| ududek | n.poss.1s | |
| ududem | n.poss.2s | |
| ududel | n.poss.3s |
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| ududam | n.poss.1pe | |
| ududed | n.poss.1pi | |
| ududiu | n.poss.2p | |
| ududir | n.poss.3p | |
| ududek el lluich el kluk | expr. | my twenty dollars. |
| ududir a rengalek | expr. | Palauan money given to children by father's family when either parents died. |
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See also:
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Examples: |
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> I have a small silver coin that I can give him. |
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> Give me your money! |
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> If I had money, (then) I'd go to Guam. |
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> The amount of money has become more than the cost of the house. |
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> If I had money, (then) I'd buy a new car. |
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Proverbs: |
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> Destroying his money. Marriage within the clan, generally
considered incestuous, limits the value of the
food-money exchange, since the materials
simply change hands within the same clan
group. A man so married is criticized as
having destroyed his source of wealth. |
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More Examples: |
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> My cousins and I helped with some money for my uncle's wife. |
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> The value of such stone money is not only the sheer size of the discs, but the physical and treacherous labor of carving them, and then transporting them back to Yap via outrigger canoe. |
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> Did you pay back your debt to your father, the money you borrowed last month? |
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> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes. |
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> We like it quick and easy money making schemes without thinking for the future. |
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