Sunday, September 26, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 568: bukiu

a pairang tjatjuruvu a bukiu. 

Free translation
More Chinese people are buddhists. 

Word gloss
  1. a: subject case marker
  2. pairang: Han Chinese
  3. tja-tjuruvu: many more. tja- 'more, comparative'; the root is tjuruvu 'many'. 
  4. a: LIG
  5. bukiu: Buddhism, buddhist
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary bukiu

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