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
kerierengel
a
Droteo
e
ng
ririid
a
ududel.
> Droteo had the misfortune of losing his money.
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
Toki
a
kmal
soal
el
mo
er
a
Guam,
e
ng
di
ng
mla
mo
diak
a
ududel.
> Toki wanted to go to Guam, but her money ran out.
Te
medinges
er
a
udoud
me
a
klalo.
> They have plenty of money and possessions.
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.
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.
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.
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
mlo
telkib
el
ngesonges
a
ududek
me
ng
dimlak
kucherar
a
chemelek
el
dekool.
> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes.
Chedam/chedil,
ak
ousbech
a
udoud
el
mo
er
a
daingak.
> Father/mother, I need money to go to college/university.

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