kall, n.a.s.food.
kall
a
rokui
el
dongang;
ongraol
me
a
odoim
me
a
kliou;
kukau,
ngikel,
tuu
a
kall,
kelel.
kelekn.poss.1s
kelemn.poss.2s
keleln.poss.3s
kelel
a
kall
el
ngii
a
oukall;
kelel
el
iedel.
kelamn.poss.1pe
keledn.poss.1pi
keliun.poss.2p
kelirn.poss.3p
kall er a Sinaexpr.Chinese food.
kall er a mekemadexpr.C-rations.
kelek el udongexpr.my noodles.
kelel a charmexpr.food or feed for animals.
kelem el tuuexpr.your banana.
See also:
KLLEL
,
MENGANG
,
OTEKALL
,
ULENGALL
Examples:
Ng
dirk
ngar
er
ngii
a
kall?
> Is there still any food left?
Ak
mengeald
er
a
kelek.
> I'm warming up my food.
Kede
ousbech
a
oles
el
melngos
a
kall
> We use a knife to slice food.
Ng
dimlak
a
kall.
> There wasn't any food.
Tia
ng
kelel
techang?
> Whose food is this?
Proverbs:
Olbed,
e
kall.
> A stone platform, yet food.
A man of Airai in central Palau, apparently during a period of hostilities, brought to his home from the lagoon all manner of shell food still attached to coral boulders. In the security of his own yard, he removed the shell foods and eventually with the stones he was able to construct a stone platform for his home. A lot in Airai, supposedly where this platform stood bears the name, Olbed-e-kall.
Msebechii
a
kelel
Ngersuul.
> Weigh the food of Ngersuul.
Don't overdo things/Keep things in proper proportion/This is too much for me or us to deal with. According to folk history, Koror once sent a very large force of warriors against the tiny village of Ngersuul (Ngchesar in central Palau). When the force was seen offshore, the people fled to a sheltered hill and one of the village club leaders shouted to the enemy, "Why don't you weigh the food of Ngersuul?" suggesting that Koror either pick on a village its own size or send a more equivalent-sized force. The idiom expresses nicely the ideal of balanced opposition characterizing appropriate competition in Palau.
More Examples:
Ak
mo
omechar
a
kelam
el
beras
me
a
kansume.
> I'm going to the store to buy rice and canned meat.
Kau
ka
mchilt
a
keled
el
blauang
er
a
tsiam
me
a
batabinats.
> Fix us some jelly sandwichesand peanut butter.
Ng
mle
ua
ngera
kall?
> How was the food ?
Kede
ousbech
a
okekall
el
meruul
a
kall.
> We use pots to cook food in.
Kede
ousbech
a
ochadu
el
omchadu
a
kall.
> We use tongs to pick food.
Sina, n., [From Japanese] China.
Sina
a
beluu;
China.
chad er a Sinaexpr.Chinese person.
tekoi er a Sinaexpr.Chinese language.
Examples:
A
John
a
metitur
a
tekoi
er
a
Sina.
> John doesn't know (how to speak) Chinese.
More Examples:
A
dillir
a
rechad
er
a
Sina
a
ko
el
mirrael
er
tia
el
mlo
merek
el
buil.
> The Chinese ship finally sailed out last month.

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