Paiwan Every Day 554: baras / barasu

baras: ballast, small stones used in making cement, etc. (Jap. - Eng.) (Ferrell, p. 63)

tjasisanumaq a barasu katua simintu. 

Free translation: 

We build houses with ballast and cement. 

Word gloss: 

1. tja-si-san-umaq: used by us to make house, UV. tja- 'our, 1st person PL GEN'; si- 'IF'; san- 'to make or manufacture'; the root is umaq 'house'. 
2. a: subject case marker
3. barasu: ballast, loanword from Japanese, from English. 
4. katua: and. Synonymous with kata. 
5. simintu: cement, loanword from Japanese, from English. 

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