tisun a nakemesa tua tja kenamain?
In English:
Glossary:
- ti-sun: you, 2nd person singular nominative (NOM). ti- 'subject case marker for specific person'; the root is sun 'you, 2nd person singular'.
- a: ligature (LIG)
- na-k<em>esa: cooked, actor voice (AV). The root is kesa 'cook'.
- tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
- tja: our, 1st person plural genitive (GEN), usually bound, but seems also to serve as a general demonstrative.
- kenamain*: breakfast. I don't know how to break the word until the root kan. How?
Reading:
CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary kenamain.
*I had a conversation with kivi, a native of sinvaudjan and a Paiwan language teacher, about kenamain. I suggested, without much evidence, that this word may derive from a three-fold conjugation: k<en>a(n->m)-in. -en- and -in are two undergoer voice (UV) case markers and n becomes m for easier pronunciation. I now feel my guess may be too far-fetched because I cannot find an example where the root kan is used as UV.
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