Monday, June 14, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 464: gadu // gadugadu

i gadugadu a nia umaq. valivali nu kaljaculjuwan. 

Free translation:
Our house is on the hill. It is cool in summer. 

Word gloss
  1. i: in or at, LOC
  2. gadu-gadu: hill. The root is gadu 'mountain' in RED, used to indicate decrease in size. 
  3. a: subject case marker
  4. nia: our, 1st person pluralGEN
  5. umaq: house. uma' is also heard in sinvaudjan paiwan. 
  6. vali-vali: to have breeze or wind. The root is vali 'wind' in RED, used to indicate a continuous movement of wind of lesser strength or scale. 
  7. nu: if or when, CONJ
  8. kalja-culju-(w)an: summer. kalja...an 'time characterized by something'; the root is culju 'heat'. 
Voice file

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary gadugadu

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