| 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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> If I had money, (then) I'd go to Guam. |
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> Droteo had the misfortune of losing his money. |
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> I have a small silver coin that I can give him. |
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> If Droteo hadn't had the money, (then) he wouldn't have gone to Guam. |
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> Toki always used to borrow money. |
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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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> Father/mother, I need money to go to college/university. |
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> We like it quick and easy money making schemes without thinking for the future. |
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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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> My cousins and I helped with some money for my uncle's wife. |
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> Did you pay back your debt to your father, the money you borrowed last month? |
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