Friday, July 30, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 510: ama / kama

djuljam a ku kama. 

Free translation:
My father is a brilliant hunter who always catches game. 

Word gloss:
  1. djuljam: a hunter who always catches game. cinunan is the common word for a hunter. When it comes to someone who never misses game, who always brings a wild boar or muntjac home every time he goes hunting, the Paiwan word to use is djuljam
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. ku: my, 1st person singular GEN
  4. kama or ama: father, or male elder
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary kama

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