mellemau
Palauan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌməlːəˈmaw/
Noun
mellemau
- parrotfish (a member of the family Scaridae)
Noun
mellemau
- (bluish) green
- (deep) blue, azure, turquoise
- bruised
Verb
mellemau
- (stative) to be bluish, greenish, azure, turquoise
Usage notes
This word refers to a nuance between green and blue, which are the colors of the parrotfish.
Related terms
- oumellemau (“to have blue or green color”)
See also
| Colors in Palauan · bedengel, chiro (layout · text) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| becheleleu | koi (?) | chedelekelek | ||
| bekerkard, rirch ; bungungau | bibrurek, berorou ; cheriich, bedengel a chutem | bibrurek, mellil, merir | ||
| bedengel a biib (?) | bedengel a biib, bedengel a chudel | |||
| mellemau | mellemau, bedengel a eanged | mellemau, bedengel a daob | ||
| ulalk | ulalk | |||
References
- mellemau in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
- mellemau in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- mellemau in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 166.