chudel
Palauan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pre-Palauan *quðal, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN. Cognate with Malay hutan, Waray-Waray utan, Maori uta, Hawaiian uka.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chudel
Inflection
[edit]| Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| First | inclusive | chudeled | |
| exclusive | chudelek | chudelam | |
| Second | chudelem | chudeliu | |
| Third | chudelel | chudelir | |
Noun
[edit]chudel
- green jobfish (Aprion virescens, a member of the family Lutjanidae)
Derived terms
[edit]- bedengel a chudel (“green”)
References
[edit]- chudel in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
- chudel in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- chudel in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 64.
