Sunday, January 2, 2022

Paiwan Every Day 666: pai

pai, paquzipanga nua kina a kaka a tjaljaljak tua kama niamadju. 

Free translation
It comes to that they are raised by aunt, their father's younger sister. 

Word gloss
  1. pai: it comes to that, a discourse filler
  2. pa-quzip-anga: to raise, feed. The root is quzip 'feed, raise', -anga 'change of state'. 
  3. nua: GEN, marking the agent of the action
  4. kina: aunt
  5. kaka a tjaljaljak: younger sister
  6. tua: OBL
  7. kama: father
  8. niamadju: their, 3rd person PL GEN
Voice file

From klokah.org marekaka a uqaljaqaljay (Brothers). 

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