chudel

Palauan

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuðɛl/

Noun

chudel

1. grass

Inflection

Possessives of chudel

		Singular	Plural
First	inclusive		chudeled
	exclusive	chudelek	chudelam
Second		chudelem	chudeliu
Third		chudelel	chudelir

Noun

chudel

1. green jobfish (Aprion virescens, a member of the family Lutjanidae)

Derived terms

• bedengel a chudel (“green”)

References

• 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.