Sunday, August 9, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 155: qatjudrai

papenanguaq a qatjudrai tua kadjunangan

In English:
Earthworms improve the soil.

Glossary: 
  1. papenanguaq: the root is "nguaq" (good, blessed, well). [na-nguaq] means very good, very well; [pe-na-nguaq] means to be very good; [pa-pe-na-nguaq] means to make something very good, thus to improve, actor focus/voice. It is a word with three conjugation steps.
  2. a: case marker for the nominative subject
  3. qatjudrai: earthworm, earthworms
  4. tua (ta): case marker for the oblique object or beneficiary
  5. kadjunangan: soil, land, weather
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