Friday, October 2, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 209: qacang

namasanpazangal aravac a qacang i ta papucekecekelj. 

In English:
Pig is very important in the wedding. 

Glossary: 
  1. na-masan-pazangal: to be important. na- perfective; masan 'to become'; the root is pazangal 'important, significant, valuable'
  2. aravac: very, quite
  3. a: nominiative phrase marker for common specific noun
  4. qacang: pig, domestically raised
  5. i: in or at, locative preposition
  6. ta (tua): oblique case marker
  7. pa-pu-ceke-cekelj: wedding. pa- 'causative'; pu- 'owning, bearing'; the root is cekelj 'spouse' in reduplication (RED). ma-sudju-sudju (RED) also means wedding. 
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