chebuul, v.s.poor; pitiful; miserable; of low family; unfortunate; pitiable.
chebuul
a
olengesonges
a
lousbech;
kesai
a
kelel
me
a
ududel,
diak
a
ngera
er
ngii;
chelebulel,
diak
a
mekerreuir.
chebulangv.s.inch.
ousesechebuulv.i.pretend to be in poverty or misery.
ousesechebuul
a
ouchechebuul
er
ngii,
leko
ng
chebuul.
remechebuuln.pl.those of low family; the poor.
remechebuul
a
betok
el
chad
el
chebuul;
ngar
er
eou
el
chad
el
mengebuul,
chelebuul.
See also:
CHELEBUUL
,
MENGEBUUL
Synonyms:
KOSIKI
Examples:
E
ng
mla
er
ngii
a
chebuul
el
chad
el
kiliei
er
ngii
el
beluu
el
kmal
mle
mellomes
a
rengul
me
ng
mle
sebechel
el
osebelii
a
beluu,
e
ng
di
dimlak
a
llotkii
ngii
el
chebuul
el
chad.
> And there was a poor man who lived in that village whose heart was so light that it was his ability to make the town survive, but there wasn't anyone who thought about him.
Ng
chebuul
ngike
el
ngelekel
a
chesisebangiau
el
kulekur
a
ochil
er
a
chetebtel
a
kemim.
> This baby bird is so pitiful that I'm tying its foot to the top of the starfruit tree.
A
irechar
e
a
remeteet
a
millabek
a
blsir
a
remechebuul.
> In earlier times the rich paid the fines of the poor.
Kemiu
e
rengelekei
a
kmal
chebuul
e
le
ng
mla
mad
a
demmiu.
> You, children, are to be pitied because your father has died.
Ak
ouchad
er
kemiu
e
ak
mo
chebuul.
> Having you as my relatives will reduce me to poverty.
Proverbs:
A
remechebuul
a
klekedellel
a
beluu.
> Commoners are the tools of the village.
This idiom, resembling the organic analogy of society with the common people becoming the "hands" of the state, may be used to "put the commoner in his place," or to suggest that a member of the ruling elite be more considerate of the commoner residents.
More Examples:
A
remesiich
a
kmal
mera
el
mesiich
e
kung
me
a
remechebuul
a
kmal
mera
el
mechebulang.
> Wealthy are getting wealthier and the poor are getting poorer.
A
Belau
a
teluidel,
a
remerrau
me
a
remechebuul,
dikea
klaukerreu
er
a
delongeled.
> Belau is divided into two; the rich and wealthy and the poor, theres no caring amongst the people.

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