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Kedeb a chimal.

Short of arm.

Describes a miserly person, whose reluctance to give is as if their arm cannot reach outward.

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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