Thursday, November 19, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 257: calisi // kinacalisianan

nu kaljapalisian, mitung itjen ta kinacalisianan a taqaljaqaljan. 

In English: 
When it's a festival, we the village people wear traditional clothes. 

Glossary
  1. nu: if or when
  2. kalja-palisi-an: festival or ceremony or ritual. kalja...an 'characterized by time or place'; the root is palisi 'taboo, worship. 
  3. mi-(i)tung: wear. mi- 'agent marker for a verb'; the root is itung 'clothes'. 
  4. ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
  5. k<in>a-calisi-an-an: indigenous way or clothes. ka...-an 'genuine, prototypical something'; the root is calisi 'hill'. 
  6. a: ligature (LIG)
  7. taqaljaqaljan: village people
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