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
soal
el
menga
ngera
el
kall?
> What food does he/she like to eat?
A
Droteo
a
di
menga
a
bliochel
el
kall.
> Droteo eats only certain types of food.
Ng
di
kea
kudenge
a
ieteklek
er
aika
el
kall.
> I don't know what to do with all that food.
Ng
kmal
meduch
el
meruul
a
kall
me
ng
diak
lousbech
er
a
chad
el
tames
a
ike
el
loruul.
> She's an amazing cook that she doesn't even need anyone to try the food she makes.
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:
Ulang
a
mera
el
mekreos
a
kelel
iedel
el
chetil
el
merrous.
Ng
diak
el
dilechelid
el
lebo
el
meringel
a
delel.
> Ulang is hoarding her mango and doesn't want to share, hopefully she will get a bellyache.
Ak
mo
omechar
a
kelam
el
beras
me
a
kansume.
> I'm going to the store to buy rice and canned meat.
Ngar
er
ngii
a
keliu
er
a
kebesengei?
> Do you have food for tonight?
Ak
mlo
er
a
McDonalds
el
mo
omechar
a
kelel
a
ngelekek
er
a
sueleb.
> I went to McDonalds to buy my son his lunch.
Ak
meriik,
e
melemed,
e
meruul
a
kall,
e
mengetmokl
er
a
blai.
> I sweep and mop and make food and clean the house.

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