Monday, July 12, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 492: aiyanga

aiyanga, ‘u singelitan tjanusun. 

Free translation
Oh my, how I miss you!

Word gloss
  1. aiyanga: oh my, aye, exclamation
  2. ‘u or ku: my 1st person singular GEN
  3. singelit-an: the state of missing or thinking of, NMZ. The root is singelit or singlit 'to miss, to think of'; -an 'nominalization NMZ'. 
  4. tjanusun: towards you, about you, 2nd person singular and plural OBL
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982). 

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