ralm

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ralum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danum, from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.

Noun

ralm

1. water

Inflection

Possessive forms of ralm

		Singular	Plural
First	inclusive		lmed
	exclusive	lmek	lmam
Second		lmem	lmiu
Third		lmel	lmir

Derived terms

• omralm (“rinse”)
• ralmchull (“rainwater”)

References

• Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel, The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.
• ralm in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• ralm in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• ralm in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 285.