Thursday, March 25, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 383: cepu // cemepu

salialim ti vuvu ta cemepu tua sekam. 

In English: 
Grandma is busy weaving straw mat. 

Glossary
  1. sa-lia-lim: is busy. The root is salim 'busy' in reduplication (RED). maqutjaqutjav is the synonym from Northern Paiwan. 
  2. ti: subject case marker for specific person
  3. vuvu: grandma, grandpa, elder in the village
  4. ta or tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  5. c<em>epu: weave, actor voice (AV). 
  6. sekam: straw mat
Reading

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary cemepu

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