pualjuan nusauni a vava.
Free translation:
Add sugar to the liquor later.
Word gloss:
- pu-alju-an: to make something a place with sugar, to add sugar to, UV. pu- 'to get or obtain'; the root is alju 'sugar, sweet'; -an 'NMZ'.
- nusauni: later, after a short while
- a: subject case marker NOM in Paiwan, but it is the object in meaning.
- vava: wine, liquor, alcohol
Voice file:
From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary pualjuan.
Ferrell had pualju as the third of four social classes' in Timur dialect. That include from top to bottom: mamazangiljan 'chief or headman', laraqus 'noble, chief's family or relatives, pualju 'professional gentry', and qaqetitan 'common people'.
No comments:
Post a Comment