tucu masanliawliawanga tjasipavaivai a kazelju tua sihu.
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Glossary:
- tucu: now
- masan-liaw-liaw-anga: is getting higher and higher. masan 'become +quantifier'; the root is liaw 'many' in reduplication (RED); -anga 'change of state COS'.
- tja-si-pa-vai-vai: our gift. tja- 'our' (genitive, bound); si-pavai 'gift or the thing we give'; pa-vai 'give' in root reduplication (RED)
- a: subject case marker
- kazelju: tax, mass noun
- tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
- sihu: government, loanword from Japanese せいふ政府
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