| 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 buy a new car. |
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> If I had money, (then) I'd go to Guam. |
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> Toki always used to borrow money. |
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> If Droteo hadn't had the money, (then) he wouldn't have gone to Guam. |
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> If only I had some money, then I'd be able to go to America. |
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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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> My cousins and I helped with some money for my uncle's wife. |
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> Father/mother, I need money to go to college/university. |
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> Can I give you my money for beer when you go to the store? |
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> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes. |
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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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