Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary

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:

mla

mengai

chesmerel

Toki.

> Toki is now free to roam around./Toki's on the loose.

president

ngilai

rengrir

rechad

Olbiil

Kelulau

mle

kedidai

rengrir.

> The president persuaded the senators that were being stubborn. The president obtained the hearts of the senators that had high hearts.

aike

beluu

mla

mengai.

> the nations that have been conquered.

Kukumai

ngiluu

kall

delal.

> Kukumai brought the food to her mother.

sebechek

ngmai

betotek

sel

llemau.

> I can dive and pick up something in the bottom of the blue deep ocean.

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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