nu kaljakaliman, iputjatjeketjekan a qudjalj.
In English:
If it's rainy season, it rains non-stop.
Glossary:
- nu: if
- kaljakaliman: the root is "kaliman" (rainy or moonsoon season). kalja means truthful or sincere;[kalja-kaliman] means the rainy season, like kaljaculjuan means summer, the time when it is real hot or kaljaljeqelan means winter, the time when it's really cold.
- iputjatjeketjekan: the root is "tjeketjek-" (a switch, everlasting). [ipu-tja-tjeketjek-an] means non-stop. I honestly don't know how to explain the word's structure. But in Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), tjektjek means ends of stick; [tj-em-ektjek] means to go to both ends of a road. How do I explain this difference?
- a: case marker, nominative
- qudjalj: rain
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