Singer Abao recently started a new Paiwan language project with sinsi ljemingas kitulu ta pinaiwanan i kalevelevan (Learning Paiwan in the Air). Their production is in Chinese, and their films can be found on Youtube and Abao's fb page.
Episode 1 is about direction.
Glossary:
- vavaw: up, above
- teku: low, under
- viri or vililj: left (Paiwan Every Day 99: vililj)
- navalj: right (Paiwan Every Day 100: navalj)
- qayav: front (Paiwan Every Day 95: qayaw)
- likuz: back (Paiwan Every Day 96: likuz)
- veljevelj: banana
- qailjungan: eye glasses
- sikau: back pack
- tjalupun: hat
- ljinai or kausau or 'ausau: umbrella
- i: in or at (LOC)
- tjai: oblique (OBL) case marker which can mean 'besides'
Both Abao and sinsi ljemingas are from eastern Taiwan, thereby they speak a variety of Paiwan commonly understood as 'Eastern Paiwan', while I, studying with sinsi idis and kina naluku, speak Southern Paiwan.
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