Paiwan Every Day 75: silji

To continue with crops Paiwan people will also cultivate for consumption with the WorldVeg breeding lines demonstrated to seed companies, universities, and agricultural research institutes today at the field day:

English                               Paiwan

tomato                                tumatu (loanword), tjamunimuni

pepper (habanero)              silji

pumpkin                             siak, ljasiak, tjangkui, tjangtjang

bitter gourd                        kawkuy

Corns are planted around the fields to protect crops from wind. Corn in Paiwan is vudai, ljapanai, punug, or vaquvaqu. Looking at a colorful field in the rain is as beautiful as hearing an indigenous language used in daily life. そう思います。

a icu a silji izua laruaruq, izua lipurupuru. 

In English: 

Some peppers are long, some peppers are round.

Glossary: 

1. a: nominative, non-specific
2. icu: this
3. a: ligature
4. izua: have, there are
5. laruaruq: the root is "laruq" (long); reduplicate stresses the extent. 
6. lipurupuru: the root is "lipuru" (round shape); reduplicate form stresses the extent. 

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