Friday, September 17, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 559: beriq // paberiq

beriq: make sound as of excreting when one has loose bowels; squeek; creak (as shoes) (Ferrell, p. 63)

nakuya paberiq itjen i tua kinateveteveljan nua caucau. 

Free translation
It is bad to fart in the crowds. 

Word gloss
  1. na-kuya: it is bad or not good
  2. pa-beriq: fart. In southern Paiwan, paqetjutj or qemetjutj is more common. 
  3. itjen: we, 1st person PL NOM INCL
  4. i: in or at, LOC
  5. tua: OBL
  6. kinateveteveljan: group or gathering. The root is tevelj- 'gather, meeting'. 
  7. nua: of, GEN
  8. caucau: people
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and  ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary paberiq

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