Friday, December 4, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 272: tjapaq, qecap

pilima a pasusangas ta keman. 
puljaten a keman na tjinaljek ata djamai i tjapaq. 
menuremur nu ma a kan.
pusaladj anan a semenaw ta tjapaq ata qecap. 

In English: 
Wash hands before eating. 
Finish the rice and vegetables in the bowl. 
Rinse mouth after eating. 
Also help with washing the bowls and chopsticks. 

Glossary:
  1. pi-lima: wash hands. The root is lima 'hand'. 
  2. a: ligature (LIG)
  3. pa-su-sangas: before. The root is sangas 'before, first'. 
  4. ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
  5. k<em>an: eat, actor voice (AV). The root is kan 'eat'. 
  6. puljat-en: finish off. The root is puljat 'all'. 
  7. na: genitive (GEN) case marker
  8. tjinaljek: cooked rice. A synonym is kinsa. 
  9. ata: and. kata or qata are also used by different variations. 
  10. i: in or at, locative (LOC)
  11. tjapaq: bowl. A synonym is kisi.
  12. m<en>ure-mur: gargle or rinse the mouth. The root is muremur, written as murumur in Ferrell. 
  13. nu: if or when
  14. ma-a-kan: to have eaten. 
  15. pu-saladj: help. The root is saladj 'partner, spouse'.
  16. anan: still, furthermore
  17. s<em>enaw: wash.  The root is senaw 'wash or clean'. 
  18. qecap: chopsticks
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