Saturday, August 8, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 154: gang

uri keman uta azua vuluvulung tua gang. 

Free translation:
That old man also wants some crabs.

Word gloss: 
  1. uri: will, want to
  2. k<em>an: eat, actor voice (AV). The root is kan 'eat'.  
  3. uta: too
  4. a-zua: that. a- 'subject case marker'; the root is zua 'that'.  
  5. vulu-vulung: elder for both man and woman. The root is vulung 'old' in reduplication (RED). 
  6. tua or ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
  7. gang: crab, crabs
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