Friday, October 8, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 580: bubung // benubung

butsaq: foam, lather, suds (Ferrell, p. 66)

kamayan a bubung i ta quvalj. 
benubung aravac a zaqu.

Free translation
There's still suds on the hair.  
Soap lathers quite easily. 

Word gloss
  1. kamayan: still, intact
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. i: in or at, LOC
  4. ta: OBL
  5. quvalj: hair
  6. b<en>ubung: to lather, to foam, AV. The root is bubung 'foam, lather', onomatopoeia. 
  7. aravac: quite, very much
  8. zaqu: soap. Synonymous with sabun, loanword from Minnan. 
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary bubung and benubung, klokah bubung and zaqu

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