These are all the words for butterfly in Paiwan.
It happens that there is right now a new TV show about an encounter among Paiwan, Taiwanese, and Americans in the 19th century called Sqaro. Heard it is very popular. The main female character, fictional, is half Paiwan and half Taiwanese. Her name is 'Butterfly'.
bulay angata a kalalazung.
Free translation:
Butterfly is truly pretty.
Word gloss:
- bulay: pretty, beautiful
- angata: truly, geniunely
- a: subject case marker
- kalalazung: butterfly. So are ljaljiaraw, kariari, kalalazung, kamadrimadri, and kalidrungudrunglj.
Voice file:
Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary kariari, and web.klokah kalalazung/kamadrimadri/kalidungudunglj.
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