Paiwan Every Day 540: amin // puamin

cf. Paiwan Every Day 514: amin // puamin. 

napuamin ti giau tua paveli tua kakanen.

Free translation:

giau has finished the sale of food. [giau has closed the restaurant.]

Word gloss:

1. na-pu-amin: to have put something to an end or finished something. na- ‘NEG’; pu- ‘to obtain or get’; the root is amin ‘end, no more’.
2. ti: subject case marker for people
3. giau: male name
4. tua: OBL
5. pa-veli: sale or the act of selling. pa- ‘to make happen’; the root is veli ‘sale’.
6. tua: OBL
7. kakanen: food. The root is kan ‘eat’.

Voice file:

From ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary puamin.