Friday, June 5, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 90: kaledep

maledep a qadaw a pasa kaledep. 

In English:
The sun sets in the west.

Glossary:
  1. maledep: the root is “ledep” (to go down in the west, family name). [ma-ledep] means to go down in the west, actor voice.
  2. a: case marker for nominative, non-specific
  3. a: ligature
  4. pasa: towards
  5. kaledep: the root is “ledep” (to go down in the west, family name). [ka-ledep] means the west, where the sun sets below the horizon. 
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