Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 514: amin // puamin

puamin aken tua karakuda. 

Ferrell Translation
I finished work. I quite work. 

Word gloss:
  1. pu-amin: to finish, quit. pu- 'to have'; the root is amin 'finished; there is no more; there is no other than'. 
  2. aken: I, 1st person singular NOM
  3. tua: OBL
  4. karakuda: work, job
Voice file

Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), p. 57. 

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