Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 291: leva // papulevan

maljimalji a su papulevan tua tja kinacemekeljan. 

In English: 
Thank you for brining honor to our family. 

Glossary
  1. malji-malji: thank or be grateful about. The root is malji 'different, grateful', in reduplication (RED). 
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. su: your, 2nd person singular genitive (GEN)
  4. pa-pu-leva-(a)n: to give glory to or to honor. pa- 'to cause to be'; pu- 'to have, produce, acquire'; the root is leva 'joy, honor, reward'; -an 'undergoer voice (UV) case marker'. 
  5. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  6. tja: our, 1st person plural genitive (GEN) inclusive (INCL). Therefore, this is said to a family member whose good deeds or successes give glory to the family. 
  7. k<in>a-c<em>ekelj-an: family. The root is cekelj 'spouse, family, relative'.   
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