Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 277: cuvung // qacuvung

qacuvunganga a su sinipavai tjauaken a paisu. 

In English
The money you gave me is already enough. 

Glossary
  1. qa-cuvung-anga: is already enough. qa- or ka- 'stative'; the root is cuvung 'complete, enough'; -anga 'change of state' (COS). Also read as kacuvung
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. su: your, 2nd person genitive (GEN), used as the subject or agent of a UV verb
  4. s<in>i-pa-vai: gave, undergoer voice (UV). si- 'to be instrument or cause of'; pa- 'to cause to be'; the root is vai 'give, send'. 
  5. tjauaken: to me, 1st person snigular oblique (OBL)
  6. a: ligature (LIG)
  7. paisu: money
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