Friday, July 24, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 139: qayqayam

mekedrianga a qayqayam tucu. 

In English: 
The number of birds has become smaller now.

Glossary: 
  1. mekedrianga: the root is "kedri" (few, small, less). [me-kedri] means to become small, actor voice. [me-kedri-anga] means to have become smaller in number or less; the suffix -anga makes a past perfect tense in Paiwan. 
  2. a: case marker for the nominative subject
  3. qayqayam (qayam): bird, birds
  4. tucu: now
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