Saturday, May 22, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 441: ljiug // ljemiugljiug

ljemiugljiug ti kaka tjai ljegean a pakataqetaqed. 

Free translation
Sister is rocking ljegean in the cradle to make the baby girl sleep. 

Word gloss
  1. lj<em>iug-ljiug: is rocking the cradle, AV. The root is ljiug 'cradle' in RED. 
  2. ti: subject case marker
  3. kaka: brother, sister
  4. tjai: OBL for people
  5. ljegean: female name, a baby girl
  6. a: in order to, LIG
  7. paka-taqe-taqed. to make fall asleep. The root is taqed in RED. 
Voice file

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary ljemiugljiug

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