Paiwan Every Day 499: aljis

navaik ti kama tatiyaw a kipucemel tua aljis. 

Free translation:

Dad went to get medicine for the teech [see the dentist] yesterday. 

Word gloss: 

1. na-vaik: went, AV. na- 'PRF'; the root is vaik 'go'. 
2. ti: subject case marker for people
3. kama: father
4. ta-tiyaw or ka-tiyaw: yesterday. ta- or ka- 'prefix which indicates past time'. 
5. a: LIG
6. ki-pu-cemel: to get medicine or to see a doctor. ki- 'to get or obtain'; pu- 'to have'; the root is cemel 'grass, herbal medicine'. 
7. tua: OBL
8. aljis: teeth

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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary aljis.