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ENGLISH	PALAUAN	NOTES
Arrival:
Arrive	Mei	"To come," general term
Island	Iungs	General term for islands
Rock Islands	Chelebacheb	Limestone islands
Earth	Beluulechad	General term for land, earth and world
Sea	Daob	Term is used for salty water, ocean, sea
Sky	Eanged	Space above the earth. This term is also used for heaven and weather
Stars	Btuch	General terms for all stars
Horizon	Uchulaeangel	"Beginning of the sky"
Directions:
North	Diluches	Wind blows from north
Northwest	Diluchesngebard	Wind blows from between north and west
Northeast	Diluchesungos	Wind blows from between north and east.
South	Dimes	Wind blows from the south.
Southwest	Dimesngebard	Wind blows from between South and west
Southeast	Dimesungos	Wind blows from South and east.
East	Ongos	Wind blows from the east.
West	Ngebard	Wind blows from the west.
To Navigate:
Navigator	Chad er a bekall	Person who sails a ship or canoe
Steering Paddle	Ongeu	The word is now used for steering wheel of the car.
Paddle	Besos	Paddle use for paddling canoe.
Canoe	Kaeb	Sailing canoe of Palauan origin
Sailing canoe	Mlai er a Bul	Sailing canoe from Pulo Ana
The Sail	Ears	The sail is triangular in shape, made of pandanus leaves.
Crew	Rechad er a bekall
Bow	Kuteling
Stern	Uriul er a mlai
Travel	Merael	This word is use for walk, or to depart.
Travel to foreign lands	Meleboteb	Person who travels to different places.
Lands	Beluu	Place where people live, land.
Phrases:
Welcome	Mengemedaol	To welcome people to special occasion.
How are you?	Ke ua ngerang?	Phrase used to greet people.
What is your name?	Ng techa a ngklem?

	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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