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The String Games and Cat's Cradles of Palau

Author	A. Reichert
Collect	1905-09 P. Raymund
Publish	2006 BISFA 13
Lang	en
Area	Palau

#	title	aka	op	fig	page
1	Róut	a type of sponge	〇	〇	68
2	Eilánt or eilang		〇	〇	62
3	Chorchortól		〇	〇	62
4	Báchal		〇	〇	70
5	Sangeiulik or chólik	the flying dog	〇	〇	70
6	Súmech	a small house	〇	〇	71
7	Dáop	the sea wave	〇	〇	72
8	Auél	the tortoise	〇	〇	72
9	Bai	a meeting or community house	〇	〇	73	家・ミドリガメ
10	Sop	a big chalid-house	〇	〇	74
11	Chamáng	the crab	〇	〇	75	蟹・蛙・ダンス用ドラム
12	Reng	yellow root	〇	〇	76	10回
13	Reng	yellow root	〇	〇	78
14	Ngirachobochab		〇	〇	79
15	Sesikte miech	a bunch of miech-fruits	〇	〇	81	アカウイのカヴァの器
16	Sesikte geám	a bunch of geám-fruits	〇	〇	81
17	Kldel derdósch	three fruits of a derdósch	〇	〇	82
18	Kldel marádel	three oranges	〇	〇	83
19	Tal geai trímethmúth ra gerger	a white betel leaf wave us onto the beach	〇	〇	83	10人の男
20	Bath era Milong; maige deblo maml mo gaitutu ra bath el mo mangai mtel a bath	stone at Milong and two maml fishes	〇	〇	84
21	Meseksikt atmur	the seven stars in the mouth mur	〇	〇	85	=74b
22	Me beábet arngosch	the clouds in the east	〇	〇	85	天の川
23	Cheimol ngássach btuch el ngosacha er ouchul éanged el logellil a Terpassosoi	do you see the star which just rose in the heavens, it shines on the Terpassosoi as he goes to the community-house	〇	〇	86
24	Delbéls alás	a shoal of chalás-fishes	〇	〇	87
25	Ibúchel ra ngamai el digiei ma degedegél	a little sea creature	〇	〇	88
26	Katát katát maláok aptil	the coconut crab with its big hind quarters	〇	〇	89	ヤシガニ
27	Ngúis ma dechédech	tree-snake and frog	〇	〇	89
28	Choilollél äáes	the path of the flies	〇	〇	90
29	Aräáes	the flies	〇	〇	91
30	Btu	the abscesses	〇	〇	92
31	Glukl	the cough	〇	〇	93
32	Tali tungchurúll, el gellel chalid Arruaú	the food for the chalid of Arraú	〇	〇	94
33	Chadiúl a ngau	a pair of fire tongs	〇	〇	95
34	Eidedelép	the souls of dead souls	〇	〇	95	エイデデレプ
35	Uriúl diong	the lower bathing place	〇	〇	97
36	Bedúl diong	the upper bathing place	〇	〇	98
37	Taudaúüth r’Aimúl dergerégeth rar geaí	the resin from Aimúl	〇	〇	99
38	Matát el blóket	an old damaged basket	〇	〇	100
39	Chochaío r’Augeloi gerimethmúth aptil e geruschús choschobegél	a chochaío (bird) from the house of Augeloi	〇	〇	101
40	Derbeséch el manga ra tu rautechél a roisch a Rkeklau	a derbeséch (black bird) eats bananas on the other side of the hill of Rkeklau.	〇	〇	102
41	Ardabar gomoré? — gidimemor mesélech e monguók a ngisám e mei	you ducks, where are you going? We are going to the taro field, fetching our eggs and returning	〇	〇	102
42	Deteróter ma Eirókl loldák ma tal birbúr ma tal timgai	Deteróter and Eirókl have by them, in their canoe, a lizard and a big fish timgai	〇	〇	103	井戸・噴水
43	Derchelsél remúrt rbab le chelú me ngak aremúrt reú le chelú	Derchelsél goes up, but I, his shadow, go down	〇	〇	104
44	Cholangés: ak schogosegi gu cheimam, men diak bo momsoil ra gabesei	like this, I cut your hand, then you cannot eat tonight	〇	〇	105
45	Chongargór mangés aléi, me ta digei geleng erngi, mosisi ra tang e di mogogír mengés erngi	come, we scrape coconuts; we do not have a knife for this, therefore we must borrow one	〇	〇	106
46	Tachamoí mangerḗl rabtil Ngeóur, ma tacha maml chotechetechí Tachamoi, ma Tachamoi chotechetechí tacha mam	Tachamoi fishes at the cape of Ngeóur; a maml pulls Tachamoi and Tachamoi pulls the maml	〇	〇	107	マムルを釣るタチャモイ
47	Tedél lekebíl melóuch a schau ra Rigī́l, ta motap a taluchír e tobolá petgél petgél	three young women cut grass at the banks of Rigíl, they heap it together and jump over the bundles	〇	〇	108	草刈りをする３人の女
48	Delbels uruídel mo meténger ra Lamau, abebilút gardagúsch, amlai la chobochobang, dochor achorákl	a school of choruídel fishes dive in the depths at Lamau; there our canoe capsizes; but we set up the mast again	〇	〇	109
49	Tumchúp lomchúp ra Bliribedél, ngkuk robetá, mang guk ngossacháng	Tumchúp thatches the ridge of his house Bliribedél: See, he falls down — fnow he climbs up	〇	〇	51	屋根から落ちるツムチュプ
50	Terū́l lekebíl el mo malai aralm cholmelél Auchél Keklau, mak dobedúl moloúch adingirír	two young women have fetched drinking water for Auchél in Keklau. I go to them and pull their earlobes	〇	〇	112	水場のふたりの女
51	Tmut er adalal	at mother's breast	〇	〇	113
52	Schegódel ra Mochoreí ma chelmengél delep	the stocky man of Mochorei and his ghost as his companion	〇	〇	114
53	Boi lecheltigī́l rallmál	Boi drags behind him a school of fishes	〇	〇	115	魚群を従えたボイ
54	Ardelép a Ngíwal	the ghost-souls of Ngiwal	〇	〇	117
55	Chälidebolél a Kiáp ra Desómel diorī́k chäselél	the string game of Kiap in Desómel	〇	〇	119
56	Chatarrúll ra Lamaú el me morrúsch er ngak era gergér, ali ak gutudí gudhiú úi úi!	a ray from Lamau on the beach wants to spear me with its tail, but I shout and cry úi, úi!	〇	〇	121
57	Terúl bulú la chab geisgúrs ra bálang	two people from Yap pull at a Yap money-stone	〇	〇	122	石貨を引っ張るヤップ島のふたり
58	Morrochóroch Obogú	he thief Obogú	〇	〇	123
59	Cheimo gamríl ra Temaukisang, metiteruai aklolokél	a foreign (European) house in Temaukisang	〇	〇	124
60	Choilolél Arsei	the dancing stage of Arsei	〇	〇	126	ダンスの舞台
61	Arsei. Lemém lorúk ar Chebecháb, lemém mlomis Arsei, hū́eh, hū́eh!	Arsei, he who understands the dance of the Chebecháb people	〇	〇	126	ダンサー
62	Chebirúkl míech ra Oguíth	the crooked miech-stem on Mogomog	〇	〇	127	オギスの曲がったミエヒの軸
63	Chalidebolél a mlechéll era aiánged	he chalidäbáol that was played in heaven	〇	〇	128
64	Dirruét tia gamalúchel a brum ma gobrätang e medir asangchem el gusgesú r'aptulúm	Dirruét, here you are carrying your mat on your head; it is so heavy it compresses your back; now you are scratching your head	〇	〇	130
65	Ngareoúr l’di mleiús, m’al angar Ngadíges e tegma chogau, el gma balang e math	he people of Ngeour rowed, and when they arrived at Ngadíges only to find their store of Taro had been eaten	〇	〇	131	オレオウレと鳥もち
66	Roisch a Rkiklau el di mlechirt a telia lo tellechi Ngartik	The rock wall of Rkiklau slipped down and destroyed Ngartik village	〇	〇	133
67	Tangel bath ra Chollei, ial tímel tángel bath	formerly, this chalid stone from Chollei was forked	〇	〇	135
68	Ngarmerur el mo melésep ra Ngarapsalai	he people of Merúr set fire to the houses in Psalai	〇	〇	136
69a	Delbels ekiǘet el manga ra ngēl rarbai ra blik	a flock of kiuǘet eats from the ngēl-tree behind my house	〇	〇	138	鳥の群れ
69b	Mak tobedung melébet er dir — ak dililéchet a deblóng, a táchar aririid	I go outside and set some snares — I caught two, ten flew away	〇	〇	139
70	Ngais ekuél	two tortoise eggs	〇	〇	140
71a	Bukitáng or Bubs r’Airarai adimesá ngilél lachabau	Bukitáng from Airarai espied his food, the little crab lachabau	〇	〇	142
71b,c			〇	〇	143
72	Klebesei	the night	〇	〇	145
73	Sers ra Oguíth	plantation	〇	〇	147	タバコ農園
74	Bolóchol	he pigeon	〇	〇	151
75	Bub ra Rulong	the fish boxes	〇	〇	153
75c			〇	〇	155
76	Armogomáth	the War	〇	〇	156