Monday, April 19, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 408: cunuq // rukacunuq

aicu a kadjunangan imaza rukacunuq aravac. 

Free translation:
The land here is quite prone to collapse. 

Word gloss
  1. a-icu: this
  2. a: ligature (LIG)
  3. kadjunangan: land
  4. i-maza: here; i 'in or at, locative (LOC)'. 
  5. ru-ka-cunuq: collapses easily or often. ru- 'frequent, habitual'; ka- 'stative'; the root is cunuq 'landslide, collapse'. 
  6. aravac: quite, very much
Voice file

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary rukacunuq

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