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Language: Palauan

Source/Author:  Blust from: McManus (1977) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:pau  Glottocode: pala1344 
Notes:  McManus, E.G. (1977). Palauan-English Dictionary. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Palauan 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand chim BTC 1  
2 left katúr      
3 right kadíkm      
4 leg/foot oách   1, 100  
5 to walk meráel   21  
6 road/path ráel   1  
7 to come méi   1  
8 to turn word info mengesóim      
9 to swim mengedúb      
10 dirty idókel      
12 skin budél      
13 back word info úulk      
14 belly díil   1?  
15 bone chiúis      
16 intestines delach   1?  
17 liver chad   1?  
18 breast tut   1  
19 shoulder ongelúngel      
20 to know, be knowledgeable medúch      
21 to think omdásu      
22 to fear [me]dakt   1  
23 blood rásech      
24 head klidm      
25 neck chikl      
26 hair word info chúi   1?  
27 nose íis      
28 to breathe outelíl      
29 to sniff, smell melúng[e]l      
30 mouth ngor      
31 tooth uíngel      
32 tongue chur      
33 to laugh ocherchúr      
34 to cry lmángel      
35 to vomit múdech   1  
36 to spit melúb      
37 to eat mengáng   1, 14  
38 to chew word info melechedáchem      
38 to chew word info meringet      
38 to chew word info melamech chew betelnut    
39 to cook word info meliókl      
40 to drink melím   1  
41 to bite bangch      
42 to suck melmótm      
43 ear ding   1  
44 to hear orrénges   1  
45 eye mad   1  
46 to see omés      
47 to yawn [o]uás      
48 to sleep durs   1  
49 to lie down word info mechiuáiu      
50 to dream berróus      
51 to sit kiéi      
52 to stand dechór      
53 person/human being chad      
54 man/male sechál      
55 woman/female babíl   1, 106  
56 child ngálek      
57 husband buch      
58 wife buch      
59 mother chedíl      
60 father chedám   1  
61 house blái   14  
62 thatch/roof chado   1  
63 name ngakl   1  
64 to say dmung      
65 rope chekíl      
66 to tie up, fasten mesáur      
67 to sew word info merásm      
68 needle rasm   1  
69 to hunt word info merrítel      
70 to shoot word info omóes      
71 to stab, pierce merús      
72 to hit word info menglébed      
73 to steal mengól      
74 to kill meléb      
75 to die, be dead mad   1  
76 to live, be alive ngar      
77 to scratch word info mengkás [an itch] 1  
78 to cut, hack word info mengímd [string, etc]    
79 stick/wood kerrekár   1?  
80 to split word info melbótb      
81 sharp kedórem   1  
82 dull, blunt ketóm      
83 to work word info [o]ureór      
84 to plant melálem   2  
85 to choose melílt   1?  
86 to grow word info dúubech   1?  
87 to swell word info obtíngel      
88 to squeeze word info omét      
89 to hold word info obáng      
90 to dig mengíis      
91 to buy omechár      
92 to open, uncover omók      
93 to pound, beat word info melechótech      
94 to throw word info uétech      
95 to fall word info orrébet      
96 dog bilís      
97 bird suebek el charm      
98 egg ngáis      
99 feather búsech      
100 wing osébek      
101 to fly suébek   1?  
102 rat beáb (<+ba-labaw) 1  
103 meat/flesh tech      
104 fat/grease láok   24?  
105 tail kemúr      
106 snake bechéi      
106 snake bersóech      
107 worm (earthworm) chulád   36  
108 louse word info kud   1  
109 mosquito rekás      
109 mosquito ilkolk      
110 spider bubúu      
111 fish ngíkel   1  
112 rotten word info beémech      
113 branch word info ráchel   1?  
114 leaf llel      
115 root ráis (<+dalij) 9?  
116 flower buŋ   1  
117 fruit ródech      
118 grass chúdel      
119 earth/soil chútem      
120 stone bad   1  
121 sand chelechól      
122 water word info ralm fresh 1  
122 water word info dáob salt    
123 to flow meráel      
124 sea chéi      
124 sea dáob      
126 lake omechuachel      
127 woods/forest oreómel      
128 sky eánged   1?  
129 moon búil   1  
130 star btuch   1  
131 cloud word info eábed      
132 fog chetechát      
133 rain chull      
134 thunder derúmk   3  
135 lightning bisebúsech      
136 wind eólt      
137 to blow word info melóko      
138 warm word info mekeáld      
139 cold word info kelekólt      
140 dry word info medírt      
141 wet dekímes      
142 heavy oberéod   1?  
143 fire ngáu   1?  
144 to burn word info meléseb      
145 smoke word info chat      
146 ash chab      
147 black chedelekélek      
148 white becheleléu      
149 red bekerkárd      
150 yellow mellíl   28  
151 green bedengel a biib      
152 small kekeréi      
153 big klóu      
154 short word info kedéb      
155 long word info kemánget      
156 thin word info melilíut   1  
157 thick word info okrókr      
158 narrow obútek      
159 wide metéu      
160 painful, sick ourakt   1?  
161 shy, ashamed merúr      
162 old word info mechút      
163 new bechés   1  
164 good ungíl      
165 bad, evil mekngít      
166 correct, true meráng      
167 night klebeséi      
168 day sils      
169 year rak   31  
170 when? word info oingaráng      
171 to hide word info mengéleb   30  
172 to climb word info melidáb      
173 at er      
174 in, inside chelsél      
175 above bab   2  
176 below eóu      
177 this tiéi      
178 that tilecháng near hearer    
178 that séi far from hearer    
179 near kméed      
180 far cheróid      
181 where? word info ker      
182 I ngak   1  
183 thou kau   1  
184 he/she ngíi   1  
185 we word info kid   1  
185 we word info kemám   2  
186 you kemíu   1, 13  
187 they tir   1  
188 what? word info ngaráng      
189 who? word info techáng      
190 other ngódech      
191 all el rokir      
192 and e   1?  
192 and me   2  
193 if a      
193 if a kmu      
194 how? word info uangerang      
195 no, not díak   2  
196 to count omechúr      
197 One word info tang   1  
198 Two word info o-rung   1  
199 Three word info o-déi   1?  
200 Four word info o-ang   1?  
201 Five word info kleim   1  
202 Six word info klolem      
203 Seven word info klewid      
204 Eight word info kleiai      
205 Nine word info klteiu      
206 Ten word info truiich      
207 Twenty word info luiich      
208 Fifty word info okeyim      
209 One Hundred word info dart      
210 One Thousand word info ta el telael      
11 dust hokorí     L
125 salt sar   13 L

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