masanliawliaw a tja qinuman a paiwan,
ljakua tjalja namasanparavacan a vaqu.
In English:
Glossary:
- masan-liaw-liaw: to be many or a lot. masan 'quantifier'; the root is liaw 'many' in reduplication (RED), indicating abundance.
- a: subject case marker
- tja: our, 1st person plural genitive (GEN)
- q<in>uma-(a)n: literally that is grown in the farm, i.e. agricultural produces. The root is quma 'field, farm'.
- a: ligature (LIG)
- paiwan: Paiwan people
- ljakua: but
- tjalja: the most
- na-masan-pa-ravac-an: to be special. pa- 'to cause to be'; the root is ravac 'especially, very'.
- vaqu: millet
Reading:
From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary qinuman.
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