| 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'm afraid I won't have any money to go to America. |
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> If I had money, (then) I'd buy a new car. |
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> If only I had some money, then I'd be able to go to America. |
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> They have plenty of money and possessions. |
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> I have less money than you. |
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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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> Can I give you my money for beer when you go to the store? |
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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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> Father/mother, I need money to go to college/university. |
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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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