Paiwan Every Day 536: asik // masik

sarukuya masik i puvasan nu qemudjaqudjalj. 

Free translation:

It's hard work to weed in the potato farm on a rainy day. 

Word gloss:

1. sa-ru-kuya: uncomfortable, bad. The root is kuya 'bad, ill'. 
2. ma-(a)sik: remove weeds or weed. The root is asik 'remove weed'. 
3. i: in or at, LOC
4. pu-vasa-(a)n: potato farm or garden. pu- 'have'; the root is vasa 'potato'; -an 'location'. 
5. nu: if or when
6. q<em>udja-qudjalj: it is raining, AV. The root is qudjalj 'rain'in RED. 

Voice file: 

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

Ｔhe word is used in a chant vusam in a UV form: meqacanga a vaqu, asikan ni kina 'Millet has grown, weeds are removed by Mom'.