Paiwan Every Day 564: bisbis // bisbisu

bisbisu azua vatu. 

Free translation: 

Get rid of that dog. [Drive away that dog.]

Word gloss: 

1. bisbis-u: drive away, IMP. The root is bisbis 'drive away, expel'; -u 'imperative ending marker, excluding the speaker'. 
2. a-zua: that
3. vatu: dog

Voice file:

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

Paiwan Every Day 563: bindjiu / pu'acangan / kaya / kakivaliyan

I have issues with today's vocabulary. Totally personal. But it turns out to be very interesting. 

A loanword from Japanese in Ferrell becomes a 'made' word in ILRDF and klokah. The example in klokah is euphemism. Paiwan elders are quite private about certain acticities such as bowl movements and will not directly refer to them but through euphemism. The effort to replace loanwords is obvious. I don't know about the source of kaya, nor have I ever heard of it. 

bindjiu: toilet, privy (Jap.) (Ferrell, p. 64). 

inika tjengelay aken a pecaqi tua i casaw a kakivaliyan. 

Free translation: 

I don't like to use the toilet outside for number 1. 

Word gloss: 

1. inika: not, no, NEG
2. tjengelay: like
3. aken: I, 1st person SIN NOM
4. a: LIG
5. pe-caqi: to defecate or go number 1. pe- 'to emerge, come into view'; the root is caqi 'poo, stool'. This sounds rude actually, too literal. Haha. No Paiwan elders will not say this way.
6. tua: OBL
7. i: in or at, LOC
8. casaw: outside
9. a: LIG
10. ka-ki-vali-(y)an: where to get wind, to pee or poo, toilet, euphemism. The root is vali 'wind'. 

Voice file: 

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary pu'acangan, and klokah kaya/kakivaliyan. 

Paiwan Every Day 562: bibi

bibi: duck, goose (Ferrell, p. 64). 

inika napaquzip tia vuvu tua bibi. 

Free translation: 

Grandpa and grandma did not raise ducks. 

Word gloss: 

1. inika: no, not, NEG
2. na-pa-quzip: to have raised. pa- 'to cause to be or occur'; the root is quzip 'to feed or raise'. 
3. tia: subject case marker for people, PL
4. vuvu: grandparent, grandparents
5. tua: OBL
6. bibi: duck or goose. The spelling is the same in Ferrell, ILRDF, and klokah. 

Voice file: 

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary bibi, and klokah bibi. 

Paiwan Every Day 561: bi / uma / ema / ba / rigi

cf. Paiwan Every Day 546: ba / rigi / uma / ema.

bi: horse (Min.) (Ferrell, p. 64). 

There are at least five words listed in different dictionaries for horse in Paiwan. What does this mean?

neka tja pacucunan a rigi i pasa maza tjanuitjen. 

Free translation: 

Horse  is not seen by us at our place. [We don't have horses in our place.]

Word gloss: 

1. neka: no, not, or there is no, NEG
2. tja: our, 1st person PL GEN, the subejct of the UV verb
3. pa-cu-cun-an: the thing that is seen, UV. pa- 'to cause to be or to occur'; the root is cun 'see' in RED; -an 'nominalization'. 
4. a: subject case marker
5. rigi: horse. Synonymous with uma/ema/ba and bi. 
6. i: in or at, LOC
7. pasa: towards the direction
8. maza: here or this way
9. tjanuitjen: with us or by us or at us

Voice file: 

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary rigi, and klokah. 

Paiwan Every Day 560: berung // benerung

kulavaw a nakemac sa benerung ta sikaw. 

Free translation:

A mouse bit the backpack and made a hole. 

Word gloss: 

1. kulavaw: mouse
2. a: LIG
3. na-k<em>ac: to have bitten, AV. The root is kac 'bite'. 
4. sa: and, then, CONJ
5. b<en>erung: to make a hole. The root is berung 'hole'. 
6. ta: OBL
7. sikaw: Paiwan style backpack, made of woven thread

Voice file: 

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

Paiwan Every Day 559: beriq // paberiq

beriq: make sound as of excreting when one has loose bowels; squeek; creak (as shoes) (Ferrell, p. 63)

nakuya paberiq itjen i tua kinateveteveljan nua caucau. 

Free translation: 

It is bad to fart in the crowds. 

Word gloss: 

1. na-kuya: it is bad or not good
2. pa-beriq: fart. In southern Paiwan, paqetjutj or qemetjutj is more common. 
3. itjen: we, 1st person PL NOM INCL
4. i: in or at, LOC
5. tua: OBL
6. kinateveteveljan: group or gathering. The root is tevelj- 'gather, meeting'. 
7. nua: of, GEN
8. caucau: people

Voice file: 

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

Paiwan Every Day 558: beraq // semanberaq

beraq: s/m/ane-beraq   make fun of (Ferrell, p. 63)

nakuya a semanberaq itjen tua nasemalimsim a caucau. 

Free translation: 

It is bad to look down on poor people.

Word gloss: 

1. na-kuya: bad. The root is kuya 'bad, ill'. 
2. a: subject case marker
3. s<em>an-beraq: to make fun of or to belittle or to look down upon, AV. san- 'to construct; work on'; -em- 'actor voice marker'; the root is beraq 'make fun of'.  
4. itjen: we, 1st person PL NOM INCL
5. tua: OBL
6. nasemalimsim: poor
7. a: LIG
8. caucau: people

Voice file: 

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

Paiwan Every Day 557: benges // mabenges

sarukuya aravac a mabenges. 

Free translation: 

Having a stuffy nose is quite uncomfortable. 

Word gloss: 

1. sa-ru-kuya: to be frequently bad or unwell. sa- 'have quality of'; ru- 'often or frequently''; the root is is kuya 'bad luck'. 
2. aravac: very, quite
3. a: subject case marker
4. ma-benges: to have a stuffy nose or nose congestion. ma- 'to be in the condition of''; the root is benges 'stuffy nose'. 

Voice file: 

From ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary mabenges. 

benges: (2) swelling in nose (Ferrell, p. 63).

Paiwan Every Day 556: beneq

paramur sabeneq imaza. 

Free translation: 

This place is too muddy. 

Word gloss: 

1. paramur: too, overly
2. sa-beneq: get muddy. sa- 'have quality of'; the root is beneq 'mud'. 
3. i-maza: here. i- 'LOC'; the root is maza 'here, this way'. 

Voice file: 

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

Paiwan Every Day 555: bau // benau // kibau

bau: ki-bau promise, contract to do (loanword from Minnan) (Ferrell, p. 63)

nisun aicu a bau, ljenguaqu a kipusengsengan.

benau ti kama ta qaqumain. 

kibau timadju ta sengsengan. 

Free translation:

This is your part, do the work well. 

Dad handles all the work at the farm. 

He gets the contract of the work. 

Word gloss:

1. ni-sun: of you or your, 2nd person SIN GEN
2. a-icu: this
3. a: LIG
4. bau: part or share of the work, loanword from Minnan
5. ljenguaq-u: do well, IMP
6. a: LIG
7. ki-pu-sengseng-an: to get work or work. ki 'to get'; pu- 'to have'; the root is sengseng 'make, manufacture'; -an 'nominalization'.
8. b<en>au: to take care of the work, AV. The root is is bau 'part or share of the work'. 
9. ti: subject case marker for people
10. kama: father
11. ta: OBL
12. qa-quma-in: the farm for cultivation
13. ki-bau: to get the share of work or to contract to do work
14. ti-madju: he or she, 3rd person SIN NOM

Voice file: 

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary bau, benau, kibau.