Saturday, August 21, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 532: kavaluan / qungalj

ararutu: dogtooth violet (edible tuber) (Ferrell, p. 59) 

I did not find ararutu in the dictionaries. Since dogtooth violet belongs to the order of lily, I searched the word for lily. They are kavaluan or qungalj

aicu a kavaluan sinipakialap tua maseqetjan nua vavayan. 

Free translation:
This lily is used to represent the chastity of women. 

Word gloss
  1. a-icu: this
  2. a: LIG
  3. kavaluan: lily
  4. s<in>i-pa-ki-a-lap: to be taken for. The root is lap 'take, replace'. 
  5. tua: OBL
  6. ma-seqetj-an: the state of being chaste or pure. ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is seqetj 'integrity, honest'; -an 'Nominalization'. 
  7. nua: of, GEN
  8. vavayan: woman, female
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary kavaluan

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