a kipaparangez tua mareka qali/drava
maru tjalja semeljecan a tja kava nu kaljavuceleljan.
In English:
A trustworthy friendship is like the warmest jacket in winter.
Glossary:
- a: subject case marker
- ki-pa-pa-rangez: trustworthy. The root is rangez 'entrust or rely on'. This case shows the affix pa-pa- also reduplicates in Paiwan.
- mareka: every or each
- qali /drava: male friend / female friend
- maru: like
- tjalja: most, superlative case
- s<em>eljec-an: warming. The root is seljec 'warm'.
- kava: clothes
- nu: if or when
- kalja-vucelelj-an: winter. The root is vucelelj 'cold'. A synonym is kaljaljeqelan.
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