bla'

See also: bla

Yilan Creole

Etymology

Derived from Atayal blaʼ / blaq (“good”).

Adjective

bla'

1. good

   Synonyms: lokah, zyoto, cyoto, mmay

   anta bla ga?

   How are you?

   (literally, “Are you OK?”)

   waha mo bla, aligato!

   I'm good too, thank you!

   • 2020 March 10, 吳以諾, “Ski to yube-喜歡就說”‎^[1]:

     song tikang song tikang kono bla' no zikang kando aru to lungan sayux sitikang

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Peng Qiu (2015), A Preliminary Investigation of Yilan Creole in Taiwan: Discussing predicate position in Yilan Creole‎^[2] (Master's thesis)
• Chien Yuehchen (2023), “Yilan Creole”, in Handbook of Formosan Languages Online: The Indigenous Languages of Taiwan‎^[3], number 44, →ISSN
• Shinji Sanada (2015), “日本語系クレオール語の形成プロセス [Formation Processes Japanese-Based Creole in Taiwan]”, in 社会言語科学‎^[4], number 17, pages 3-11