Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 389: quma // qinuman

masanliawliaw a tja qinuman a paiwan, 
ljakua tjalja namasanparavacan a vaqu. 

In English
We Paiwan have many agricultural produces, but millet is the most special. 

Glossary
  1. masan-liaw-liaw: to be many or a lot. masan 'quantifier'; the root is liaw 'many' in reduplication (RED), indicating abundance. 
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. tja: our, 1st person plural genitive (GEN)
  4. q<in>uma-(a)n: literally that is grown in the farm, i.e. agricultural produces. The root is quma 'field, farm'. 
  5. a: ligature (LIG)
  6. paiwan: Paiwan people
  7. ljakua: but
  8. tjalja: the most
  9. na-masan-pa-ravac-an: to be special. pa- 'to cause to be'; the root is ravac 'especially, very'. 
  10. vaqu: millet
Reading

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary qinuman

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