Monday, December 28, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 296: kuini (kuè-nî )

a kuini mavan natjaljakiljaljavan na paiwan i lizuk. 

In English: 
Chinese New Year is what Paiwan living in the city look most forward to. 

Glossary
  1. a: subject case marker
  2. kuini: Chinese New Year, loanword from Minnan kuè-nî 過年. 
  3. mavan: is
  4. na-tjalja-ki-lja-ljava-(a)n: look forward to or expect the most. na- 'perfective' (PRF); tjalja 'superlative, bound form', though mostly written as free for easy comprehension; the root is kiljava 'look forward' in reduplication (RED); -an 'undergoer voice (UV) case marker', with the second a assimilated into the first a and removed. 
  5. na: of, genitive (GEN) case marker, here used as subject case marker of the UV voice verb
  6. paiwan: Paiwan
  7. i: in or at, locative (LOC)
  8. lizuk: plain, city, or urban area
Reading

From tjumaq a kuini on klokah.org. 

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