Thursday, March 4, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 362: kesa // kemesa

kanakemesa tu ita vasa katua vaqu, sikavetu nua tacemekeljan. 

In English: 
You only need to cook one taro and one millet, you can feed the entire family. 

Glossary
  1. ka-na-k<em>esa: to have cooked, actor voice (AV). The root is kesa 'cook'.
  2. tu: complimentizer (COMP)
  3. ita: one
  4. vasa: taro
  5. katua or kata: and
  6. vaqu: millet
  7. si-ka-vetu: feed. si- 'be instrument'; ka- 'stative'; the root is vetu 'full in the stomach'. 
  8. nua: of, genitive (GEN) case marker
  9. tacemekeljan: family
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