Paiwan Every Day 143: kulavaw

i ta na paiwan a milimilingan, a nakuyakuya a caucau masan kulavaw. 

In English: 
In Paiwan stories, bad people are rats.

Glossary: 

1. i: in or at
2. ta (tua): case marker for the oblique object or beneficiary
3. na: of
4. paiwan: Paiwan
5. a: ligature
6. milimilingan: the root is "miling" (everlasting). [mili-miling-an] means stories, legends that have been passed down for generations. duplication indicates stress; the suffix -an indicates the place.  
7. a: case marker for the nominative subject
8. nakuyakuya: the root is "kuya" (bad luck, bad). [na-kuya] means do not, prohibition; [na-kuya-kuya] with the duplication form means bad. 
9. a: ligature
10. caucau: people
11. masan: become, be-verb
12. kulavaw: rat or mouse

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