Paiwan Every Day 285: ruqu // namaruqu

a 'namaruqu a vali' mavan a 'mezangal a vali' i pasa paliljaliljaw, aya ti kina. 

In English:

Mom said in Heng-chung peninsula 'the rolling winds' is 'the strong winds'. 

[That is, the downslope winds or Lou-san feng in Chinese, which is especially strong in winter and spring.]

Glossary: 

1. a: subject case marker
2. na-ma-ruqu: to have been in the condition of rolling. na- 'perfective' (PRF); ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is ruqu 'rolling'. 
3. a: ligature (LIG)
4. vali: wind
5. mavan: is
6. me-zangal: me- 'to become or turn into'; the root is zangal 'effort, difficulty, strength'. 
7. i: in or at, locative (LOC)
8. pasa: towards, to
9. paliljaliljaw: the Paiwan name for Heng-chung peninsula
10. aya: so said or say in this way
11.  ti: subject case marker for people
12. kina: mom

Reading: 

From conversation with kina naluku.