Paiwan Every Day 644/645: pai

pai as a filler like 'Look!'. 

maya masepelj a siqunu ni su vuvu, aya aken tjanusun. 

inika sun a lemang(e)da. 

pai, mavuciqanga a su lima. 

Free translation: 

I told you not to play wioth your grandpa's small knife. You didn't listen. 

Look, your hand is cut.

Word gloss: 

1. maya: no, not, NEG
2. ma-sepelj: play with or fiddle with. The root is sepelj 'tease, fool around with without purpose'. 
3. a: subject case marker
4. siqunu: small knife usually used by elders to cut betel nuts apart and add lime
5. ni: of, GEN
6. su: your, 2nd person SIN GEN
7. vuvu: grandpa or grandma
8. aya: so said
9. aken: I, 1st person SIN NOM
10. tjanusun: to you, towards you
11. inika: no, not , NEG
12. l<em>ang(e)da: listen or hear, actor focus. The root is lang(e)da 'listen, hear'. 
13. pai: look
14. ma-vuciq-anga: gets cut. ma- 'to be in the state of, without volition'; the root is vuciq 'cut, sever'; -anga 'COS'. 
15. lima: hand

Voice file: 

From ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary pai. 

pai as 'right' in a question. 

maljenguaqanga aza kuang, pai?

Free translation: 

That gun is ready, right?

Word gloss: 

1. ma-lje-nguaq-anga: to already go in the diretion of well. ma- 'to be in the state of without volition'; lje- 'to go in the direction of'; the root is nguaq 'well'; -anga 'COS'. 
2. aza: that
3. kuang: gun, loanword from Minnan
4. pai: right?

Voice file: 

From ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary pai.