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bedengel

, n.poss.3s

body; corpse; skin; color; type; kind; appearance; physique.

bedengel

a

chesbereberel,

mamed

a

mellemau

a

bedengel.

bedengel

a

chelechedal,

ungil

okerulel

el

ngalek

a

ungil

a

bedengel.

bedengek

n.poss.1s

bedengem

n.poss.2s

bedengam

n.poss.1pe

bedenged

n.poss.1pi

bedengiu

n.poss.2p

bedengir

n.poss.3p

bedengel a chab

expr.

gray.

bedengel a chudel

expr.

green.

bedengel a chutem

expr.

brown.

bedengel a daob

expr.

deep blue.

bedengel a eanged

expr.

sky blue.

ngar er ngii er a bedengel a kmo

expr.

have a premonition that; have a gut feeling that; feel in one's bones that.

olab bedengel

expr.

well-built; able-bodied; ready and able.

Examples:

A

a

er

a

> Fruits are healthy for our bodies.

Ng

di

el

a

di

me

te

el

di

me

a

> The survivors scattered, each man running off by himself.

A

a

a

> My car is red.

Ng

a

> He flinched (from fright, etc.).

Ng

el

a

bek

el

a

> We can catch many kinds of fish.

Proverbs:

Ng

ko

er

a

el

el

a

> Like the octopus, able to change the color of its body.

He's too erratic or too easily persuaded. A leader, or any person, who is highly erratic, too adaptive; one who appears capable of taking any convenient or easy position.

More Examples:

A

er

a

a

a

> Mark's socks are white.

er

a

er

a

> Do you have any tattoos?

A

a

a

a

> Tina's dress is red.

Ng

a

el

el

er

a

el

a

a

> 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

a

e

a

e

a

> I'm brown skinned with straight hair and big eyes.

klisiich

, n.

strength; power; authority.

klisiich

a

mesisiich;

ulsemuul,

meses,

meduch,

rengeasek

a

olab

a

klisiich.

obang
/oba

, v.pf.3s

carry; hold; take.

obang

a

beldoel

er

ngii;

oba

oles.

ulebang

v.pf.3s.past

obekid

v.pf.1pi

olab

v.pf.3p.inan.

olab

a

ngar

er

ngii;

merau

a

olab

a

udoud;

obang.

obeterir
/obetiterir

v.pf.3p.human

ullab

v.pf.3p.inan.past

ulebeterir
/ulebetiterir

v.pf.3p.human.past

oba a klalo

expr.

have big genitals; have an attractive body.

oba a rengul

expr.

independent; self-willed.

oba a uriul

expr.

pole boat at stern.

Examples:

Ak

a

el

oba

a

> I'm wiping my hands with a towel.

E

ak

mo

er

el

oba

a

> Then in my anger I will turn on you.

A

a

a

el

oba

a

> Droteo was writing a letter with a pencil.

Ak

a

el

oba

a

> I'm combing my hair with a comb.

Ke

oba

a

er

a

> You have the right to discipline my child.

Proverbs:

oba

a

> use Ngeaur methods in cultivating taro patch

In Palauan legend, such a method was used by Iluochel and considered sloppy).

Ke

ko

er

a

el

e

ak

di

oba

> You're a flying kite, but i hold the guide string.

No matter how much you play around, you always come back to me.

Ng

oba

a

a

> It's like the emerging of the earthworm.

Once an earthworm comes out of the ground, so the saying suggests, it can never return. An irreversible decision or action.

Oba

tet

e

> To take a handbag and return.

Applied to a person who "never gets anywhere," a low achiever.

More Examples:

Ak

a

el

oba

a

> I'm combing my hair with a comb.

Ak

a

el

oba

> What am I wiping my hands with?

Ke

a

el

oba

a

> You're wiping your hands with a towel.

Ng

oba

a

er

a

> Who has the baseball?

A

er

a

a

mo

el

Aki

oba

el

mo

> Lady at work is retiring. We are taking her out for lunch.

rakt
/rakd

, n.

sickness; disease.

rakd

a

secher,

kemkom

a

kdekudel

el

rakd;

ourakd

er

a

ngul,

rekdel.