Saturday, September 25, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 567: sapuljuan

a sapuljuan nua cinunan a caucau 
mavan a kasizuanan nua garang katua picul niamadju. 

Free translation
Solitute for hunters is the source of their spiritual power and strength.

Word gloss
  1. a: subject case marker
  2. sapuljuan: solitude, loneliness, aloneness
  3. nua: of, GEN
  4. cinunan a caucau: people who are hunters or hunters. cinunan 'hunter'; a 'LIG; caucau 'people'. 
  5. mavan: is
  6. a: subject case marker
  7. kasizuan-an: source. kasizuan 'to come from...'; -an 'specific location'. 
  8. garang: spirtual power
  9. katua: and
  10. picul: strength
  11. nia-madju: their, 3rd person PL GEN
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From klokah vavui, lava, sakinu

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