Thursday, October 29, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 236: rukurukung

nu vaik itjen ta gadu, kacui ta rukurukung a ikasiw. 

In English: 
When we go to the mountains, bring the sickle to chop down trees. 

Glossary: 
  1. nu: if or when
  2. vaik: go
  3. itjen: we inclusive (INCL)
  4. ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
  5. gadu: mountain, hill
  6. kacui: bring, imperative
  7. ruku-rukung: sickle or reaping-hook. In Paiwan of other villages, rukurukung means curving; a sickle becomes a rukurukung a tjakit
  8. a: ligature (LIG)
  9. i-kasiw: chop trees
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From conversation with kina naluku (sepungudan village).

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