Thursday, April 2, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 26: vusam

A simple and beautiful sentence for the day, to remind us of kindness that is needed in the world now.

vusamu tua nanguaqan. 

In English: 
Sow the seed of virtues. 

Glossary: 
  1. vusam-u: sow, a request or imperative. The root is vusam 'seed, first born'.
  2. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  3. na-nguaq-an: virtues. The root is nguaq 'good, nice, positive'. 

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