tjasanguaq a pinaquzip ni vuvu a vavayan a kuka.
In English:
The chicken Grandmom fed or raised are more delicious.
Glossary:
- tjasanguaq: the root is "nguaq" (good, blessed, positive). [sa-nugaq] means tasty or delicious. the prefix tja- makes a comparative: [tja-sanguaq] means to be more tasty or delicious; [tja-tjengelai] means to like someone/something more or to prefer something/something.
- a: ligature
- pinaquzip: the root is "quzip" (to feed, to nurture). [pa-quzip] means to feed or nurture, actor voice. the infix -in- makes a passive; [p-in-a-quzip] means to be fed or nurtured or raised by someone; [dj-in-ameq] means to be arrested.
- ni: a case marker for the possessive, but in a passive tense often used as the case marker for the actor of the passive verb of a subclause.
- vuvu a vavayan: female grandparent, grandmom
- a: case marker for the nominative subject of the main clause
- kuka (djurikuku): chick, chicken
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