Paiwan Every Day 577: buru / umuqan / umuq

buru: qaburu 'swollen thyroid gland' (Ferrell, p. 66). 

Well, I remember when I was little, I used to have many puses or fester on my legs. They were called buru. 

inika sun a nakiqenetj tu pumuqanga a su kula?

Free translation: 

Did you not notice your leg is festering?

Word gloss: 

1. inika: not, NEG
2. sun: 2nd person SIN 
3. a: LIG
4. na-ki-qenetj: to have known or to have been aware of. The root is qenetj 'think of, remember, recall'. 
5. tu: complimentizer
6. p(u)-umuq-anga: to have puses or to fester. pu- 'to get or obtain'; the root is umuq 'pus, fester'; -anga 'COS'. Synonymous with umuqan, manpumuqan, or kemasitaladj. 
7. a: subject case marker
8. su: your, 2nd person SIN GEN
9. kula: leg

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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary umu'an, and klokah pumuq/manpumuqan/kemasitaladj.