| 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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> Toki wanted to go to Guam, but her money ran out. |
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> Droteo had the misfortune of losing his money. |
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> There is no more money. |
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> I have less money than you. |
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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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> I'm borrowing money not less than a thousand dollars. |
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> The sum of all the money that was collected, I was able to buy my house. |
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> Father/mother, I need money to go to college/university. |
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> We like it quick and easy money making schemes without thinking for the future. |
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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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