aiyanga, ‘u singelitan tjanusun.
Free translation:
Oh my, how I miss you!
Word gloss:
- aiyanga: oh my, aye, exclamation
- ‘u or ku: my 1st person singular GEN
- singelit-an: the state of missing or thinking of, NMZ. The root is singelit or singlit 'to miss, to think of'; -an 'nominalization NMZ'.
- tjanusun: towards you, about you, 2nd person singular and plural OBL
Voice file:
From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982).
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