Paiwan Every Day 275: veric // verican

titjen a caucau kemeljang itjen tu neka nu tja verican ta caucau. 

In English: 

We human beings we know what we should not abandon people. 

Glossary: 

1. titjen / itjen: we inclusive (INCL)
2. a: ligature (LIG)
3. caucau: people, human being
4. k<em>eljang: know, actor voice (AV). The root is keljang 'knowledge, know, understand'.
5. tu: complementizer (COMP). Perhaps nu too. 
6. tja: our, genitive (GEN) case marker to be used as the subject of the UV verb
7. veric-an: abandon or give up, undergoer voice (UV). The root is veric 'abandon, throw away'. 
8. ta: oblique (OBL) case marker

Reading: 

From the class with sinsi idis. 

She was referring to a value of most importance to Paiwan. No matter how hard life gets, taking care of the people is the responsibility of the chief. He or she cannot abandon their people. Those who neglect or forsake such duty is most shameful.