Paiwan Every Day 214: kaka // marekakakaka

nananguaqan aravac a ku marekakakaka. 

In English: 

My cousins are very kind people. 

Glossary: 

1. na-nanguaq-an: kind, good. 
2. aravac: very, quite
3. a: nominative case marker
4. ku: my, 1st person genitive
5. mareka-kakaka: cousins. mareka 'each, everyone'; kaka, reduplication,'brother, sister'. The power of reduplication in Paiwan. Repetition of root occurs often in the language, especially in higher Paiwan used in certain occasions such as palisi 'ritual or ceremony' or used by certain professions such as pulingaw or parakaljay 'priest'. kina naluku uses a lot of RED forms too. 

Reading:

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary sikacekelj.