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A rekung el daob a mla otitech a rekung el beluu.

Sea crabs have pushed out the land crabs.

Describes newcomers or outsiders displacing the original people or titleholders of a place.

Traditional Palau Wisdom, Palau

Source: Traditional Palauan proverb; documented in A. Obak & R. K. McKnight, Palauan Proverbs, and Palauan Language Online (tekinged.com/misc/proverbs.php)

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