Paiwan Every Day 555: bau // benau // kibau

bau: ki-bau promise, contract to do (loanword from Minnan) (Ferrell, p. 63)

nisun aicu a bau, ljenguaqu a kipusengsengan.

benau ti kama ta qaqumain. 

kibau timadju ta sengsengan. 

Free translation:

This is your part, do the work well. 

Dad handles all the work at the farm. 

He gets the contract of the work. 

Word gloss:

1. ni-sun: of you or your, 2nd person SIN GEN
2. a-icu: this
3. a: LIG
4. bau: part or share of the work, loanword from Minnan
5. ljenguaq-u: do well, IMP
6. a: LIG
7. ki-pu-sengseng-an: to get work or work. ki 'to get'; pu- 'to have'; the root is sengseng 'make, manufacture'; -an 'nominalization'.
8. b<en>au: to take care of the work, AV. The root is is bau 'part or share of the work'. 
9. ti: subject case marker for people
10. kama: father
11. ta: OBL
12. qa-quma-in: the farm for cultivation
13. ki-bau: to get the share of work or to contract to do work
14. ti-madju: he or she, 3rd person SIN NOM

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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary bau, benau, kibau.