Saturday, March 13, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 371: kan // kakanen

masan liawliaw a kakanen i suibai. 

In English: 
There are many foods in the store. 

Glossary
  1. masan: many, before quantifier
  2. liaw-liaw: many many. The root is liaw 'many' in reduplication (RED).
  3. a: subject case marker
  4. ka-kan-en: food. The root is kan 'eat'. 
  5. i: in or at, locative (LOC)
  6. suibai: store, loanword from Japanese しょうばい 商売. 
Reading

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary kakanen

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