Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 382: tjenun // tjemenun

titjen a paiwan, inika palaing ta uqaljayqaljay kata vavayavayan, 
kicaquan a mapuljat tua tjemenun.

In English
We Paiwan people, regardless of men and women, everyone learns to weave. 

Glossary
  1.  titjen: we, 1st person plural nominative (NOM) inclusive (INCL)
  2. a: ligature (LIG)
  3. paiwan: Paiwan
  4. inika: not, negator (NEG)
  5. pa-laing: accord with or adhere to. pa- 'to cause to be'; the root is laing 'obey, follow'. 
  6. ta or tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  7. uqaljay-qaljay: boys in reduplication (RED)
  8. kata: and
  9. va-vaya-vayan: girls in RED
  10. ki-caqu-an: learn. ki- 'to get or obtain'; the root is caqu 'knowledge, talent'; -an 'referent focus (RF)'.  
  11. a: LIG
  12. ma-puljat: all, everyone. ma- 'be affected by'; the root is puljat 'all, '. 
  13. tj<em>enun: weave net, actor voice (AV). The root is tjenun 'weave'. 
Reading

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary tjemenun

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