Thursday, August 26, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 537: atu / sa

Ferrell had the this word loaned from Japanese as 'after, then, still': atu (p. 60). However, in both ILRDF and klokah, it's sa or sane, as Ferrell also had it on page 250 saka 'and then, and next'. Japanese loanwords fade away from common use too. 

kaiv amen sane pacun ta vitjuqan. 

Free translation:
We have dinner, then we watch stars. 

Word gloss
  1. kaiv: eat dinner
  2. amen: we, 1st person plural NOM
  3. sane: then, afterwards
  4. pa-cun: watch. The root is cun 'watch'. 
  5. ta: OBL
  6. vitjuqan: star or stars
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary sa, and klokah cemadasanga a qadaw 'The Sun is Out'. 

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