betok, v.s.many; numerous; plenty; abundant.
betok
a
obdois;
betekngang,
betok
a
kall,
diak
le
kesai,
iltekngel
a
kall.
bebetokv.s.redup.just more than enough.
bebetok
a
telkib
el
betok.
beltokn.
beltok
a
betok;
beltok
er
a
kall
a
ungil.
betekngei
/betekngang		v.s.inch.accumulating; increasing in number.
betekngei
a
mla
mo
betok;
betekngang,
betekngei
a
udoud.
rebetokv.s.many (required before noun referring to human beings).
rebetok
a
betok,
rebetok
el
ngalek;
rebetok
el
chad.
toklechadslangmany people.
rebetok el chadexpr.many people.
rebetok el senseiexpr.many teachers.
See also:
OMEKBETOK
Synonyms:
MEDEEL
,
ULDIREKOREK
,
ULDOIS
Examples:
A
rengalek
a
mileche
a
betok
el
komi
er
a
sers.
> The children left lots of trash in the garden.
Ng
betok
chasebo
er
a
chiklek.
> I have quite a rash on my neck.
A
Satsko
a
ulumulak
er
a
Toki
el
kmo
a
John
a
ngar
er
ngii
a
betok
el
ududel.
> Satsko told Toki a lie (saying) that John has lots of money.
Aki
mle
chadecheduch
er
a
betok
el
mondai.
> We talked about lots of problems.
A
Droteo
a
kmal
medenge
a
betok
el
belkul
a
tekoi.
> Droteo really know a lot of proverbs.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
killii
a
derudm
el
medel
a
betok
el
tekoi.
> Like one who has eaten the thorny puffer fish, full of many things.
The thorny puffer fish is sometimes gulped by the wide-mouthed grouper fish. The puffer, expanding and extending its thorns in the grouper's mouth, renders the latter rather "full of things" and completely helpless. Groupers in this predicament are occasionally caught by fishermen. The idiom is applied to anyone who faces more problems, more work, or more sweethearts than he can cope with.
Kom
ko
er
a
mekebud
el
betok
e
di
telechem.
> You're like sardines, very many but only enough for one wrapped piece of fish.
Fish are properly wrapped individually in a leaf for cooking, but sardines are so small that a bunch of them may be wrapped together to make up only one small bundle. The idiom may be applied to a numerous but weak enemy or to a clan that is large but ineffective as in raising money for its members, or for a large group of workers who do not accomplish very much.
More Examples:
Kmal
betok
a
delemelek
el
iasai.
> I have lots of vegetable plants.
Ng
betok
a
ultil
a
keltkat
er
a
bedengek.
> I have a lot of scars all over my body.
Ng
betok
a
cheldim
me
a
kuk
kesengil
e
beskak
a
chimo
el
keremlal.
> You caught a lot of fish so at least give me one red snapper.
A
rechad
el
milluches
aika
el
hong
a
dimlak
a
ungil
losisecheklir
me
ng
betok
a
chelebireklel.
> People who wrote these books didn't have enough experience or teachings so there are some mistakes.
Ng
kired
el
lmuut
el
mosiik
a
betok
el
idungel.
> We need to more fire wood.
re-
/r-		, prefixused to indicate a plurality of people.
re
a
melekoi
el
kirir
a
rebetok;
rechad,
rebuik,
rekebil,
rebeluu
a
kldibel.
rechadn.people.
rekebiln.pl.girls.
remo
/remong		n.pluralthose people going (somewhere).
resensein.teachers.
rebetok el chadexpr.many people.
See also:
RUA
Examples:
Ng
milledaes
a
rengrir
a
rechad
er
a
Judea
me
a
rengrir
a
rechad
er
a
Gris.
> He convinced the Jews and the Greeks.
Tirkai
a
rechad
el
meruul
a
orars
er
a
delongelir
a
rechad,
el
teluchel
er
a
di
soal
a
klechad.
> These are the people who cause divisions, who are controlled by their natural desires.
A
chesimer
a
ulebok
er
a
ta
er
a
resensei
el
mengelekolt
er
a
klas.
> The door was opened by one of the teachers to cool down the classroom.
A
rechad
ra
llach
a
mo
tames
el
mesmechokl
a
rokui
meng
diak
el
bo
ra
keras.
> The attorneys will attempt at a settlement to avoid trial.
A
remerreder
a
ulemekedong
er
a
reprist
me
a
rechad
er
a
olai.
> The people called the priests and the magicians.
Proverbs:
Choreor
ourois
a
rechad.
> The mountains of Koror are people.
Several interpretations are given for this idiom: (i) Koror doesn't have mountains as high as other districts to the north, but the people are as high (elite) as mountains. (2) Others lay claim to the height of the mountains near their village, in Koror the people make the villages great. (3) A group of warriors from a northern village set out to raid Koror, but, as they approached the islands on which the hamlets of Koror are situated, they saw mountain after mountain fading away into the distance; dispairing any success against such a great nation, the raiders turned home. Actually, the mountains that they saw rugged, raised limestone islands-are nearly uninhabited, with Koror's population concentrated on islands of clay and volcanic origin along the northern fringe of the group.
Kid
a
rechad
a
milechell
er
a
kosekodel.
> Narrow was our birth as humans.
The saying defines life as a confined, perilous journey, symbolized by the painful narrowness of the birth canal. Generally applied to the trials of life, or sometimes by a parent to a child that does not want to do his chores.
More Examples:
Aki
millengmes
er
a
resensei
me
a
merredel
er
a
skuul.
> We respected the teachers and the school principal.
Ak
omdasu
e
a
rechad
er
a
Irrai
a
bai
ungil
el
meruul
a
omelai
el
oleng
er
a
ngii
di
el
chad
el
mo
er
a
skozio.
> I think people in Airai should make toll booths at the airport and collect fees.
A
demul
a
dodenge
el
kmo
ng
sebechel
el
ngosuterir
a
rechad
a
bo
lemetacherbeserir.
> About dolphins, we know that they can help humans when humans get into trouble.
A
rechad
er
a
Merikel
el
kiei
er
Belau
a
betik
a
rengrir
er
a
klsiorai
el
kirel
Belau.
> Most Americans living in Belau love Belau and future compact towards the island.
Ngar
er
ngii
a
rechad
el
di
meduch
el
mesaod
e
merekong.
> There are people who just know how to talk and thats about it.

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