nu ini'anga kaminasinasi a caucau a qemuzimuzip, tjasannamacaiyanga.
Free translation:
If a person or an animal is no longer breathing, we think they died already.
Word gloss:
- nu: if
- ini'(a)-anga: no longer, not anymore
- ka-mi-nasi-nasi: is breathing, AV. ka- 'inchoative'; mi- 'anget marker'; the root is nasi 'breath' in RED
- a: subject case marker
- caucau: people, human
- a: LIG
- qemuzimuzip: animal
- tja-san-na-ma-cai-(y)anga: we consider dead. tja- 'our'; san- 'construct'; na- 'PRF'; ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is cai 'death'; -anga 'COS'.
Voice file:
From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary minasinasi.
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