Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 396: djeli // djemelidjeli

djemelidjeli timadju tua levan. 

Free translation
She is smiling with joy. 

Word gloss
  1. dj<em>elji-djeli: is smiling, actor voice (AV). The root is djeli 'smile, laugh' in reduplication (RED), which indicates present progressive. 
  2. ti-madju: she or he, 3rd person singular nominative (NOM)
  3. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  4. leva-(a)n: joy, happiness. The root is leva 'pleasure, happiness, award'; -an 'nominalization (Nmz) case marker'. 
Voice file

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary djemelidjeli

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