Paiwan Every Day 545: maya

Ferrell has two definitions for maya in his 1982 Paiwan Dictionary, yet I only hear and use maya as the second definition. 

maya: be thus (Ferrell, p. 61). I think it is a combination of ma- 'be affected by or in the condition of' and aya 'thus'. 

• maya tucu: like this, as follows
• maya tuazua: like that, that is the way
• namaya: the same as
• ui, nu maya: alright then, if it is this way

maya: do not! (Ferrell, p. 61). This is a word of its own. 

• maya vaik: don't leave!
• inika pumaya: there is no restriction on it. 
• pumayan: I don't care; it doesn't matter
• mayanan: not yet! wait a bit!

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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982).