Paiwan Every Day 542: avan

avan: (1) exactly,  just so, (2) juvenile feminine name from adult form savan  (Ferrell, p. 60)

avancu. 

avan a timadju. 

avan a vatu. 

avan a pacun. 

Ferrell translation:

(It is) precisely this one. 

It must be he. 

It must have been a dog. 

Surely he [or she] will be able to see. 

Word gloss: 

1. avan: exactly so
2. a: LIG
3. ti-madju: he or she, 3rd person SIN NOM
4. vatu: dog
5. pa-cun: to make to see. pa- 'to cause to be or occur'; the root is cun 'see'. 

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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982).