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Palula dictionary: Example 1278

Word senses:

máamu uncle; mother's brother
ta ... ba Adversative conjoining construction, emphasising the contrast between two entities or propositions; commonly occurring in proverbs (variously corresponding to 'but, whereas, while (on the other hand), and')

ma ta máamii bakaraál, máamu ba díišii bakaraál.

ma

1sg.nom

ta

DS

máamu

mother's.brother

-ii

-gen

bakaraál

shepherd

máamu

mother's.brother

ba

top

déeš

village

-ii

-gen

bakaraál

shepherd

While I am my uncle's shepherd, my uncle is the shepherd of the village. [Proverb]

Source: A:NH12:1:046