Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 388: quma // semanquma

ari tja pusaladj tjai tja vuvu a semanquma. 

In English
Come let's help Grandpa with farm work. 

Glossary
  1. ari: let's go
  2. tja: we
  3. pu-saladj: help. pu- 'to have'; the root is saladj 'company, spouse'. 
  4. tjai: oblique (OBL) case marker, used for people
  5. vuvu: grandfather or grandmother
  6. a: ligature (LIG)
  7. s<em>an-quma: to make field or farm, actor voice (AV). The root is quma 'field, farm'. q<em>uma is a synonym. See Paiwan Every Day 390
Reading

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary semanquma

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