Paiwan Every Day 579: busi / tjalupung

kivi: nima aicu a tjalupung?

kuliu: nia'en aicu a tjalupung. 

Free translation: 

kivi: Whose hat is this?

kuliu: This hat is mine. 

Word gloss: 

1. ni-ma: whose
2. aicu: this
3. a: subect case marker
4. tjalupung: hat. Ferrell has busi, loanword from Japanese (p. 66)
5. ni-a'en: my. ni- 'of'; the root is a'en or aken 'I'. 

Voice file: 

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and klokah. 

I like the voice! Kind of sexy and cute. When in fact, I just woke up and was still sleepy. Haha.