Friday, January 22, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 321: qudjalj // qemudjaljqudjalj

qemudjaqudjalj tucu i kavulungan.

In English:
It is raining now in kavulungan.

Glossary:
  1. q<em>udjalj-qudjalj: it is raining, actor voice (AV). The root is qudjalj ‘rain’ in reduplication (RED). 
  2. tucu: now
  3. i: in or at, locative (LOC)
  4. kavulungan: where the true elders are. ka- - an 'main or principal or prototypical of'; the root is vulung 'elder'. It refers to North Da Wu Mountain Ranges in Mandarin. Paiwan people consider kavulungan our sacred mountain. We believe kavulungan is where our ancestors came from and where the souls of our deaceased go. 
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