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| Mountain |
Rois |
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| Hill |
Bukl |
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| Plateau |
Moded |
General term for flat or level land |
| Cliff |
Omisul |
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| Valley |
Dellas |
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| Road |
Rael |
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| The Environment: |
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| Rocks |
Bad |
General term for rocks |
| Pumice |
mir |
A light, porous volcanic rock |
| Flat rock |
Risois |
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| Basalt |
Baderitech |
Black rock, usually found in the river. |
| Tree |
Kerrekar |
General term for trees |
| Leaf |
Llel |
General term for leaves |
| Fruit |
Rodech |
General term for fruits |
| Wind |
Eolt |
General term for wind |
| Typhoon |
Eolt |
Strong wind that has devastating effects. |
| Rain |
Chull |
General term for rain |
| Water |
Ralm |
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| River |
Omoachel |
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| To farm |
Ousers |
General term for farming |
| Farmland |
Sers |
Garden, farmland |
| Taro patch |
Mesei |
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| Irrigation Ditch |
Bong |
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| Digging Stick |
Osubech |
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| Giant swamp taro |
brak |
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| Purple taro |
Kukau |
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| Sweet potato |
Chemutii |
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| Coconut |
Lius |
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| Metau |
Brown coconut fruit |
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| Mengur |
Green coconut fruit |
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| Banana |
Tuu |
General term for banana |
| Sugar Cane |
Deb |
General term for sugar cane |
| Betel Nut |
Buuch |
General term for betel nut tree and nut |
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Notes on Pronunciation: This is a brief outline of some of the spelling and pronunciation issues for Palauan orthography. It should help readers to better pronounce the many Palauan words used in this website. But for a complete discussion, see Josephs (1990: xxxiv-xlv). • The letters used to spell the consonants are b, t, d, k, ch, s, m, ng, r, and l. • B is pronounced as b at the beginnings of words and when between two vowels, or before l. Otherwise, it is pronounced as p. • D is in pronounced like th when between vowels or at the end of a word. • K, when between vowels, is pronounced more like g. • Ch is *not* pronounced as "ch," ever. It represents a glottal stop, as in "uh oh." The glottal stop is a letter of equal value to other consonants, as its presence or absence changes the meaning of a word. • When vowels are doubled, it indicates that the sound is held longer.
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