I did not find ararutu in the dictionaries. Since dogtooth violet belongs to the order of lily, I searched the word for lily. They are kavaluan or qungalj.
aicu a kavaluan sinipakialap tua maseqetjan nua vavayan.
Free translation:
This lily is used to represent the chastity of women.
Word gloss:
- a-icu: this
- a: LIG
- kavaluan: lily
- s<in>i-pa-ki-a-lap: to be taken for. The root is lap 'take, replace'.
- tua: OBL
- ma-seqetj-an: the state of being chaste or pure. ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is seqetj 'integrity, honest'; -an 'Nominalization'.
- nua: of, GEN
- vavayan: woman, female
Voice file:
From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary kavaluan.
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