Saturday, December 26, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 294: qulu // puqulu

puqulu aravac timadju, macaqu tua masan liawaliaw a kai. 

In English
She is very smart, she can say many languages. 

Glossary
  1. pu-qulu: smart or intelligent. pu- 'to obtain or have'; the root is qulu 'head'. 
  2. aravac: very, quite
  3. timadju: he or she, 3rd person singular nominative (NOM)
  4. ma-caqu: know or be able to. ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is caqu 'intelligent, good at'. 
  5. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  6. masan liawliaw: many. masan 'prefix before a quantifier'; the root is liaw 'many' in reduplication (RED)
  7. a: ligature (LIG)
  8. kai: word, language 
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