nakuya paberiq itjen i tua kinateveteveljan nua caucau.
Free translation:
It is bad to fart in the crowds.
Word gloss:
- na-kuya: it is bad or not good
- pa-beriq: fart. In southern Paiwan, paqetjutj or qemetjutj is more common.
- itjen: we, 1st person PL NOM INCL
- i: in or at, LOC
- tua: OBL
- kinateveteveljan: group or gathering. The root is tevelj- 'gather, meeting'.
- nua: of, GEN
- caucau: people
Voice file:
From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary paberiq.
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