Sunday, March 7, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 365: kesa // kesain

aicu a tjangetjang makaya tja kesain, makaya tja qavain uta. 

In English
This pumpkin, we can cook it, we can also make cake with it.

Glossary
  1. a-icu: this. a 'subject case marker'; the root is icu 'this, these'. 
  2. a: ligature (LIG)
  3. tjangetjang: pumkin or squash. Synonyms include siyak and qapetitj and ljasiyak
  4. makaya: can, be able to
  5. tja: our, 1st person plural genitive (GEN), used as the agent of a undergover voice (UV) verb
  6. kesa-in: cook, UV. The root is kesa 'cook'. 
  7. qavai-(i)n: make sticky cake, UV. The root is qavai 'traditional Paiwan sticky millet cake'. 
  8. uta: too, also
Reading

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary kesain or ljasiyak

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