betok, v.s.many; numerous; plenty; abundant.
betok
a
obdois;
betekngang,
betok
a
kall,
diak
le
kesai,
iltekngel
a
kall.
bebetokv.s.redup.just more than enough.
bebetok
a
telkib
el
betok.
beltokn.
beltok
a
betok;
beltok
er
a
kall
a
ungil.
betekngei
/betekngang		v.s.inch.accumulating; increasing in number.
betekngei
a
mla
mo
betok;
betekngang,
betekngei
a
udoud.
rebetokv.s.many (required before noun referring to human beings).
rebetok
a
betok,
rebetok
el
ngalek;
rebetok
el
chad.
toklechadslangmany people.
rebetok el chadexpr.many people.
rebetok el senseiexpr.many teachers.
See also:
OMEKBETOK
Synonyms:
MEDEEL
,
ULDIREKOREK
,
ULDOIS
Examples:
A
rengalek
a
mileche
a
betok
el
komi
er
a
sers.
> The children left lots of trash in the garden.
Ng
tiluchakl
er
a
rael
el
mo
omes
er
a
laion
el
lulekodir,
e
mlo
mechas
a
rengul
er
a
lebetik
a
betok
el
bee
el
ketitech
er
ngii.
> He left the road to look at the lion he had killed, and he was surprised to find a swarm of bees.
A
Satsko
a
ulumulak
er
a
Toki
el
kmo
a
John
a
ngar
er
ngii
a
betok
el
ududel.
> Satsko told Toki a lie (saying) that John has lots of money.
Aki
mle
chadecheduch
er
a
betok
el
mondai.
> We talked about lots of problems.
Ng
betok
chasebo
er
a
chiklek.
> I have quite a rash on my neck.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
killii
a
derudm
el
medel
a
betok
el
tekoi.
> Like one who has eaten the thorny puffer fish, full of many things.
The thorny puffer fish is sometimes gulped by the wide-mouthed grouper fish. The puffer, expanding and extending its thorns in the grouper's mouth, renders the latter rather "full of things" and completely helpless. Groupers in this predicament are occasionally caught by fishermen. The idiom is applied to anyone who faces more problems, more work, or more sweethearts than he can cope with.
Kom
ko
er
a
mekebud
el
betok
e
di
telechem.
> You're like sardines, very many but only enough for one wrapped piece of fish.
Fish are properly wrapped individually in a leaf for cooking, but sardines are so small that a bunch of them may be wrapped together to make up only one small bundle. The idiom may be applied to a numerous but weak enemy or to a clan that is large but ineffective as in raising money for its members, or for a large group of workers who do not accomplish very much.
More Examples:
Ng
kmal
betok
a
dirir
a
rechad
er
a
kabelment
el
di
osisiu
a
urerir.
> Government has many redudant job titles with likely the same job duties.
Te
kmal
betok
a
reungil
a
chiklir
el
ngalek
er
chelechang.
> There's a lot of good singers these days.
Te
mera
el
betok
a
ngerir
e
diak
a
chimorir.
> A lot of talk but no action.
A
rechad
el
smecher
el
ngar
er
a
osbitar
a
kmal
betok.
> There are a lot of sick people at the hospital.
Ng
mekesai
a
tekoi
er
a
Belau
me
ng
betok
a
lleng
el
tekoi
er
a
bebil
er
a
beluu
el
lousbech.
> Palauan language is limited and there are many foreign words being used.
re-
/r-		, prefixused to indicate a plurality of people.
re
a
melekoi
el
kirir
a
rebetok;
rechad,
rebuik,
rekebil,
rebeluu
a
kldibel.
rechadn.people.
rekebiln.pl.girls.
remo
/remong		n.pluralthose people going (somewhere).
resensein.teachers.
rebetok el chadexpr.many people.
See also:
RUA
Examples:
A
remerreder
a
ulemekedong
er
a
reprist
me
a
rechad
er
a
olai.
> The people called the priests and the magicians.
Ng
di
soadel
er
a
rechad
el
outekoi
er
ngii.
> This is to be discussed only by those whose concern it is.
A
rechad
er
a
Belau
te
mekera
a
loruul
a
bekai?
> How do Palauans make pottery?
Ak
mo
remuul
a
beluu
er
a
Juda
el
di
mo
cheloit
el
diak
a
rechad
el
kiei
er
ngii.
> I will make the towns of Judah like a desert where no one lives.
Te
oumesingd
a
rechad
el
omuchel
el
me
er
a
ta
el
klok.
> People tend to start arriving at one o'clock.
Proverbs:
Kid
a
rechad
a
milechell
er
a
kosekodel.
> Narrow was our birth as humans.
The saying defines life as a confined, perilous journey, symbolized by the painful narrowness of the birth canal. Generally applied to the trials of life, or sometimes by a parent to a child that does not want to do his chores.
Choreor
ourois
a
rechad.
> The mountains of Koror are people.
Several interpretations are given for this idiom: (i) Koror doesn't have mountains as high as other districts to the north, but the people are as high (elite) as mountains. (2) Others lay claim to the height of the mountains near their village, in Koror the people make the villages great. (3) A group of warriors from a northern village set out to raid Koror, but, as they approached the islands on which the hamlets of Koror are situated, they saw mountain after mountain fading away into the distance; dispairing any success against such a great nation, the raiders turned home. Actually, the mountains that they saw rugged, raised limestone islands-are nearly uninhabited, with Koror's population concentrated on islands of clay and volcanic origin along the northern fringe of the group.
More Examples:
A
omelngod
a
mle
olangch
er
a
blirir
a
rechad.
> Tattoos were distinguished symbols from each family or clan.
Ng
oumesingd
er
a
rechad
el
smecher
el
ngar
er
a
osbitar
a
mechuodel
el
mechas.
> Most of the sick patients at the hospital are old women.
A
rechad
er
a
sebadong
a
diak
longang
a
babii.
> SDA church people do not eat pork.
A
rechad
er
a
Merikel
el
kiei
er
Belau
a
betik
a
rengrir
er
a
klsiorai
el
kirel
Belau.
> Most Americans living in Belau love Belau and future compact towards the island.
Ka
bo
er
a
oreomel
e
mues
aike
el
rambotang
el
kmo
mla
mo
marek
e
mngai
a
bebil
mei.
Ke
mo
ungil
mart
me
ng
diak
leues
a
rechad
el
lolengit
er
a
uchei
er
a
be
mrei.
> Go check the rambutan in the rain forest. If there are ripe ones, bring them home but make sure to hide them so people don't bum them off you.

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