Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 80: kaljakaliman

nu kaljakaliman, iputjatjeketjekan a qudjalj. 

In English:
If it's rainy season, it rains non-stop.

Glossary: 
  1. nu: if
  2. kaljakaliman: the root is "kaliman" (rainy or moonsoon season). kalja means truthful or sincere;[kalja-kaliman] means the rainy season, like kaljaculjuan means summer, the time when it is real hot or kaljaljeqelan means winter, the time when it's really cold. 
  3. iputjatjeketjekan: the root is "tjeketjek-" (a switch, everlasting). [ipu-tja-tjeketjek-an] means non-stop. I honestly don't know how to explain the word's structure. But in Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), tjektjek means ends of stick; [tj-em-ektjek] means to go to both ends of a road. How do I explain this difference? 
  4. a: case marker, nominative
  5. qudjalj: rain
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