Sunday, November 15, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 253: vacevac

tjengelay aravac aken ta kinacalisianan a vacevac. 
liawliaw a ku vacevac, sa venacevac aken tu ljemita a qadaw. 

In English:
I like aboriginal earrings very much. 
I have many earrings, and I wear them every day. 😁😁

Glossary:
  1. tjengelay: like
  2. aravac: very, a lot
  3. aken: I, 1st person singular subject
  4. ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
  5. k<in>a-calisi-an-an: the thing from the aborigines or aboriginal. 
  6. a: ligature (LIG)
  7. vacevac: earring
  8. liaw-liaw: many in root reduplication (RED)
  9. a: subject case marker
  10. ku: my, 1st person singular genitive (GEN)
  11. sa: then
  12. v<en>acevac: wear earrings, actor voice (AV)
  13. tu: complementizer (COMP)
  14. ljemita a qadaw: every day
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