lluich, num.20 [twenty] (unit of time; human; animal; nonliving thing).
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Examples:
> We'll continue to collect more coconuts until we have twenty.
> 20 fish were speared in the head by the skillful fisherman.
> The skillful fisherman speared 20 fish in the head.
> 20 fish were speared in the head by the skillful fisherman.
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.
See also: , ,
Examples:
> Toki wanted to go to Guam, but her money ran out.
> If Droteo hadn't had the money, (then) he wouldn't have gone to Guam.
> My money's run out.
> Give me your money!
> I have less money than you.
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.
> I'm borrowing money not less than a thousand dollars.
> Can I give you my money for beer when you go to the store?
> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes.
> 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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