Monday, January 18, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 317: tevelj // kinateveteveljan

natemalidu aravac a kinateveteveljan nu maljeveq. 

In English
The meeting at Five-Year Festival is very spectacular. 

Glossary
  1. na-t<em>alidu: to have been very spectacular or impressive, actor voice (AV). na- 'perfective (PRF)'; the root is talidu 'sight, spectacle'. Depending on the context, this word also means interesting or crowded because of a lot of participants. 
  2. aravac: quite or very
  3. a: subject case marker
  4. ki-na-teve-tevelj-an: meeting or get-together or party. The root is tevelj 'assemble, meet' in reduplication (RED). 
  5. nu: when 
  6. maljeveq: the Five-Year Festival
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