Sunday, April 11, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 400: qeceng // qecengen

qecengen a zaljum nua caucau, saka masan vacalj. 

Free translation: 
People block the water, and it becomes a deep pool. 

Word gloss: 
  1. qeceng-en: block, undergoer voice (UV) indicating passive. The root is qeceng 'stop, block'. 
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. zaljum: water
  4. nua: of, genitive (GEN) case marker. In Paiwan, the actor of a UV sentence is in GEN. 
  5. caucau: people
  6. saka: and, conjunction (CONJ)
  7. ma-san: become. ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is san- 'to be elected as, to make to become'. 
  8. vacalj: deep pool
Voice file: 

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary qecengen

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