Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 585: dudu // papududuan

a su siqaqivuan papududuan aravac tua zuma. 

Free translation
The way you speak really infuriates other people. 

Word gloss
  1. a: subject case marker
  2. su: your, 2nd person SIN GEN
  3. si-qa-qivu-an: the way you use to speak. si- 'IF'; the root is qivu 'say, speak'; -an 'nominalization'. 
  4. pa-pu-dudu-an: to make someone angry or infuriate. pa- 'to make happen'; pu- 'to get or obtain'; the root is dudu 'anger'. 
  5. aravac: quite, a lot, really
  6. tua: OBL
  7. zuma: others
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary papududuan

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