Colors

1. bekerkard

   Red

2. orange

   Orange

   Usage

   Palauan has no distinct native basic term for orange; the English loanword "orange" is used (English is an official language of Palau). The closest native term is "bibrurek" (yellow to yellow-orange).

3. bibrurek

   Yellow

   Usage

   Yellow to yellow-orange. "mellil" is a synonym.

4. bedengel a chudel

   Green

   Usage

   Literally "the color of grass". Palauan standardly expresses this color as the phrase "bedengel a X" (the color of X); it does not reduce to a single word.

5. bedengel a daob

   Dark blue

   Usage

   Literally "the color of the sea". Palauan often expresses colors as "bedengel a X" (the color of X).

6. bedengel a eanged

   Sky blue

   Usage

   Literally "the color of the sky".

7. bengt

   Purple

8. pink

   Pink

   Usage

   Palauan has no native term for pink; the English loanword "pink" is used (English is an official language of Palau).

9. bedengel a chutem

   Brown

   Usage

   Literally "the color of earth". It is a "bedengel a X" phrase, not a single word. Reddish brown is "cheriich".

10. becheleleu

    White

11. chedelekelek

    Black

    Usage

    The general word for black. "bechachas" means black/sooty.

12. bedengel a beab

    Gray

    Usage

    Literally "the color of a mouse". "bedengel a chab" (the color of ash) is an equivalent expression. Both are "bedengel a X" phrases.

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