Sunday, January 10, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 309: veli // veneli

vaik aken a veneli ta puk, vurasi, vasa, vaqu katua vutjulj. 

In English: 
I am going to buy piegon pea, sweet potato, taro, millet and meat. 

Glossary:
  1. vaik: go to 
  2. aken: I, 1st person singular nominative (NOM)
  3. a: ligature (LIG)
  4. v<en>eli: buy, actor voice (AV). The root is veli 'buy, sell'. Another AV form is kiveli. In conversation, it is read more like venli rather than veneli, as the second /e/ does not get pronounced. 
  5. ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
  6. puk: piegon pea
  7. vurasi: sweet potato
  8. vasa: taro
  9. vaqu: millet
  10. kata or katua: and. This is also like a combination of the OBL ta or tua and ka. But I don't claim authority here. 
  11. vutjulj: meat
Reading


I think this is really just for languge practice. In reality, people don't buy piegon pea, sweet potato, taro or millet. These farm produces are shared most of the times without charge. Meat, however, is another story. 

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