Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 158: zung

ladruadruq a ngudjus na zung. 

In English: 
The nose of the elephant is long.

Glossary:
  1. ladruadruq: the root is "ladruq" (long). reduplication [l-adru-adruq] stresses the length, therefore very long. 
  2. a: nominative phrase marker for a specific common noun
  3. ngudjus: nose
  4. na: of, genitive 
  5. zung (zu): elephant (Japanese loanword)
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