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OMEKESANG #1

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johnbent opened this issue Feb 26, 2022 · 10 comments
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OMEKESANG #1

johnbent opened this issue Feb 26, 2022 · 10 comments

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@johnbent
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This word is used in the song MIK: Duldengei e ochedengei / eng mla mekesang aikal rengud / ultoir a uoi meringel ema / kulatk a kmo mesengaked. Yoichi Rengiil and Ongerung Kambes Kesolei said that mekesang comes from omakes, and would properly be spelled omekesang meaning to start to take a step, begin making progress toward something, etc. The "o" of omekesang is dropped when preceded by the vowel of "mla."

Omekesang is likely v.i.inch.
@smith-371
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I tried to connect with Kambes once... and I also saw him when I was in Koror, but he didn't answer( his explanation looks to be logical, but I don't understand all the context of this song.

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Duldengei e ochedengei / [If we knew, my friend/beloved
eng mla mekesang aikal rengud / [Our hearts/souls would have moved on/gone forward
ultoir a uoi meringel ema / [Chasing/Pining/Courtship is so very painful/hard so
kulatk a kmo mesengaked. [If I think about it, I will become so thin

@Gnalu
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Gnalu commented Mar 5, 2022 •
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Souang gots it down and Bent explained the letter omissions.

omakes:omekesang---makes:mekesang

@ChrisPerrette
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I know this is really old, but could omekesang in this song be omekesangch (force open; pull apart by force). So the lyric would read, "It has torn apart our hearts." This word is used in Belau Rekid at the end of the first verse.

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Gnalu commented Oct 22, 2022

If you want to use the word "omekesangch" then the sentence would be (duldengei e ochedengei eng mla obekesangch aikal rengud...omekesangch is pulling apart while obekesangch is have had pulled apart.

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Lukes-Imeyuns commented Oct 22, 2022 via email

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johnbent commented Oct 22, 2022 via email

@ChrisPerrette
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So this would be basically,

Palau, which holds sovereignty,
Which has been since very ancient times,
It safeguards one people,
Which, under the breaking dawn, begins to step forth.

So maybe this is, as you said, the v.i.inch. of omakes.

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Lukes-Imeyuns commented Oct 22, 2022 via email

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Sorry, I don't know the rest of the song’s context. I wasn't sure if it was one of those songs about broken love or something

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