bedengel

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *baðaŋal, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ-an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛðəˈŋɛl/

Noun

bedengel (inalienable)

1. body, corpse
2. skin
3. appearance, physique
4. kind, type
5. color

Derived terms

• bedengel a biib (“light green”)
• bedengel a chudel (“green”)
• bedengel a chutem (“brown”)
• bedengel a daob (“deep blue”)
• bedengel a eanged (“sky blue”)

References

• bedengel in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• bedengel in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• bedengel in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 10.