Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 297: suba (そば)

aicu a kinsan ta suba imaza makan aravac. 

In English: 
The noodles cooked (served) here is very delicious. 

Glossary
  1. a-icu: this. a 'subject case marker'; the root is icu 'this'. 
  2. a: ligature (LIG)
  3. k<in>sa-(a)n: being cooked, undergoer voice (UV). The root may be kesa- 'cook', which conjugates with two UV case markers -in- and -an
  4. ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
  5. suba: noodles, loanword from Japaneses そば 蕎麦. udung, also loanword from Japanese うどん is a synonym. 
  6. i-ma-za: here. i- 'in or at, locative (LOC); ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is za 'here'. 
  7. ma-kan: delicious. ma- 'to be affected by'; the root is kan 'eat'. sanguaq is a synonym. 
  8. aravac: quite
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