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| buld | , n. | skin (of person, fruit, etc.); hide; rind; bark; shell. |
| budek | n.poss.1s | |
| budem | n.poss.2s | |
| budel | n.poss.3s | skin (of person, fruit, etc.); hide; rind; bark; shell. |
| budam | n.poss.1pe | |
| buded | n.poss.1pi | |
| budiu | n.poss.2p | |
| budir | n.poss.3p | |
| budel a bedengel | expr. | skin. |
| budel a daob | expr. | surface of sea. |
| budel a ngais | expr. | eggshell. |
| rekdel a buld | expr. | infection, or other sickness or irregularity, of the skin. |
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> Outside child. A child of the outside is a commoner and is likely to be bashful in the presence of an elite person. |
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> Like a man circumcised, insufficient skin. Circumcision seems to have been known in Palau prior to contact, perhaps through contact with the Philippines, but was not widely practiced. As in this context, it usually draws attention in the form of ridicule. The idiom applies to any circumstance in which there has been insufficient preparation or planning; a premature decision. |
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rakt
/rakd | , n. | sickness; disease.
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| rektek | n.poss.1s | |
| rektem | n.poss.2s | |
rektel
/rekdel | n.poss.3s |
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| rektam | n.poss.1pe | |
| rekted | n.poss.1pi | |
| rektiu | n.poss.2p | |
| rektir | n.poss.3p | |
| olab rektel | expr. | pregnant. |
| rektel a chesebreng | expr. | broken-heartedness. |
| rektel a redil | expr. | menstruation. |
| rektir a rechad er a Doisu | expr. | German measles. |
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> Did they get the disease in Kayangel? |
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> Do you know about the disease of leptospirosis? |
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> It's the object used when a man and a woman go to bed together whose purpose is to prevent pregnancy and to prevent the transmission of disease between them. |
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