Monday, July 5, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 485: abunai / gemagalj

abunai aravac a sapui. 
gemagalj aravac azua a djalan.

Free translation
Fire is very dangerous. 
That road is very dangerous. 

Word gloss
  1. abunai: dangerous, loanword from Japanese. 
  2. g<em>agalj: dangerous, fearful, AV. The root is gagalj 'fear, danger'. 
  3. a-ravac: very, quite
  4. a-zua: that
  5. a: subject case marker
  6. sapui: fire
  7. djalan: road, way
Voice file

From Raleigh Ferrell Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary abunai and gemagalj

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