Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 444: sekez // sasekezan

aicu a tja djalan a paiwan izua sakamaya sasekezan. 

Free translation
For us Paiwan, there is always a place to stop and rest on our road. 

Word gloss
  1. a-icu: this
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. tja: our, 1st person plural GEN
  4. djalan: road, way
  5. izua: there is
  6. sakamaya: always
  7. sa-sekez-an: a place to stop and rest. sa- 'have the quality of'; the root is sekez 'rest'; -an 'nominaliztion for location'. 
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From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary sasekezan

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