namakuda a kinaqadavan tucu a qadaw?
In English:
Glossary:
- na-ma-kuda: how is or how has been. na- 'perfective' (PERF); ma- 'stative'; the root is kuda 'how'.
- a: subject case marker
- k<in>a-qadav-an: weather. The root is qadaw or qadav 'day', depending on the variety of Paiwan.
- tucu: this
- a: ligature (LIG)
- qadaw: sun or day
- tucu a qadaw or tucu a vuaq: today
Reading:
From the class of sinsi idis. In Paiwan Every Day 196, kinaqadavan or 'inakadavan means days.
kina naluku didn't remember this word; for her, qadaw can also mean weather. In the village of sepungudan or the township of sinvaudjan generally speaking, 'How's the weather today' is namakuda a qadaw tasauni?
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