Paiwan Every Day 549: banana / veljevelj

namasanpazangal a qinuman a veljevelj i tjanuitjen a paiwan. 

Free translation: 

Banana is an important crop for us Paiwan people. 

Word gloss: 

1. na-masan-pa-zangal: to have become important. The root is zangal 'value, significance'. 
2. a: subject case marker
3. q<in>um(a)-an: the thing grown in the field or crop, UV. The root is quma 'field, farm'. 
4. a: LIG
5. veljevelj: banana. Ferrell has the loanword from Japanese, from English: banana (p. 62). 
6. i: in or at, LOC
7. tjanuitjen: with us, at us, for us, OBL
8. a: LIG
9. paiwan: Paiwan

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