| 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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> If I had money, (then) I'd buy a new car. |
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> Satsko told Toki a lie (saying) that John has lots of money. |
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> I need some financial help. |
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> If Droteo hadn't had the money, (then) he wouldn't have gone to Guam. |
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> I have a small silver coin that I can give him. |
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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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> Can I give you my money for beer when you go to the store? |
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> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes. |
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> Did you pay back your debt to your father, the money you borrowed last month? |
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> The sum of all the money that was collected, I was able to buy my house. |
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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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