Thursday, April 15, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 404: cunuq // kacunuqan

kacunuqan tasauni a nia puljuangan ta zua qudjalj kata vali. 

Free translation:
Our cowshed was just washed away by landslide caused by rain and wind. 

Word gloss
  1. ka-cunuq-an: to be washed away by landslide. The root is cunuq 'landslide, collapse'. 
  2. ta-sauni: just now, a while ago. A synonym is kasauni.
  3. a: subject case marker
  4. nia: our, 1st person plural genitive (GEN)
  5. pu-ljuang-an: cowshed. pu- 'to get, obtain'; the root is ljuang'cow'; -an 'nominalization (NMZ) of location'. 
  6. ta or tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  7. zua: that
  8. qudjalj: rain
  9. ka-ta or ka-tua: and
  10. vali: wind
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From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary kacunuqan

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