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:
Ng
mla
mo
diak
a
ududek.
> My money's run out.
A
lemlak
a
ududel
a
Droteo,
e
ng
dimlak
lebo
er
a
Guam.
> If Droteo hadn't had the money, (then) he wouldn't have gone to Guam.
Aika
el
udoud
a
medela
er
a
cheral
a
blai.
> The amount of money has become more than the cost of the house.
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.
Ak
ultuil
er
a
ududel
a
demak.
> I am dependent on money from my father.
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.
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?
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.
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.

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