udoud, n.money; cash.
udoud
a
klalo
el
usbechall
er
a
klaiuechar;
udoud
a
omechar
a
kar;
udoud
er
a
Belau;
bekerrekerongel
a
merau;
udoud
a
kedmekill
el
omech
a
bkaischemrungel;
ududel
ududekn.poss.1s
ududemn.poss.2s
ududeln.poss.3s
ududel
a
udoud
el
ngii
a
oudoud.
ududamn.poss.1pe
ududedn.poss.1pi
ududiun.poss.2p
ududirn.poss.3p
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:
BEKUDOUD
,
OMDOUD
,
UDUUDEL
Examples:
Te
medinges
er
a
udoud
me
a
klalo.
> They have plenty of money and possessions.
A
Toki
a
mle
blechoel
el
meleng
el
udoud.
> Toki always used to borrow money.
Ak
medakt
a
lebo
lak
ududek
el
mo
er
a
Merikel.
> I'm afraid I won't have any money to go to America.
A
ududek
a
mekesai
er
a
ududem.
> I have less money than you.
Ng
mla
mo
diak
a
udoud.
> There is no more money.
Proverbs:
Mengii
a
ududel.
> 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:
A
orekemel
ngii
el
udoud
a
diak
di
lultuil
er
a
klungel
el
meliuekl,
ng
mo
uldak
er
a
rengelel
a
omelsechel
me
a
ngeiul
el
mo
er
a
Beluulechab
el
ngar
er
a
debii.
> 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.
Ngak
me
a
rebebil
er
ngak
a
ulengeseu
er
okdemelam
er
a
bebil
er
a
udoud
er
a
mechesengul
a
bechil.
> My cousins and I helped with some money for my uncle's wife.
Ak
meleng
a
udoud
el
diak
lengesonges
me
a
lechub
lemekesai
er
a
ta
el
telael.
> I'm borrowing money not less than a thousand dollars.
Me
a
odekial
aika
el
rokui
el
udoud
el
mlechudel
e
ng
mlo
sebechek
el
mecherar
a
blik.
> The sum of all the money that was collected, I was able to buy my house.
Ng
sebechek
el
meskau
a
ududek
me
a
chobo
er
a
stoang
e
mocherar
a
imelek
el
biang?
> Can I give you my money for beer when you go to the store?

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