Monday, February 15, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 345: vava // venava

venava ti vuvu tua sikasalut.

In English:
Grandma makes wine for the harvest festival.

Glossary:
  1.  v<en>ava: make wine, actor voice (AV). The root is vava 'wine'. 
  2. ti: subject case marker for specific people
  3. vuvu: grandmother, grandfather, elder
  4. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  5. si-ka-salut: for the harvest festival. The root is salut 'a festival for harvest, to thank ancestors'.
Reading:

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary venava.

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