Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 606: dimpung / undungku / lamug

dimpung 'flour'  Minnan loanword (Ferrell, p. 68)

tjasikamanguaq aravac a lamug. 

Free translation
Flour is very good for our body. 

Word gloss
  1. tja-si-ka-ma-nguaq: to be beneficial to us, UV. tja- 'our, 1st person PL GEN'; si- 'IF'; the root is nguaq 'good, well'. 
  2. aravac: very, quite, a lot
  3. a: subject case marker
  4. lamug: flour. Synonyms includ dimpung, loanword from Minnan, which is only seen in Ferrell, and undungku, loanword from Japanese. 
Voice file

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

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