lluich, num.20 [twenty] (unit of time; human; animal; nonliving thing).
lluich
a
ochur
(20),
lluich
el
klebesei,
lluich
el
ngalek.
Examples:
A
dachelbai
el
chad
er
a
chei
a
milurech
a
bdelul
a
lluich
el
ngikel.
> The skillful fisherman speared 20 fish in the head.
A
lluich
el
ngikel
a
mle
blurech
a
bdelul
er
a
dachelbai
el
chad
er
a
chei.
> 20 fish were speared in the head by the skillful fisherman.
Aki
omechucher
a
lisam
el
mo
lluich.
> We'll continue to collect more coconuts until we have twenty.
A
lluich
el
ngikel
a
uleburech
a
bdelul
er
a
dachelbai
el
chad
er
a
chei.
> 20 fish were speared in the head by the skillful fisherman.
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:
A
Toki
a
mle
blechoel
el
meleng
el
udoud.
> Toki always used to borrow money.
Ng
mla
mo
diak
a
ududek.
> My money's run out.
Ak
ulengit
a
ngeseu
er
a
udoud.
> I need some financial help.
Ulekum
ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
ududek,
me
ng
mo
sebechek
el
mo
er
a
Merikel.
> If only I had some money, then I'd be able to go to America.
Aika
el
udoud
a
medela
er
a
cheral
a
blai.
> The amount of money has become more than the cost of the house.
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:
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.
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.
Ke
mla
mekmad
a
udoud
el
milleng
er
a
demam
er
tia
el
mlo
merek
el
buil?
> Did you pay back your debt to your father, the money you borrowed last month?
Kmal
di
soad
a
mereched
e
beot
el
sisebel
a
udoud.
Ng
diak
domdasu
er
a
ngar
er
a
medad
el
taem.
> We like it quick and easy money making schemes without thinking for the future.
Ng
mlo
telkib
el
ngesonges
a
ududek
me
ng
dimlak
kucherar
a
chemelek
el
dekool.
> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes.

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