Thursday, September 23, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 565: buang / berung


buang: hole (cf. berung) (Ferrell, p. 65)

izua berung nua ku kacakac. 

Free translation
There is a hole in my pants. 

Word gloss
  1. izua: there is
  2. berung: hole, synonymous with buang
  3. nua: of, GEN
  4. ku: my, 1st person SIN GEN
  5. kacakac: pants, synonymous with kasui
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary buang, and klokah kacakac

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