liaw a patarevan nua vulung i ta kacalisian.
In English:
Hundred-pace snake is meaningful for the indigenous people.
Glossary:
- liaw: many
- a: nominative phrase marker for a specific common noun
- patarevan: metaphor, meaning
- nua: of, genitive pronoun
- vulung: Hundred-pacer
- i: in or at, locative preposition
- ta (tua): oblique case marker for a specific common noun
- kacalisian: the root is "calisi" (hill). [ka-calisi-an] means people from the hills, that is indigenous peoples or used for Paiwan.
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