meoud, v.s.late.
meoud
a
eoud;
diak
le
mereched;
eudel
a
omerael;
meudang.
memeoudv.s.redup.rather late.
meudangv.s.inch.is getting late.
meudang
a
mla
mo
meoud;
kles
a
meudang;
eudel.
meoud a bdelulexpr.ingenuous; slow-witted.
See also:
IOUD
Examples:
Ke
mera
el
meoud!
> You're very late!
More Examples:
Ak
mo
telkib
el
meoud
el
me
remei
er
a
klukuk.
Ng
kmal
betok
a
urerek.
> I'm going to be a little late tomorrow. I have a lot of work.
John,
mousubes
e
ak
mla
touchakl
er
a
blil
a
Ngerkumer
me
ak
mo
telkib
el
meoud.
> John, forgive me, I made a stop at Ngerkumer's and may be a run a little late.
Ng
mlo
meoud
er
a
tutau
me
ng
di
milsngii
a
riid
e
obes
aika
el
suelebel.
> He was running late this morning and left without his lunch.
Me
kurael,
e
ak
mo
el
mo
meoud.
> I have to go or I'll be late.
Ng
kileed
e
a
kusebek
a
rengrir
e
le
ak
mlo
meoud.
> I was close to worrying everyone as I was a little late.
te, n., [From Japanese] ability; skill; style.
meoud a teexpr.slow witted.
mereched a teexpr.clever.
Examples:
Te
mirrael
er
a
kmo
oingarang.
> They left at some time or other.
Te
mo
oldingel
er
a
demerir
el
smecher.
> They will visit their sick fater.
Te
ko
er
a
ngemokel
el
bilis
el
diak
leturk
a
nglemekelel.
> They are like greedy dogs that never get enough.
Te
mlo
merek
el
mengedub
er
a
chelsel
a
ta
el
sikang
a
resechelik.
> My friends finished swimming in an hour.
Te
di
oumesingd
el
menga
a
rodech
me
a
chemadech
el
kall.
> They tend to eat fruits and raw food.
Proverbs:
Te
menga
a
ekil.
> They're from Angaur.
They eat rope; rope is used to tie slaves and is therefore a symbol of inferiority.
Te
ko
er
a
kila
a
deldalech.
> They are as though eating deldalech.
Deldalech is the material once used to blacken teeth in Palau. When the deldalech was applied it was "eaten" by keeping the mouth and lips completely immobile for several hours until the dye had set. May be applied to a meeting at which some problem is presented for discussion and no discussion takes place, all the participants sitting in stony silence; also to a person or group that receives a reprimand in silence.
More Examples:
Te
ngirader
a
lleng
el
belatong.
> They returned the borrowed plates.
Te
ngara
a
mlo
kats?
> Who won?
A
lekedang
a
sengkio,
me
te
kuk
mochu
mediderurt
el
omesiich
er
a
beluu.
> As the election nears, they'll be singing coated lies for the people to digest.
Ak
locha
di
telkib
e
te
odikak.
> Pretty soon they'll disown me.
Te
milengiil
el
mo
outkeu
er
kemam.
> They were waiting there to greet us.

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