peljuq

Paiwan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pəNuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəlʲuʔ/, /pəlʲuq/

Root

peljuq

1. to fill, full

Derived terms

• pneljuq (“to fill something”)
• mapeljuq (“be filled”)
• sepeljuq (“to overfill, to fill up”)
• sinepeljuqan (“filled (focus on container)”)
• kinapeljuqan (“filled (focus on filling substance)”)
• smupeljuq (“to remove part so container is not full”)
• masupeljuq (“not now full”)

References

• Chun-mei Chen (陳春美) (2006) A comparative study on Formosan phonology: Paiwan and Budai Rukai, University of Texas
• Roger Ferrell (1982) Paiwan Dictionary, Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University