Thursday, June 4, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 89: kacedas

i pasa kacedas a qinaljan nia kui.

In English:
kui's village is in the east.

Glossary:
  1. i: in or at
  2. pasa: to or towards
  3. kacedas: the root is "cedas" (sunrise). [ka-cedas] menas the east, where the sun comes up over the horizon. 
  4. qinaljan: village
  5. nia: case marker for possessive, plural; the village is not kuljelje's alone, so in Paiwan the plural possessive case marker is used, indicating the village of kui and his family and people. 
  6. kui: boy name
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