Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 256: qata // qataqata

nguanguaq aravac a kinasengseng ta qatataqa a itung a pinaiwanan. 

In English: 
The Paiwan traditional clothes made of beads are very pretty. 

Glossary: 
  1. ngua-nguaq: pretty or beautiful. The root is nguaq 'good, blessed' in reduplication (RED). 
  2. aravac: very, quite
  3. a: subject case marker
  4. k<in>a-sengseng: made or finished product. The root is sengseng 'make or manufacture'.
  5. ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
  6. qata-qata: bead in reduplication (RED)
  7. a: ligature (LIG)
  8. itung: clothes
  9. p<in>aiwan-an: of Paiwan people or Paiwan 
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