Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 319: tulu

aicu a tulu nua vavuluvulungan tjasikamanguaq aravac. 

In English
These teachings from elders are very good for us. 

Glossary
  1. a-icu: this
  2. a: ligature (LIG)
  3. tulu: teaching or instruction
  4. nua: of, genitive (GEN) case marker
  5. vavuluvulungan: elders
  6. tja-si-ka-ma-nguaq: make us good. The root is nguaq 'blessing, good, beautiful'. 
  7. aravac: very, quite
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