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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