Friday, March 26, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 384: cepu // cinpu

demangadangas ti kama tua cinpu a dradrakuyan. 

In English
Father is smoothening the edge of the woven basket. 

Glossary
  1. d<em>anga-dangas: is smoothening the edge, actor voice (AV). The root is dangas 'edge, cliff' in reduplication (RED) for present contiuous. 
  2. ti: subject case marker for specific person
  3. kama: father, elder man
  4. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  5. c<in>(e)pu: woven product, undergover voice (UV). The root is cepu 'weave'. 
  6. a: ligature (LIG)
  7. dradrakuyan: basket. A synonym is cepeng
Reading

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary cinpu or demangadagas

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