a kuini mavan natjaljakiljaljavan na paiwan i lizuk.
In English:
Glossary:
- a: subject case marker
- kuini: Chinese New Year, loanword from Minnan kuè-nî 過年.
- mavan: is
- na-tjalja-ki-lja-ljava-(a)n: look forward to or expect the most. na- 'perfective' (PRF); tjalja 'superlative, bound form', though mostly written as free for easy comprehension; the root is kiljava 'look forward' in reduplication (RED); -an 'undergoer voice (UV) case marker', with the second a assimilated into the first a and removed.
- na: of, genitive (GEN) case marker, here used as subject case marker of the UV voice verb
- paiwan: Paiwan
- i: in or at, locative (LOC)
- lizuk: plain, city, or urban area
Reading:
From tjumaq a kuini on klokah.org.
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