Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 564: bisbis // bisbisu

bisbisu azua vatu. 

Free translation
Get rid of that dog. [Drive away that dog.]

Word gloss
  1. bisbis-u: drive away, IMP. The root is bisbis 'drive away, expel'; -u 'imperative ending marker, excluding the speaker'. 
  2. a-zua: that
  3. vatu: dog
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary bisbisu

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