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:
Ak
medakt
a
lebo
lak
ududek
el
mo
er
a
Merikel.
> I'm afraid I won't have any money 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.
Ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
kekere
el
ududek
el
silber
el
sebechek
el
mo
msang.
> I have a small silver coin that I can give him.
A
Satsko
a
ulumulak
er
a
Toki
el
kmo
a
John
a
ngar
er
ngii
a
betok
el
ududel.
> Satsko told Toki a lie (saying) that John has lots of money.
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:
Ng
mlo
telkib
el
ngesonges
a
ududek
me
ng
dimlak
kucherar
a
chemelek
el
dekool.
> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes.
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.
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.
Chedam/chedil,
ak
ousbech
a
udoud
el
mo
er
a
daingak.
> Father/mother, I need money to go to college/university.
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?

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