kasicuayan, nu patagilj a mimaqacuvungan a uqaljai a vavayan,
maqatianga a puvaljaw.
In English:
Glossary:
- ka-si-cuai-an: in the past, traditionally.
- kasi- 'be from'
- the root cuai 'a long time'
- -an 'abstract state nominalization'
- nu: if, when
- pa-tagilj: start to. pa- 'location gerundivization'?; the root tagilj 'beginning, origin'.
- a: ligature
- mi-ma-qa-cuvung-an: to become adolescent.
- mi- 'to act in the fashion of somthing'
- maqa- maka-? 'completive, finished'
- The root cuvung 'to be of age, complete, enough'
- -an 'abstract state nominalization'
- a: nominative phrase marker for common specific noun
- uqaljai: boy, boys
- vavayan: girl, girls
- maqati-anga: to be able to, can; -anga change of state (COS).
- pu-valjaw: get married. pu- 'to be owning something'; the root valjaw 'spouse'. pucekelj is also used.
Reading:
Also see Paiwan Every Day 64: puvaljaw.
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