makuda sun ku sun a qemauqaung a macidjilj?
Free translation:
What happened with you, as you are crying by yourself?
Word gloss:
- ma-kuda: what happened, AV. ma- 'ot be in the condition of'; the root is kuda 'what'.
- sun: you, 2nd person singular NOM
- ku: conjunction of a subordinating clause
- a: LIG
- q<em>au-qau-ng: crying, AV. The root is qaung 'cry'.
- a: LIG
- ma-cidjilj: alone or by oneself. The root is cidjilj 'oneself'.
Voice file:
From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary makuda.
namakuda and makuda mean 'what happened to or what's wrong with'. They two must also share sameness as well as nuanced difference. How to explain?
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