Ema or e ma

[johnbent]

Ema or e ma created by jimgeselbracht@yahoo.com on 2019-07-31 17:53:53

[johnbent]

jimgeselbracht@yahoo.com replied,

I think I have asked this question before, but couldn't find it on debugle.  There are many Palauan songs that use the word construction "e ma" or "ema", which might be a kind of an odd construction of and (so), and (then), or something like that.  The phrase is transcribed as "ema" in various song books.  Does anyone know what this means or what is its proper presentation (i.e., "e ma" or "ema")?  I've made a page with 5 example songs to help decipher this.  Uses of the phrase "e ma"  Thanks

Uses of the phrase "e ma"

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[johnbent]

mngiruchelbad@gmail.com replied,

E ma demal a soi iang.... it’s like A, An, So 

My thoughts 😊

[johnbent]

Jim, can you provide a link to the page you created with the five example songs please?