Paiwan Every Day 491: agu / quzip

agu

--- qu-agu 'to herd animals' (Ferrell, p. 53)

napenalisi tua paquzip ta gung ‘asicuaiyan. 

Free translation:

In the past herding cattles was considered a taboo. 

Word gloss: 

1. na-p<en>alisi: to have been forbidden or regarded as a taboo, AV. The root is palisi 'taboo'. 
2. tua: OBL
3. pa-quzip: herd or feed. pa- 'to cause to be'; the root is quzip 'herd, nurture' used for animal and human being. 
4. gung: cow, cattle, loanword from Minnan.
5. ‘a-si-cuai-yan or kasicuaiyan: from a long time ago. The root is cuai 'long'. 

Voice file: 

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and Pastor ljumeg's 'paquzip tua gung'. 

Nowadays quagu is replaced by words formed from the root quzip.