Friday, October 16, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 223: va

nakuya tjemamaku aravac, maljekuya tjava. 

In English: 
Do not smoke too much; our lungs will get sick. 

Glossary: 
  1. na-kuya: do not, it is bad to
  2. tj<em>amaku: smoke cigarettees, actor voice (AV). the root is tjamaku 'cigarette'. 
  3. aravac: very, quite
  4. malje-kuya: becomes bad. malje- 'achieved (state)', the root is kuya 'bad luck, blame'. 
  5. tja-va: our lungs, 1st person plural genitive (GEN) bound. the root is va 'lungs'. 
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