Monday, April 5, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 394: djeli // penapedjeli

a su sikaivuan penapedjeli aravac. 

In English
The way you said it is very funny. 

Glossary
  1. a: subject case marker
  2. su: your, 2nd person singular genitive (GEN)
  3. si-(i)kai-vuan: to be used in saying or the way something is said. si- 'to be instrument for'; the root is ikai 'say, speak'.
  4. p<en>a-pe-djeli: to make people laugh or be funny, actor voice (AV). pa- 'to cause to be'; pe- 'to emerge or come into view'; the root is djeli 'laugh'. 
  5. aravac: quite, very much
Reading

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary penapedjeli

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