Paiwan Every Day 602: det // mapadetanga

mapadetanga aravac a tja masalut. 

Free translation: 

Harvest festival is just around the corner. 

Word gloss: 

1. ma-pa-det-anga: to be made very close already, or just around the corner. The root is det 'proximity, close'; -anga 'change of state'. 
2. aravac: very, quite, too
3. a: subject case marker
4. tja: our, 1st person PL GEN. tja 'our' is used a lot in Paiwan language to indicate a sense of community without the need of translating the genitive form. 
5. masalut: harvest festival

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