Sunday, October 24, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 596: dedet // idedet

idedet a nia qinaljan a kemasi maza. 

Free translation
Our village is close from this place. [Our village is nearby.]

Word gloss
  1. i-dedet: in proximity or nearby. i 'LOC'; the root is de-det, du-dut, dung-dung 'close by; nearby'. 
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. nia: our, 1stP PL GEN
  4. qinaljan: village
  5. a: LIG
  6. k<em>asi: from, AV
  7. maza: this place or here
Voice file

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary idedet

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