Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 556: beneq

paramur sabeneq imaza. 

Free translation: 
This place is too muddy. 

Word gloss: 
  1. paramur: too, overly
  2. sa-beneq: get muddy. sa- 'have quality of'; the root is beneq 'mud'. 
  3. i-maza: here. i- 'LOC'; the root is maza 'here, this way'. 
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary beneq. 

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