Saturday, February 20, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 350: mayanan

uri semupu aken, sa mayanan a galugu. 

In English: 
I want to read, so do not yet make noise. 

Glossary
  1. uri: will
  2. s<em>upu: to read, actor voice (AV). The root is supu 'read'.
  3. aken: I, 1st person singular nominative (NOM)
  4. sa: then or so, conjuction (CON)
  5. maya-(a)nan: do not yet. maya 'do not, prohibition'; anan 'yet, still'. mayanan also means 'wait for a moment' when used by itself, which is related to the meaning of 'not yet'.  
  6. a: ligature (LIG)
  7. galugu: disturb or make noise. 
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