Thursday, July 2, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 117: matjaq, qaljeceqec

qaljeceqec aravac a matjaq a kamaya. 

In English:
Unripe mongo is sour.

Glossary: 
  1. qaljeceqec: sour
  2. aravac: very, quite
  3. a: case marker for the nominative
  4. matjaq: unripe
  5. a: ligature
  6. kamaya: mango, likely a loanword from Taiwanese
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