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:
Ng
tiluchakl
er
a
rael
el
mo
omes
er
a
laion
el
lulekodir,
e
mlo
mechas
a
rengul
er
a
lebetik
a
betok
el
bee
el
ketitech
er
ngii.
> He left the road to look at the lion he had killed, and he was surprised to find a swarm of bees.
A
Droteo
a
kmal
medenge
a
betok
el
belkul
a
tekoi.
> Droteo really know a lot of proverbs.
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.
Proverbs:
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.
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.
More Examples:
Kmal
betok
a
kitelel
er
a
bong
er
a
mesei.
> The pond at the taro swamp has a lot of water eels.
Kmal
betok
a
delemelek
el
iasai.
> I have lots of vegetable plants.
Ng
kired
el
lmuut
el
mosiik
a
betok
el
idungel.
> We need to more fire wood.
Ng
mekesai
a
tekoi
er
a
Belau
me
ng
betok
a
lleng
el
tekoi
er
a
bebil
er
a
beluu
el
lousbech.
> Palauan language is limited and there are many foreign words being used.
Ng
betok
a
ultil
a
keltkat
er
a
bedengek.
> I have a lot of scars all over my body.
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.
A
rechad
er
a
Benjamin
a
mla
mekodeterir
a
re30
el
chad
er
a
Israel.
> The Benjaminites had already killed the thirty Israelites.
Ng
di
soadel
er
a
rechad
el
outekoi
er
ngii.
> This is to be discussed only by those whose concern it is.
A
rechad
er
a
Ngiual
a
euid
el
omengur
er
a
ta
el
sils.
> The inhabitants of Ngiual eat constantly (lit. seven times) throughout the day.
A
remerreder
a
ulemekedong
er
a
reprist
me
a
rechad
er
a
olai.
> The people called the priests and the magicians.
Proverbs:
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.
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.
More Examples:
A
rechad
el
menguteling
er
a
beluad
a
di
meses
a
ngerir.
> The leaders for our nation speak empty speeches.
A
rechad
er
a
olai
me
a
temall
a
kdekudel.
> People associated with magic and voodoo are feared.
Aki
mlo
er
a
chelbacheb
ngak
me
a
rechad
er
a
blil
a
bechik.
> We went to the rock island with my wife's family.
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.
Ildisir
a
resensei
er
tia
el
skuul.
> Number of teachers at this school.

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