Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 122: tjevetjeveng

tjevetjeveng a icu a kadjunangan imaza.

In English:
The earth here is damp.

Glossary:
  1. tjevetjeveng: the root is “tjeve-” (soaked in, wet). [tjeve-tjeveng] means wet, moist, damp.
  2. a: case marker for the nominative 
  3. icu: this
  4. a: ligature
  5. kadjunangan: land, earth, weather (in sinvaudjan paiwan)
  6. imaza: here
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