Paiwan Every Day 534: asak // masak

There are many words in Ferrell's dictionary that do not get collected in ILRDF nor klokah dictionaries. I will make a list and pursue why. 

arits: diaphragm; membrane (Ferrell, p. 59) Not found in other dictionaries. 

asak / vasak (Ferrell, p. 59 and p. 340)

• vasak: to clear the way
• masak: to cut a path or to clear land
• pavasak: to clear the way for 

nu semuap a masalut avan a masak ta palisian na paiwan. 

Free translation: 

Sweeping the floor to clear the way after a harvest ritual represents is a Paiwan custom. 

Word gloss: 

1. nu: if or when
2. s<em>uap: sweep the floor, AV. The root is suap 'sweep the floor'. 
3. a: after? I am actually not sure. 
4. masalut: harvest festival
5. avan: is
6. a: subject case marker
7. ma-(a)sak: clear the way
8. ta: OBL
9. palisian: ritual, taboo
10. na: of, GEN
11. paiwan: Paiwan

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