Friday, February 12, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 342: unting // untingting

nakuya untingting sa padingwawa.

In English:
It’s not good to be driving and then calling on the phone.
Glossary:
  1. nakuya: it is not good to (do something)
  2. unting-ting: driving. The root is unting ‘drive’, loanword from Japanese うんてん 運転.
  3. sa: then
  4. pa-dingwa-wa: to call on the phone. The root is dingwa ‘telephone’, loanword from Minnan.
Reading

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary untingting

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