Paiwan Every Day 574: natuk // minatuk

nu minatuk, makesa a tja kinsa. 

Free translation: 

When it comes to boil, our rice is cooked. 

Word gloss: 

1. nu: if or when
2. mi-natuk: come to boil. mi- 'agent marker for certain verbs'; the root is natuk 'boil'. In Ferrell, to come to boil is burbur (p. 66). 
3. ma-kesa: to be cooked. ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is kesa 'cook rice'. 
4. a: subject case marker
5. tja: our, 1st person PL GEN
6. k<in>(e)sa: cooked food or the thing that is cooked, UV. The root is kesa. 

Voice file:

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

Paiwan Every Day 573: buqbuq // sebuqbuq

ayatua iniyanan kamacaqu ti lanpaw a ljemangui, kaljemanui timadju, sebuqbuq. 

Free translation: 

Because lanpaw has not yet learned swimming, as he swam, he got drowned. 

Word gloss: 

1. ayatua: because
2. iniyanan: not yet
3. kamacaqu: learned
4. ti: subject case marker for person
5. lanpaw: male name
6. a: LIG
7. lj<em>angui: swim, AV. The root is ljangui. 
8. kaljemanui: as he got into the water or swam
9. timadju: he or she, 3rd person SIN NOM
10. se-buqbuq: become drowned. The root is buqbuq 'drown, sink in the water', onomatopoeia. 

Voice file: 

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

Paiwan Every Day 572: bungu / djipungu / djirawub / kaljivungu

makakananga a bungu ta tja qinuman. 

Free translation: 

Grasshoppers are devouring our farm produce. 

Word gloss: 

1. maka-kan-anga: to eat up or devour already, AV.  ma- 'to be in the condition of'; ka- 'inchoative verb'; the root is kan 'eat'; -anga 'change of state'. 
2. a: subject case marker
3. bungu: cricket, grasshopper, locust. Synonymous with kaljivungu, djipungu, djirawub. 
4. ta: OBL
5. tja: our, 1st person PL GEN, clitic but I write it separately. 
6. q<in>um(a)-an: things that grow in the farm, UV. The root is quma 'farm, field'; -an 'nominalization'.

Voice file: 

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary kaljivungu, and klokah bungu / djipungu / djirawub. 

Paiwan Every Day 571: bungbung

cf. Paiwan Every Day 541 bakits / bakic / bakicu

talavan ta zaljum a bungbung. 

Free translation:

Get water with the bucket. [Literally a UV structure: The bucket is a place filled with water.]

Word gloss: 

1. talav-an: the status of being filled or caught with water. The root is talav 'get water'; -an 'nominalization, specific with location'. 
2. ta: OBL
3. zaljum: water
4. a: subject case marker
5. bungbung: bucket

Voice file: 

From ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary bungbung. 

Oh, the wonder of UV structure. Tell me why Paiwan uses so much of this structure. Does it happen with all Austronesian languages? Does a preference for UV structure tell something pf the Paiwan culture?

Paiwan Every Day 570: bunung / vurasi

kasicuayan a tjakakesain a paiwan naliyaw aravac. 

izua vasa, vurasi, kalaluma, djulis, veljevelj kata padai. 

Free translation: 

Since a long ago in the past, we Paiwan had a lot of food grains. 

There were potato, sweet potato, oat, banana and rice. 

Word gloss: 

1. kasi-cuai-(y)an: since a long time ago. The root is cuai 'long ago, far in the past'. 
2. a: subject case marker
3. tja-ka-kesa-in: the thing cooked by us, UV. The root is kesa 'root'. 
4. a: LIG
5. paiwan: Paiwan
6. na-liyaw: to have been a lot or many. The root is liyaw 'many'. 
7. aravac: quite, very
8. izua: there is, existing
9. vasa: potato
10. vurasi: sweet potato. Ferrell has bunung as 'sweet potato'(p. 65), though bunung nowadays refers to another indigenous people Bunun. 
11. kalaluma: oats. In ILRDF, kalalumai means 'sorghum'. I believe this needs further research. 
12. djulis: red quinoa, a native speices of Taiwan or Chenopodium formosanum
13. veljevelj: banana
14. kata: and, with
15. padai: rice

Voice file: 

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary vurasi, and klokah milimilingan na lami 'Story of Food'. 

Paiwan Every Day 569: bulay

sinsi: bulabulaymun? tucu a qadaw, uri kacuinmun nua sinsi a sema qinaljan a kivala tua ramaljemaljeng. 

situ: bulay yu. uri qivu amen tua kai a pinaiwanan kata ramljemaljeng. 

Free translation: 

Teacher: How you are? Today, I will take you to the village to visit elders. 

Students: That's great. We want to speak Paiwan language with the elders. 

Word gloss: 

1. sinsi: teacher, loanword from Japanese. 
2. bula-bulay-mun: good or well. you; how are you, greeting The root is bulay 'good, pretty'in RED; -mun '2nd person PL, post-clitic'. 
3. tucu a qadaw: today
4. uri: will, be going to
5. kacu-in-mun: take you, UV. The root is kacu 'take, bring'. 
6. nua: of, GEN
7. a: LIG
8. s<em>a: go to, AV.
9. qinaljan: village
10. kivala: play
11. tua: OBL
12. ra-malje-maljeng: elders. The root is ramaljeng 'elder' in RED
13. qivu: speak, say
14. kai: word, language
15. p<in>aiwan-an: Paiwan language
16. kata or katua: with, and 

Voice file:

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and klokah Paiwan Dialogue. 

Paiwan Every Day 568: bukiu

a pairang tjatjuruvu a bukiu. 

Free translation: 

More Chinese people are buddhists. 

Word gloss: 

1. a: subject case marker
2. pairang: Han Chinese
3. tja-tjuruvu: many more. tja- 'more, comparative'; the root is tjuruvu 'many'. 
4. a: LIG
5. bukiu: Buddhism, buddhist

Voice file: 

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

Paiwan Every Day 567: sapuljuan

a sapuljuan nua cinunan a caucau 

mavan a kasizuanan nua garang katua picul niamadju. 

Free translation: 

Solitute for hunters is the source of their spiritual power and strength.

Word gloss: 

1. a: subject case marker
2. sapuljuan: solitude, loneliness, aloneness
3. nua: of, GEN
4. cinunan a caucau: people who are hunters or hunters. cinunan 'hunter'; a 'LIG; caucau 'people'. 
5. mavan: is
6. a: subject case marker
7. kasizuan-an: source. kasizuan 'to come from...'; -an 'specific location'. 
8. garang: spirtual power
9. katua: and
10. picul: strength
11. nia-madju: their, 3rd person PL GEN

Voice file: 

From klokah vavui, lava, sakinu. 

Paiwan Every Day 566: buabuay / hana / vuciyar / veljangaw / paquljis

buabuay: flower (Ferrell, p. 65)

liaw aravac a vuciyar i pasaqayaw tjayamadju. 

Free translation: 

There are many flowers in front of their house. 

Word gloss: 

1. liaw: many
2. aravac: quite, very much
3. a: subject case marker
4. vuciyar: flower, synonymous with hana (loanword from Japanese), veljangaw, paquljis, and buabuay in Ferrell, which is probably lost to use now. 
5. i: in or at, LOC
6. pasa-qayaw: in front of, synonymous with kacasavan. 
7. tjayamadju: to them, towards them, of them

Voice file: 

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary kacasavan, and klokah vuciyar/veljangaw/paquljis. 

Paiwan Every Day 565: buang / berung

cf. Paiwan Every Day 560 berung // benerung. 

buang: hole (cf. berung) (Ferrell, p. 65)

izua berung nua ku kacakac. 

Free translation: 

There is a hole in my pants. 

Word gloss: 

1. izua: there is
2. berung: hole, synonymous with buang. 
3. nua: of, GEN
4. ku: my, 1st person SIN GEN
5. kacakac: pants, synonymous with kasui. 

Voice file: 

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