Sunday, October 3, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 575: buru // ruburu

ruburu aravac timadju. 

Free translation
She lies a lot. 

Word gloss
  1. ru-buru: to lie often or frequently. ru- 'indicate a high frequency'; the root is buru 'lie, falsehood'. 
  2. aravac: very much
  3. ti-madju: she or he, 3rd person SIN NOM
Voice file

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary ruburu

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