Friday, June 26, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 111: riljay, qaluman

riljay ti muakai, sa qaluman ti dremedreman. 

In English:
muakai is skinny, and dremedreman is chubby.

Glossary: 
  1. riljay: thin
  2. ti: case marker for the specific nominative
  3. muakai: female name
  4. sa: and, then
  5. qaluman: the root is "qalum" (fat). [qalum-an] means chubby, big. 
  6. dremedreman: female name
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