Thursday, July 15, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 495: alja // sialja

alapu tua sialja sa sevalji a su kaka. 

Free translation:
Take that baby wrap and carry your sister on the back. 

Word gloss:
  1. a-lap-u: take, imperative end case marker. The root is lap 'take, replace'. 
  2. tua: OBL
  3. si-alja: that used for carrying, IF. si- 'IF'; the root is alja 'undefined' (Ferrell, p. 54)
  4. sa: and, then, CONJ
  5. sevalj-i: carry on the back, imperative. The root is sevalj 'carry on the back'. 
  6. a: subject case marker?
  7. su: your, 2nd person singular GEN
  8. kaka: younger or elder brother or sister
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary sialja

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