Friday, October 30, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 237: qadav // kinaqadavan

namakuda a kinaqadavan tucu a qadaw?

In English: 
How's the weather today?

Glossary:
  1. na-ma-kuda: how is or how has been. na- 'perfective' (PERF); ma- 'stative'; the root is kuda 'how'. 
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. k<in>a-qadav-an: weather. The root is qadaw or qadav 'day', depending on the variety of Paiwan. 
  4. tucu: this
  5. a: ligature (LIG)
  6. qadaw: sun or day
  7. tucu a qadaw or tucu a vuaq: today
Reading:


From the class of sinsi idis. In Paiwan Every Day 196, kinaqadavan or 'inakadavan means days. 

kina naluku didn't remember this word; for her, qadaw can also mean weather. In the village of sepungudan or the township of sinvaudjan generally speaking, 'How's the weather today' is namakuda a qadaw tasauni?

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