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. |
See also:
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Examples: |
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> Satsko told Toki a lie (saying) that John has lots of money. |
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> If only I had some money, then I'd be able to go to America. |
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> I am dependent on money from my father. |
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> My money's run out. |
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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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> 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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> The sum of all the money that was collected, I was able to buy my house. |
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> We like it quick and easy money making schemes without thinking for the future. |
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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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