Saturday, April 24, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 413: cun // napacun

   napacun          aken         tua            tja              vuvu.
  [saw-PRF           I-NOM         OBL   our-1.P.GEN        elders]

Free translation
I saw our elders. 

Word gloss
  1. na-pa-cun: to have seen. na- 'perfective (PRF)'; pa- 'to cause to be'; the root is cun 'see'. 
  2. aken: I, 1st person singular nominative (NOM)
  3. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  4. tja: our, 1st person plural genitive (GEN). In Paiwan, tja 'our' is used a lot to create bonding between the one speaking and the listeners. 
  5. vuvu: elder, grandparent
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From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary napacun

This is referring to a extraterrestrial experience. 

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