Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 206: qeljev // kiqeljev

tjara kiqeljev itjen nu qezemezemetj. 

In English: 
We all close doors in the evening. 

Glossary:
  1. tjara: '(property) equally distributed to people'
  2. ki-qeljev: close doors. ki- 'to get somthing'; the root qeljev 'open and close door'
  3. itjen: we, including the speaker (INCL)
  4. nu: if or when
  5. qe-zeme-zemetj: it's nightfall, reduplication (RED), the root is qezemetj 'night, darkness'
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