2024 · open round · F · 10 points

Paiwan in Progress

Ethan Chi · morphology · phonology · table completion

Paiwan is the language of the Paiwan people, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. There are nearly 100,000 Paiwan people, and approximately 15,000 of them are native speakers of the language.

Below are some Paiwan verbs given in two forms: their root form and their progressive form. (The root form is a verb's basic form, and the progressive is the form that, in English, has the ending -ing.) The meanings of the verbs are provided for interest, but they are not necessary for solving the problem.

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Root Forms		Progressive Forms
keman	to eat	kemakan	eating
ivu	to talk	ivuivu	talking
kivata	to ask	kivatavata	asking
lemumay	to hit	lemumalumay	hitting
temekel	to drink	temeketekel	drinking
kalidjikidj	to flash	kalidjikidjikidj	flashing
paderua	to hiccup	paderuarua	hiccupping
semutjiray	to spit	semutjiratjiray	spitting
kemesa	to cook	kemesakesa	cooking
temulu	to teach		teaching
djemavac	to walk		walking
lemenguaq	to fix		fixing
mikerekel	to shake		shaking
takalava	to wait		waiting
masasevalit	to take a turn		taking turns

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