wazu

See also: wą́žu

Pazeh

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

wazu

1. dog

   Yaku kikita wazu.

   I am looking at a dog.

   pakanay wazu liaku.

   I was about to feed the dog.

Derived terms

• maatiwazu (“to hunt with dogs”)

References

• Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2001) Pazih Dictionary (巴宰語詞典), Taipei: Academia Sinica, Institute of Linguistics, page 316.
• Lin, Ying-jin (林英津) (2000) 巴則海語 [The Pazeh language], Taipei: Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 88.