Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 213: umuq

izua umuq i tua su kula. sau vaiku a kipucemel. 

In English: 
There is a pustule on your leg. Go see a doctor. 

Glossary: 
  1. izua: there is
  2. umuq: pustule
  3. i: on, locative preposition
  4. tua (ta): oblique case marker
  5. su: your, 2nd person genitive
  6. kula: leg
  7. sa-u: go, imperative, addressed to the listener only 
  8. vaik-u: go, imperative, addressed to the listener only
  9. a: ligature
  10. ki-pu-cemel: visit a doctor. ki- 'to get something'; pu- 'bearing, owning something'; the root is cemel 'medicine. 
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