Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 234: palisi // palisian

namasanliawliaw a palisian nua paiwan. 

In English:
Paiwan people have many rituals. 

Glossary: 
  1. na-masan-liaw-liaw: there are very many. na- 'stative'; masan used with numerals that indicate one, two, or  many;  the root is liaw 'many, a lot of', in reduplicatoin (RED)
  2. a: subject case marker (NOM)
  3. palisi-an: rituals, festivals. the root is palisi 'ritual, taboo'; -an 'abstract state nominalization'
  4. nua: of, genitive (GEN) case marker
  5. paiwan: Paiwan
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