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i.e., she just sits at home asking passersby about what's going on outside. Murael is a reef near Ngerechelong where, as elsewhere in Palau, the various kinds of tradacna shell bask, open and feeding, in the shallow lagoon. The saying applies to gullibility combined with high curiosity for news and to persons who simply sit at home, letting the happenings of the community come to them via passing persons.

Chais

Belau.

> Palauan news.

A paly on words invoving a form of the Palauan word for deception, which is similar in sound to "Belau" (Palau). According to one origin legend, the name "Belau" derives from a deception by which the people of Angaur tricked and killed the giant Uab, whose fallen body became the islands. Identifies a rumor, especially news that gathers detail as it travels farther and farther from its source.

More Examples:

Tia

el

chaiskurim

a

ngeltemel

techang?

> Whose ice cream is this?

Ng

diak

a

beches

el

chais?

> Any news?

emel

, n.poss.3s

interior; rear of enclosed space; interior end of mangrove channel.

emel

a

chelsel;

diak

le

ikrel;

a

mlai

ulak

er

emel,

blimam

a

ngar

emel

ng

ulsechesech.

rasech

, n.

blood.

rasech

a

bekerekard

el

lmel

a

bedengel

a

outeliil;

osechel

a

klengar;

rasech

a

usbechall

er

a

klengar;

merserasech;

rsechel.

el mo er a emel	expr.	in the direction of land.
melai a ngar er a emel el tekoi	expr.	try to find something out indirectly; try to find out what is really behind the situation.
melim emel	expr.	melechesuar er a chelsel a rengul.

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