Paiwan Every Day 643: pai

pai is a Paiwan word that has a lot of functions. It is an interesting subject of research. 

inika sun narukisasusu tua mareka tjakaka, pai sipavai tua zuma a hiu niamadju. 

Free translation: 

You did not take good care of our brothers and sisters, therefore they gave their votes to others. 

Word gloss: 

1. inika: no, not, NEG
2. sun: you, 2nd person SING NOM, clitic?
3. na-ru-kisasusu: to have often cared for. na- 'PRF'; ru- 'frequently'; kisasusu 'to investigate, to look after' with the root is susu 'meaning'. 
4. tua: OBL
5. mareka: every or each
6. tja-kaka: our brother and sister. tja- 'our, 1st person PL GEN clitic'; kaka 'brother or sister'. 
7. pai: therefore, consequently, but also can mean look in this context. 
8. si-pa-vai: to give, IF. 
9. zuma: others
10. a: subject case marker
11. hiu: vote, must be a loanword since in Paiwan there is no phoneme /h/ but I do not know its origin. 
12. niamadju: their, 3rd person PL GEN

Voice file: 

From ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary pai.