udoud, n.money; cash.
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ududekn.poss.1s
ududemn.poss.2s
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.
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Examples:
> The amount of money has become more than the cost of the house.
> Give me your money!
> If only I had some money, then I'd be able to go to America.
> I'm afraid I won't have any money to go to America.
> If I had money, (then) I'd go to Guam.
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:
> Father/mother, I need money to go to college/university.
> Did you pay back your debt to your father, the money you borrowed last month?
> The sum of all the money that was collected, I was able to buy my house.
> 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.
> Can I give you my money for beer when you go to the store?

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