Monday, October 11, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 583: dudu // madudu

madudu aken aravac tua su kinudan. 

Free translation
I am very mad at what you did. 

Word gloss
  1. ma-dudu: be mad or angry. ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is dudu 'anger, madness'. 
  2. aken: I, 1st person SIN NOM
  3. aravac: very, quite a lot
  4. tua: OBL
  5. su: your, 2nd person SIN GEN
  6. k<in>ud(a)-an: things done or deed, UV. The root is kuda 'what'. 
Voice file

From Raleigh Ferrell's Pawian Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary madudu

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