Body Parts

1. bedul

   Head

   Usage

   It also means a leader

2. chui

   Hair

   Usage

   Head hair; body hair, fur and feathers are "busech"

3. mad

   Eye / face

   Usage

   The pupil is "chelsul a mad". The identical verb means to die or to go out

4. ding

   Ear

5. iis

   Nose

6. ngor

   Mouth

   Usage

   The same word covers voice, sound and a bird's beak; the possessed form is "ngerel"

7. uingel

   Tooth

8. chur

   Tongue

   Usage

   A separate word with the same spelling means laughter, so point at your mouth while showing it

9. chikl

   Neck

10. omerkaol

    Throat

    Usage

    Also spelled "omerekaol"

11. ongelungel

    Shoulder

    Usage

    It also means a carrying pole

12. chim

    Hand / arm

    Usage

    It also means help or assistance

13. bkul a chim

    Elbow

    Usage

    Literally "joint of the arm"; "bkul" is a joint, and the knee is built the same way

14. cheldingel

    Finger

    Usage

    Covers fingers and toes

15. kuk

    Nail

    Usage

    Fingernails and toenails; the identical spelling is also an adverb meaning instead

16. diil

    Abdomen / belly

    Usage

    It also means the womb

17. odab

    Stomach

    Usage

    The stomach organ itself, as distinct from "diil" (the belly)

18. uulk

    Back

19. singch

    Waist / lower back

    Usage

    It includes the pelvis

20. oach

    Leg / foot

    Usage

    Also an animal's hind paws

21. bkul a oach

    Knee

    Usage

    Literally "joint of the leg"

22. besachel

    Ankle bone

    Usage

    Point at it when describing a sprain

23. buld

    Skin

    Usage

    It also covers peel, rind and bark

24. busech

    Body hair / feathers

    Usage

    A different word from "chui" (head hair); covers fur and feathers

25. rasech

    Blood

26. reng

    Heart / seat of emotions

    Usage

    Both the organ and the seat of feeling, will and decision — most Palauan emotion vocabulary is built on it

27. olemed

    Lung

    Usage

    Organs cannot be pointed at, so show the word itself when explaining a condition

28. chad

    Liver

    Usage

    A separate word with the same spelling means person or human being, so make clear you are talking about the organ

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