dimpung 'flour' Minnan loanword (Ferrell, p. 68)
tjasikamanguaq aravac a lamug.
Free translation:
Flour is very good for our body.
Word gloss:
- tja-si-ka-ma-nguaq: to be beneficial to us, UV. tja- 'our, 1st person PL GEN'; si- 'IF'; the root is nguaq 'good, well'.
- aravac: very, quite, a lot
- a: subject case marker
- lamug: flour. Synonyms includ dimpung, loanword from Minnan, which is only seen in Ferrell, and undungku, loanword from Japanese.
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary lamug.
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