Friday, July 2, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 482: -a

nananguaqan aravac a mareka tia Pia. 

Free translation
Pia and those with him, everyone is very nice. 

Word gloss
  1. na-nanguaq-an: kind, nice, have good virtues. The root is nguaq 'good, blessed'. 
  2. aravac: very
  3. a: LIG
  4. mareka: every
  5. ti-a: subject case marker for plural. ti- 'subject case marker for person'; -a 'pluralizer with personal pronouns and pronominal article' (RF, 1982). 
  6. Pia: male name
Voice file

From Raleigh Ferrell Paiwan Dictionary (1982). 

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