Paiwan Every Day 521: anema

a-nema: what? what thing? a 'subject case marker'; the root is nema 'what?'. (Ferrell, p. 58. and p. 181)

anema su kudakudain?

Free translation:

What are you up to?

Word gloss:

1. a-nema: what, what thing
2. su: your, 2nd person singular GEN
3. kuda-kuda-in: thing that is being done, UV. The root is kuda 'what' happend? what's wrong?'  in RED. 

Voice file:

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

Paiwan Every Day 520: -anan

-anan 'still, yet' (Ferrell, p. 58)

mayanan. 

nekanan. 

izuanan. 

Free translation:

Not yet. 

Not yet. 

(Something) is still available. 

Word gloss: 

1. may(a)-anan: do not yet, as prohibition, advise against doing something, followed by a verb. 
2. nek(a)-anan: do not have yet, as denial of existence of objects, followed by a noun. 
3. izu(a)-anan: there is still, as confirmation of existence of objects, followed by a noun

Voice file:

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary mayanan, nekanan, and izuanan. These three words can totally stand alone without attachment. 

Paiwan Evey Day 519: -an

-an 'specific location in time or space; specific one, specific type' (Ferrell, p. 58)

kacunuqan tasauni a nia puljuangan ta zua qudjalj katua vali. 

Free translation: 

Our cowshed was swept away by landslide because of the rain and wind. 

 

Word gloss: 

1. ka-cunuq-an: swept by landside. The root is cunuq 'landslide, cave in'. 
2. tasauni: just now, a while ago
3. a: subject case marker
4. nia: our, 1st person plural GEN
5. pu-ljuang-an: cow or cattle shed. pu- 'to have'; the root is ljuang 'cow, cattle'; -an 'specific location in time'. Synonym with gung, so puljuangan is also pugungan. 
6. ta: OBL
7. zua: that
8. qudjalj: rain
9. katua: and
10. vali: wind

Voice file: 

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

Paiwan Every Day 518: suram // masuram

ma-su-amuts 'suffer loss', Western dialect recorded in Ferrell (1982), p. 57. 

However, I have not found an equivalent in present-day dictionaries. 

inika mapasusu a ku varung. masuram aken aravac. 

Free translation: 

I didn't find what I wanted. I feel very disappointed. 

Word gloss: 

1. inika: not, no, NEG
2. ma-pa-susu: realized or done accordingly. The root is susu 'meaning'. 
3. a: subject case marker
4. ku: my, 1st person singular GEN
5. varung: wish, desire
6. ma-suram: feel disappointed, AV. The root is suram 'disappointed, lost'. 
7. aken: I, 1st person singular NOM
8. aravac: very, quite

Voice file: 

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

Paiwan Every Day 517: amnguan

amnguan a ku sinsi. 

Free translation:

My professor is Dutch. 

Word gloss: 

1. amnguan: European or red-headed barbarian, loanword from Minnan hoan-á. 
2. a: subject case marker
3. ku: my, 1st person singular GEN
4. sinsi: teacher or professor, loanword from Japanese 先生 せんせい. 

Voice file: 

From Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), p. 57.

This word is not found in ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary nor in web.lokah. 

Another interesting word for 'European, American', also found in Ferrell only, is baljaka. Ferrell speculated its source from Malacca, the major Dutch trading entrepot en route to Foromsa in the 17th century. It will be interesting to trace the history. 

Paiwan Every Day 516: amis

liaw a amis nua azua vurasi. 

Free translation: 

That sweet potato contains a lot of fibers. 

Word gloss: 

1. liaw: many
2. a: subejct case marker
3. amis: fiber or hair-root (of plant) or rough hemp cord in Ferrell (p. 57). Interesting! This is the first time that I know amis has a different meaning. Before I only knew amis refers to the Amis people, which in Paiwan we say amis or amis zuku, borrowing zuku from Japanese 族 ぞく. More interestingly, we often say the Amis people are grass eaters. They can eat every green leaf that grows on the side way. Is this somehow related? Fiber and the people? 😆😆Haha. 
4. nua: of, GEN
5. a-zua: that
6. virasi or vurati: sweet potato 

Voice file: 

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

Paiwan Every Day 515: amirika // inamirikan

kitulu amen tua inamirikan a ljemita ta qadaw. 

Free translation:

We study English every day. 

Word gloss: 

1. ki-tulu: learn. ki- 'to get or obtain or acquire'; the root is tulu 'teach, instruction'. 
2. amen: we, 1st person plural NOM
3. tua: OBL
4. in-amirik(a)-an: the English language or any European language. The root is amirika or amilika 'occidental, English'. 
5. a: LIG
6. ljemita ta (or tua) qadaw: every day

Voice file:

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

Paiwan Every Day 514: amin // puamin

puamin aken tua karakuda. 

Ferrell Translation: 

I finished work. I quite work. 

Word gloss:

1. pu-amin: to finish, quit. pu- 'to have'; the root is amin 'finished; there is no more; there is no other than'. 
2. aken: I, 1st person singular NOM
3. tua: OBL
4. karakuda: work, job

Voice file: 

Raleigh Ferrell's Paiwan Dictionary (1982), p. 57. 

Paiwan Every Day 513: ami / amiami / arai

puarai ti kama i pana a kiciqaw. 

Free translation:

Father is casting a net in the rivier to catch fish. 

Word gloss: 

1.  pu-arai: to cast a fishing net. pu- 'to have'; the root is arai 'casting net'. It is also ami  'fishing net' (loanword from Japanese あみ) or amiami. 
2. ti: subject case marker for specific person
3. kama: father, elder
4. i: in or at, LOC
5. pana: river
6. a: LIG
7. ki-ciqaw: to catch fish. ki- 'to get or obtain'; the root is ciqaw 'fish'. 

Voice file: 

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

Paiwan Every Day 512: amen

uri pasa taihuku amen nusauni. 

Free translation:

We are leaving for Taipei soon. 

Word gloss:

1. uri: will, be going to
2. pasa: towards, CONJ. In Paiwan, there is no problem for a sentence to stand without a verb. The action can be implied. 
3. taihuku: Taipei, loanword from Japanese 台北 たいほく. Now タイペイ is more common in Japanese, yet in Paiwan, we still say たいほく . 
4. amen: we, 1st person plural NOM
5. nusauni: next, in a while, soon

Voice file:

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