daob

Cebuano

Noun

daob

1. bonfire, smudge

Verb

daob

1. to set afire

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ðaəb, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taəb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðaopʰ/

Noun

daob

1. ocean, sea

Inflection

Possessives of daob

		Singular	Plural
First	inclusive		debed
	exclusive	debek	debam
Second		debem	debiu
Third		debel	debir

Derived terms

• bedengel a daob (“deep blue”)
• chad er a daob (“person knowledgeable about the sea”)
• omdaob (“add salt water”)

References

• daob in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• daob in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• daob in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 67.