djuljam a ku kama.
Free translation:
My father is a brilliant hunter who always catches game.
Word gloss:
- djuljam: a hunter who always catches game. cinunan is the common word for a hunter. When it comes to someone who never misses game, who always brings a wild boar or muntjac home every time he goes hunting, the Paiwan word to use is djuljam.
- a: subject case marker
- ku: my, 1st person singular GEN
- kama or ama: father, or male elder
Voice file:
From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary kama.
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