Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 94: teku

teku aicu a qaqumain i maza. 

In English: 
This farmland here is low.

Glossary: 
  1. teku: low
  2. aicu: this
  3. a: case marker for nominative subject
  4. qaqumain: the root is "quma" (farm, land). [qa-quma-in] means the place for farming or cultivation. 
  5. i: in or at
  6. maza: here
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