Saturday, January 30, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 329: palak // semanpalak

nakuya semanpalak tua zuma. 

In English
It is not good to hurt others. 

Glossary
  1. na-kuya: it is bad or not good or ill. The root is kuya 'ill fortune, bad'. 
  2. seman-palak: to make hurt, destoryed, harmed, or damaged. seman- 'to make or manufacture'; the root is palak 'destruction, harm'. 
  3. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  4. zuma: other people, other things. 
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