Thursday, May 27, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 446: sekez // sekezu

sekezu, maluljai sun. 

Free translation
Pause and stop; you look tired. 

Word gloss
  1. sekez-u: rest or pause, IMP. The root is sekez 'rest'; -u 'request for the listener, imperative'. 
  2. ma-luljai: tired, AV. ma- 'be in the condition of without volition'; the root is luljai 'tired, exhausting'. 
  3. sun: you, 2nd person singular NOM. Linguistics suggest it should be a bound form. Now I write it separately for clarity's sake. 
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From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary sekezu

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