Monday, August 2, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 513: ami / amiami / arai

puarai ti kama i pana a kiciqaw. 

Free translation:
Father is casting a net in the rivier to catch fish. 

Word gloss
  1.  pu-arai: to cast a fishing net. pu- 'to have'; the root is arai 'casting net'. It is also ami  'fishing net' (loanword from Japanese あみ) or amiami
  2. ti: subject case marker for specific person
  3. kama: father, elder
  4. i: in or at, LOC
  5. pana: river
  6. a: LIG
  7. ki-ciqaw: to catch fish. ki- 'to get or obtain'; the root is ciqaw 'fish'. 
Voice file

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary puarai

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