Paiwan Every Day 525: angac / pangac

angats (angac): bee/wasp (Ferrell, p. 58)

pangats (pangac): bee, wasp, generic for all except honeybees (Ferrell, p. 59)

saqetju a caljedjen na pangac. 

Free translation:

Bee sting hurts!

Word gloss:

1. saqetju: hurt
2. a: subject case marker
3. caljedj-en: be stung, UV. The root is caljedj 'sting, the sting of a bee'. 
4. na: of, GEN
5. pangac: bee, wasp. There are several Paiwan words for different kinds of bees. More interestingly, the same word may mean different things depending on when and where the word was collected from. 
• pangac: bee/wasp (generic) in Ferrell, hornet (in genus Vespa) in ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary. 
• tjidriyulj: hornet (in genus Vespa) in klokah Paiwan Glossary
• lucluc: wasp
• tjainan: honeybee in klokah Paiwan Glossary and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary pualju a tjainan. 
• karuvenan: Scollid wasp in klokah Paiwan Glossary

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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary pangac, and klokah Paiwan Glossary.