Paiwan Every Day 61: inamirikan

While looking for Paiwan words for the Paiwan social hierarchy - mazangil (chief), pualju (the noble and professional), and qaqetitan (commoners) - I came across with the words for any Occidental (how 古い) country and English, any European language:

amirika and in-amirika-n. (p. 57; Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Language, 1982)

It too follows the same morphological rule as paiwan and pinaiwanan, and does not distinguish an American from an English or a Spanish from a Dutch. They are all amirika people. Interesting enough for a paper of social history.

saigu aken a ikai ta inamirikan. 

In English:
I can speak English (or Spanish, or Dutch, or Danish, or Finnish).

Glossary:

1. saigu: can, be able to
2. ikai: to speak
3. ta (tua): phrase marker for the patient/object
4. inamirikan: the root is "amirika" (any western country). [in-amirika-n] means the language of any western country.

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