tjaljaduduan aken tua venca.
Free translation:
I am most mad about lying.
Word gloss:
- tjalja-dudu-an: the most anger. tjalja- 'superlative'; the root is dudu 'anger, mad, piss off'; -an 'NMZ'.
- aken: I, 1st person SIN NOM
- tua: by or about
- v(e)<en>ca: to lie, AV. The root is veca 'dishonest, lie'.
Voice file:
From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary tjaljaduduan.
Usually, -an is understood as case marker for nominalization; it turns a root into a noun. Ferrell defines it as 'specific location in time/space; specific one/type; referent focus' (Ferrell, 1982, p. 17), giving the following examples:
- kan-an: (1) eat (referent focus); (2) place where eating occurs or dining room or diner or restaurant.
- pa-gung-an: barn, a place where cows are kept (gung 'bovine').
Therefore, one will expect it comes after a genitive like ku 'my', su 'your SIN', nia 'our', nu 'your PL' or before and after a genitive like niaken or nia'en 'my'; nisun 'your SIN'; niamen 'our'; nimun 'your PL'; nimadju 'his or her' and niamadju 'their', depending on the syntax.
- after GEN: ku kaka tjaljavilivililjan 'my youngest brother'; su ngadan 'your name'; nia kinacemekeljan 'our family'; nu qinaljan 'your village'.
- before ni- GEN: ligu nisun 'your glory'; kalapkapan nimadju 'her thenar'; sudjusudjuan niamadju their crushes'.
- after ni- GEN: niaken azua a kisi. 'That is my bowl'.
Nevertheless, in this case, the -an noun tjaljaduduan 'the highest level of anger' precedes the nominative form of 'I' aken. It almost indicates the -an word can also be an adjective in addition to the commonly understood noun. Is that so?
Another thing to note is compared with -an 'referent focus', another ending case marker -en (or -in following a verb) is object focus, referring to the object/goal of action.
- kan-an: where eating occurs, the place for kan, like today's kakanan.
- kan-en: what is being eaten, food, like today's kakanen.
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