Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 123: kalidrungudrungulj

liav a kalidrungudrungulj a miperperper i ta puhanan. 

In English: 
There are many butterflies flying in the garden.

Glossary: 
  1. liav: many
  2. a: case marker for the nominative or subject
  3. kalidrungudrungulj: butterfly
  4. a: ligature
  5. miperperper: the root is "perper-" (to fly). [mi-perper-per] means to be flying. 
  6. i: in or at
  7. ta (tua): case marker for the oblique or object
  8. puhanan: the root is "hana" (flower, loanword from Japanese). [pu-hana-(a)n] means the place where there are many flowers, that is garden. pu- means to have many; -an is the suffix for location. 
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