Open johnbent opened 1 year ago
johnbent@gmail.com replied,
Here is an interesting one. "Euotelel a Klingil a Debel Belau" is
apparently a translation of Palau National Marine Sanctuary. Euotelel
seems to be an alternative spelling of 'cheotelel' and it seems to mean
something like sanctuary. Agreed? Also, what about 'klingil'?
Thanks,
John
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: John Bent johnbent@gmail.com Date: Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Missing Palauan word Klingil To: Warren Umetaro umetpio@gmail.com Cc: John Bent info@tekinged.com
Thanks Warren,
I'll look into it. By the way, 'Euotelel' is also missing. Perhaps it is an alternate spelling of 'cheotelel'? That makes sense as it implies 'protection' which could be a translation of sanctuary. But what does 'klingil' mean do you think?
Thanks,
John
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 5:12 PM Warren Umetaro umetpio@gmail.com wrote:
Is there such a word.Posted on the webpage of palauwave radio as a translation of Palau National Marine Sanctuary, I guess.. is this phrase
jlukesemiwo@gmail.com replied,
Euotelel comes from euatel, it's the possessive form. In this case it is
referring to the protection/defense of Palau's waters (debel Belau). As for
"klingil" I have never heard or seen it before. I will ask around.
J
jimgeselbracht@yahoo.com replied,
Is there a possessed form of "klengar"? That would make sense in the context
palau371@gmail.com replied,
Jim, I don't think it's a possessed form of 'klengar'. I'm sure you have seen phrases like 'klengar er ngak' etc. for many times. That means this word has no special possessed forms.
But if it would have existed, it should look something like 'klengral' because of historical reasons.
It better looks to be formed from the word 'kiingil', or it is its misspelled variant.
Klingil: Clean/untouched
Fwd: Missing Palauan word Klingil created by johnbent@gmail.com on 2020-01-07 10:06:38