Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 130: qatjuvi

masan liavliav a mareka a qatjuvi. 

In English:
There are many types of snake.

Glossary: 
  1. masan: a root word, must come before a numeral or number-related vocabulary, indicates "which one", "which number"
  2. lialiav: the root is "liav" (many). [lia-liav] means a lot of; reduplication in Paiwan indicates stress or emphasis. 
  3. a: case marker for the nominative or subject
  4. mareka: the root is "-reka" (each, every). [ma-reka] means everyone, each one. 
  5. a: ligature
  6. qatjuvi: snake
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