Paiwan Every Day 544: aya

This word is in Ferrell, ILRDF, and klokah. 

aya: thus, say thusly; it is said; they say (Ferrell, p. 61)

• aya-u: speak!
• id-u aya: he says, 'Come here!'
• aya itjen: we say or this is what we say
• aya aken: I say
• in-aya: said or that which was said. -in 'UV marker'.
• nia-in-aya: we said or that which we said. nia 'our, 1st person plural GEN'.
• aya-in-aken: (someone) told me or I was being told by someone
• aya-in-aken nimadju: he told me or I was being told by him. In Paiwan GEN takes the role of the agent of UV verb. 

parekiljivaljivaku a marekakakaka aya a kai ni kama. 

Free translation: 

Love each other, so is the word of Dad [so Dad says]. 

Word gloss: 

1. pare-ki-ljiva-ljivak-u: love one another or love each other, IMP. The root is kiljivak 'love' in RED. 
2. a: LIG
3. marekakakaka: each other
4. aya: so said
5. a: subject case marker
6. kai: word
7. ni: of, GEN
8. kama: father, elder

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