Sunday, October 11, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 218: kinacavacavan

nakuya a pacalivat ta masengseng, mangilu a tjakinacavacavan. 

In English:
Do not overwork, our body will get tied. 

Glossary: 
  1. na-kuya: do not, the root kuya 'bad, ill luck'. 
  2. a: ligature
  3. pa-calivat: exceed, overdo. pa- 'causative'; the root calivat 'exceed, go or pass over'. 
  4. ta (tua): oblique case marker
  5. ma-sengseng: business or work, the root sengseng 'work, make'. 
  6. ma-ngilu: to make sore or get tired, the root ngilu 'soreness, pain'.
  7.  a: nominative case marker
  8. tja-k<in>a-cavacavan: our body. tja- 1st person plural genitive bound, k<in>a-[root]cavacavan 'body'. 
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