central Palau) there is a community house (bai) called Telkakl, which means "to buttress" or "to be buttressed." Some of the older bai in Palau were thus supported with beams from the ground to the eaves, and the implication has been added that a bai so supported must be very full of important possessions. This idiom is used of a person who is wealthy, or of one's self, meaning that one has cash on hand.
More Examples:
> Write your names.
> He gave me this ... whatchamacallit piece for a speargun.
> What is your older sister's name?
> What is his or her name?
> What's your mother's name?

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