udoud, n.money; cash.
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ududekn.poss.1s
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ududeln.poss.3s
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ududamn.poss.1pe
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ududek el lluich el klukexpr.my twenty dollars.
ududir a rengalekexpr.Palauan money given to children by father's family when either parents died.
See also: , ,
Examples:
> I need some financial help.
> Toki wanted to go to Guam, but her money ran out.
> I have less money than you.
> They have plenty of money and possessions.
> The amount of money has become more than the cost of the house.
Proverbs:
> 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.
More Examples:
> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes.
> My cousins and I helped with some money for my uncle's wife.
> The sum of all the money that was collected, I was able to buy my house.
> Can I give you my money for beer when you go to the store?
> 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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