Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 24: rangez // kipaparangez

a kipaparangez tua mareka qali/drava 
maru tjalja semeljecan a tja kava nu kaljavuceleljan. 

In English:
A trustworthy friendship is like the warmest jacket in winter.

Glossary:
  1. a: subject case marker
  2. ki-pa-pa-rangez: trustworthy. The root is rangez 'entrust or rely on'. This case shows the affix pa-pa- also reduplicates in Paiwan. 
  3. mareka: every or each
  4. qali /drava: male friend / female friend
  5. maru: like
  6. tjalja: most, superlative case
  7. s<em>eljec-an: warming. The root is seljec 'warm'. 
  8. kava: clothes
  9. nu: if or when
  10. kalja-vucelelj-an: winter. The root is vucelelj 'cold'. A synonym is kaljaljeqelan. 
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