Sunday, November 7, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 610: qarut // qemaruqarut

nu qemaruqarut itjen tua nemanga, nakuya inika papamamaw. 

Free translation
When we alloting or distributing things, it is not good to not give the same [it is bad to be unfair]. 

Word gloss
  1. nu: if or when
  2. q<em>aru-qarut: being sharing or alloting, AV. The root is qarut 'distribute, share, allot'. 
  3. itjen: we, 1st P PL INCL
  4. tua: OBL
  5. nemanga: things, general
  6. nakuya: it is bad
  7. inika: not, NEG
  8. pa-pa-mamaw: to make the same. The root is mamaw 'the same'. 
Voice file

From ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary qemaruqarut

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