Thursday, May 20, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 439: taqed // sipakataqetaqed

aicu a ljiug mavan a tja sipakataqetaqed tua lumalumad. 

Free translation:
This swing is what we use to put the baby to sleep. 

Word gloss
  1. a-icu: this
  2. a: LIG
  3. ljiug: swing
  4. mavan: is
  5. a: LIG
  6. tja: our, 1st person plural GEN used as the agent of a UV verb
  7. si-paka-taqe-taqed: to use to put to sleep, UV. si- 'instrutment focus (IF)'; paka- 'to cause to be'; the root is taqed 'sleep' in RED
  8. tua: OBL
  9. lumalumad: lumamad or qunuqunu, a baby
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From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary sipakataqetaqed

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