Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 606: dimpung / undungku / lamug

dimpung 'flour'  Minnan loanword (Ferrell, p. 68)

tjasikamanguaq aravac a lamug. 

Free translation: 
Flour is very good for our body. 

Word gloss: 
  1. tja-si-ka-ma-nguaq: to be beneficial to us, UV. tja- 'our, 1st person PL GEN'; si- 'IF'; the root is nguaq 'good, well'. 
  2. aravac: very, quite, a lot
  3. a: subject case marker
  4. lamug: flour. Synonyms includ dimpung, loanword from Minnan, which is only seen in Ferrell, and undungku, loanword from Japanese. 
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From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary lamug. 

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