anema a zua a lalingedan?
a zua avan a qinati nua tjasevalitan a pazaizaingen.
In English:
What is nose-flute?
That is something our ancestors create to make sound.
Glossary:
- anema: what
- a: nominative phrase marker for specific common noun
- zua: that, those
- a: ligature
- lalingedan: nose-flute, a musical instrument of the Paiwan
- avan: is
- qinati: the root is "qati" (to create, discover). q<in>ati means to be created by.
- nua: genitive case marker for the specific common noun
- tjasevalitan: compound [tja genitive person pronoun / bound + sevalitan ancestors], our ancestors
- a: ligature
- pazaizaingen: the root is "zaing" (sound, voice, noise). [pa-zaing] means to cause noise, to play a musical instrument. reduplication zai-zaing stresses the progressive; -en is the ending of a patient voice, to go with the actor nua tjasevalitan.
Reading:
(from Lesson 3 Level 9 of 9-Level Textbook for Southern Paiwan Language)
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