Sentence #28

Ses ekeke udu edi lono edi matenetedaŋe tene, nene ŋepe kuta noloda ŋepe.

se
say
=s
=at
ekeke
south
udu
wind
edi
spirit
lono
sun
edi
spirit
ma=
3PL.A=
tene
be_at
-tedaŋe
-RP.REP.3>REFL
tene
each
nene
pair
ŋe
ANIM
=pe
=from
kuta
push
nolo
more
-da
-3P
ŋe
ANIM.SG
=pe
=from

The South Wind and the Sun were talking with each other about which of them was stronger.

Who was stronger is literally 'who pushes more'.

This sentence is part of Kuta noloda ŋe muŋe?.

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