Saturday, October 3, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 210: djameq // nadjemameq

nadjemameq ti abao tua sacemel a drusa. 

In English: 
abao has got  two 'games'. 

Glossary:
  1. na-dj<em>ameq: have caught, actor voice (AV) with agentivity. na- perfective (PRF); the root djameq 'to catch, to arrest'
  2. ti: nominative case marker for people
  3. abao: female name, a Paiwan singer from Eastern Taiwan. abo is Chinese; the singer's name is aljenljen
  4. tua (ta): oblique case marker
  5. sacemel: game, prey
  6. a: ligature
  7. drusa: two 
Reading:


Big congrats to Paiwan Singer Abao for winning THREE tjelu awards at this year's 31st Golden Melody Award! Her album kinakaian 'The Mother Tongue' (2019) [kina 'mother' '- kai 'word, language'- an 'abstract state nominalization'], a fusion of Paiwan language with pop electric music, is really impressive!

The best album of the Year 2020!

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