Thursday, September 24, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 201: puvaljaw

kasicuayan, nu patagilj a mimaqacuvungan a uqaljai a vavayan, 
maqatianga a puvaljaw. 

In English:
In the past, when boys and girls are turning adolescents, they can get married already. 

Glossary
  1. ka-si-cuai-an: in the past, traditionally. 
    • kasi- 'be from'
    • the root cuai 'a long time'
    • -an 'abstract state nominalization'
  2. nu: if, when
  3. pa-tagilj: start to. pa- 'location gerundivization'?; the root tagilj 'beginning, origin'.
  4. a: ligature
  5. mi-ma-qa-cuvung-an: to become adolescent. 
    • mi- 'to act in the fashion of somthing'
    • maqa- maka-? 'completive, finished'
    • The root cuvung 'to be of age, complete, enough'
    •  -an 'abstract state nominalization'
  6. a: nominative phrase marker for common specific noun
  7. uqaljai: boy, boys
  8. vavayan: girl, girls
  9. maqati-anga: to be able to, can; -anga change of state (COS). 
  10. pu-valjaw: get married. pu- 'to be owning something'; the root valjaw 'spouse'. pucekelj is also used.  
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