i gadugadu a nia umaq. valivali nu kaljaculjuwan.
Free translation:
Our house is on the hill. It is cool in summer.
Word gloss:
- i: in or at, LOC
- gadu-gadu: hill. The root is gadu 'mountain' in RED, used to indicate decrease in size.
- a: subject case marker
- nia: our, 1st person pluralGEN
- umaq: house. uma' is also heard in sinvaudjan paiwan.
- vali-vali: to have breeze or wind. The root is vali 'wind' in RED, used to indicate a continuous movement of wind of lesser strength or scale.
- nu: if or when, CONJ
- kalja-culju-(w)an: summer. kalja...an 'time characterized by something'; the root is culju 'heat'.
Voice file:
From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary gadugadu.
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