Paiwan Every Day 278: cuvung // maqacuvucuvung

titjen a paiwan izua a tja kakudan a seman maqacuvucuvung. 

In English: 

We Paiwan have our own rites of passage. 

Glossary: 

1. titjen: we inclusive (INCL)
2. a: ligature (LIG)
3. paiwan: Paiwan
4. izua: have or there is
5. a: subject case marker
6. tja: our, 1st person plural genitive (GEN)
7. ka-kuda-(a)n: culture or custom. The root is kuda 'rule, way of doing things'. 
8. a: ligature (LIG)
9. s<em>an: become or make
10. ma-qa-cuvu-cuvung: become adult. ma- 'to be in the condition without volition'; qa- or ka- 'stative gerundivization'; the root is cuvung 'enough' in reduplication (RED). 

** kakudan a seman maqacuvucuvung: the culture of making an adult, i.e. rites of passage or ceremony of coming of age. 

Reading: 

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary seman maqacuvucuvung.