Sunday, August 8, 2021

Paiwan Evey Day 519: -an

-an 'specific location in time or space; specific one, specific type' (Ferrell, p. 58)

kacunuqan tasauni a nia puljuangan ta zua qudjalj katua vali. 

Free translation
Our cowshed was swept away by landslide because of the rain and wind. 
 
Word gloss
  1. ka-cunuq-an: swept by landside. The root is cunuq 'landslide, cave in'. 
  2. tasauni: just now, a while ago
  3. a: subject case marker
  4. nia: our, 1st person plural GEN
  5. pu-ljuang-an: cow or cattle shed. pu- 'to have'; the root is ljuang 'cow, cattle'; -an 'specific location in time'. Synonym with gung, so puljuangan is also pugungan
  6. ta: OBL
  7. zua: that
  8. qudjalj: rain
  9. katua: and
  10. vali: wind
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary kacunuqan .

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