Friday, February 5, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 335: picul // mipicul

mipicul a sikataqaljan a kitulu tua sikipaisuan. 

In English: 
Fellow people are working hard to learn about making money. 

Glossary
  1. mi-picul: work hard or strive. The root is picul 'strength, power'. 
  2. a: subject case marker
  3. sikataqaljan: people of the same indigenous village
  4. a: ligature (LIG)
  5. ki-tulu: learn. The root is tulu 'learn, study'. 
  6. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  7. si-ki-paisu-an: the way to get obtain. The root is paisu 'money'. 
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