Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 199: picul

maljimalji ta su papupicul tjanuamen. 

In English: 
Appreciate your encouragement for us. 

Glossary: 
  1. malji-malji: thank you or appreciation, the root malji 'different, grateful'. 
  2. ta (tua): oblique case marker
  3. su: your, 2nd person genitive
  4. pa-pu-picul: encouragement. 
    • pa- 'causative; to consider (someone or something) to be'; 
    • pu- 'bearning, owning (something)' 
    • the root picul 'strength, effort, encourage'
  5. tjanuamen: us, 1st person plural personal pronoun, oblique 
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