Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 409: cun // pacun

ari vaiki a pacun ta iga. 

Free translation
Come, let's go watch movies. 

Word gloss
  1. ari: come, invitaiton. 
  2. vaik-i: let's go. The root is vaik 'go, come'; -i 'end case marker for imperative, inclusive (INCL)'. 
  3. a: ligature (LIG)
  4. pa-cun: watch. pa- 'to cause to be'; the root is cun 'see'. 
  5. ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
  6. iga: movies, loanword from Japanese 映画 えいが. 
Voice file

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary pacun

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