Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 431: kinacugan a kai

aza sinavuta a nemanga, pazangal a paljacuacuai. 

Free translation
That is taken by force does not last. 

[Meaning: Let nature take its course. Don't be too hard on yourself.]

World gloss
  1. a-za: that
  2. s<in>a-vuta: be taken by force, UV. The root is vuta
  3. a: LIG
  4. nemanga: things
  5. pa-zangal: difficult. The root is zangal 'value'. 
  6. a: subject case marker 
  7. pa-lja-cua-cuai: to last forever. The root is cuai 'everlasting'. 
Voice file:

From the class of sinsi kalekes

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