Paiwan Every Day 547: bakits / bakic / bakicu

nu qemudjalj, patalav itjen tua bakicu a pililjililjing. 

Free translation: 

When it's raining, we put a bucket to catch water falling from the eaves. 

Word gloss: 

1. nu: if or when
2. q<em>udjalj: rain, AV
3. pa-talav: catch water. The root is talav 'catch water'. 
4. itjen: we, 1st person PL NOM, clitic
5. tua: OBL
6. bakicu: bakits or bakic, water bucket, loanword from Japanese
7. a: LIG
8. pi-lilji-liljing: put under the eaves. pi- 'put in/on; do something'; the root is liljing 'tree shade, sunset glow'. I think eaves is an extended meaning. 

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