Thursday, November 5, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 243: sinicipilj

aicu mavan a tja sinicipilj tjai vuvu. 

In English:
This is what we prepare for Grandma's passing. 

Glossary: 
  1. a-icu: this. a 'subject case marker'; the root is icu 'this'. 
  2. mavan: is
  3. a: ligature (LIG)
  4. tja: we, bound but I keep it separated from the verb
  5. s<in>icipilj: prepare gifts (usually clothes, cotton blankets, covers) for the deceased. -in- is an infix for an undergoer voice (UV). 
  6. tjai: oblique (OBL) case marker
  7. vuvu: grandma or grandpa
Reading: 

From the class of sinsi idis. 

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