Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 402: cunuq

naremekutj a cunuq i pasa kavulungan. 

Free translation
The landslide in Mount kavulungan is terrible. 

Word gloss
  1. na-r<em>ekutj: to have been scary or terrible, actor voice (AV). The root is rekutj 'fear, awed'. nareminkutj is used in Northern Paiwan. 
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. cunuq: landslide
  4. i: in or at, locative (LOC)
  5. pasa: towards or near the point of
  6. kavalungan: Dawu Mountain or Mount kavulungan, the sacred mountain of Paiwan
Voice file:

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary cunuq or nareminkutj

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