Paiwan Every Day 548: banal // mabanal

mabanal ti kama. 

palemek a uri mabanal aken nu tjaivililj. 

Free translation: 

Dad is bald. 

Maybe I will become bald later. 

Word gloss: 

1. ma-banal: be bald. ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is banal 'bald'. 
2. ti: subject case marker for people
3. kama: father, elder
4. palemek: maybe
5. a: LIG
6. uri: going to 
7. aken: I, 1st person SIN NOM clitic
8. nu: if or when
9. tjaivililj: in the future or later. The root is vililj 'next'. 

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