Sunday, April 18, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 407: cunuq // cemunuq

tima a uri cemunuq tua aicu a djeljep?

Free translation
Who is going to collapse this wall?

Word gloss
  1. ti-ma: who; ti 'case marker for specific person'. 
  2. a: ligature (LIG)
  3. uri: wants to or be going to
  4. c<em>unuq: collapse, actor voice (AV). The root is cunuq 'landslide, collapse'. 
  5. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  6. a-icu: this
  7. djeljep: wall. In the dialect of southern Paiwan, kabi 'loanword from Japanese かべ 壁' is also used. 
Voice file

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary cemunuq

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