Sunday, May 24, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 78: semenai

senasenaii a timaimanga,
ulja tjen a natemalidu. 
sa mareziani patjatjiatjiaki, 
paiwan itjen a pimapuljatan. 

In English:
Let us all sing,
Hope we will have fun.
Let us dance together,
We are all Paiwan.

Glossary:
  1. sena-senai-i: let us sing. The root is senai 'song, sing'.  
  2. a: subject case marker nominative (NOM)
  3. tima-imanga: whoever or everyone. The root is tima 'who'.  
  4. ulja: hope, wish
  5. tjen: we, 1st personal plural inclusive (INCL)
  6. na-t<ema>lidu: to have fun. The root is talidu 'great, happy'. 
  7. sa: and, conjunction
  8. mare-zian-i: let us dance. The root is zian 'dance'.  
  9. patjatjiatjiaki: I do not know. 
  10. pi-ma-puljat-an: everyone. The root is puljat 'all'. 
Singing:

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