desomel, n.outrigger; woman of the house.
desomel
a
klekedall
er
a
mlai
er
a
daob;
olengeseu
el
olechob
er
a
mlai,
desemelel.
desemeleln.poss.3s
desemelel
a
desomel
er
ngii
el
mlai.
ongaidesomeln.vine with leaves in shape of the canoe's outrigger.
ongaidesomel
a
ta
er
a
bedengel
a
besebes.
beches el desomelexpr.newly married woman; bride.
Examples:
A
redil
a
desemelel
a
sechal.
> A woman supports a man./A woman is a man's mainstay.
Proverbs:
Beches
a
desomel.
> A new outrigger.
A newly married woman, a bride.
A
redil
a
desemelel
a
sechal.
> The woman is the outrigger for the male.
An unmarried man has no outrigger; taking a wife is a stabilizing process for a man in the sense that the outrigger stabilizes the canoe. One source, a Palauan woman, has suggested the meaning that a man is as capable as the woman who backs him up.

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