Thursday, October 14, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 586: dudu // demudu


demudu aravac a kulavaw. 

Free translation: 
Mouse is such a headache. (Mouse is really annoying or Mouse angers people a lot.)

Word gloss: 
  1. d<em>udu: to anger, to infuriate, AV. The root is dudu 'anger, madness'. 
  2. aravac: quite, a lot
  3. a: subject case marker
  4. kulavaw: mouse, synonymous with kiki. 
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary demudu. 

How to explain the difference between deminudu and demudu? 

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