Saturday, July 18, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 133: vavui, takec, venan, sizi

cinunan nuaya mavan a namalapanga tua vavui, takec, venan katua sizi. 

In English:
The so-called hunter refers to him who has caught wild boar, muntjac, sambar, and goat.

Glossary: 
  1. cinunan: hunter
  2. nuaya: so-called
  3. mavan: refer to, is
  4. a: ligature
  5. namalapanga: the root is "lap-" (take, replace). [na-ma-lap-anga] means to have caught, to have taken, actor voice. ma-lap is the present tense; na- and -anga makes the verb a past perfect. 
  6. tua (ta): case marker for the oblique or object
  7. vavui: wild boar, hog
  8. takec: muntjac
  9. venan: sambar, Formosan samba deer
  10. katua: and
  11. sizi: goat 
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