Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 242: quma // qinuman

masanlialiaw a tja qinuman a paiwan, 
ljakua tjalja namasanparavacan a vaqu. 

In English:
We Paiwan have many crops, but millet has been the most precious among them. 

Glossary: 
  1. masan-lia-liaw: be many. the root is liaw 'many' in reduplicaion (RED), stressing the quantity. 
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. tja: our, bound form but I keep it apart from the noun qinuman
  4. q<in>uma-(a)n: crops. -in- makes a undergoer or passive voice; -an 'abstract state nominalization'; the root is quma 'farm, field'
  5. ljakua: but
  6. tjalja: the most, bound but I keep it apart from the stative verb namasanparavacan
  7. na-masan-paravac-an: has been or become. na- 'perfective' (PERF); masan 'be, become'; -an 'abstract state nominalization'; the root is paravac 'most special'. 
  8. a: subject case marker
  9. vaqu: millet
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