Paiwan Every Day 169: anema

anema a zua a lalingedan?

a zua avan a qinati nua tjasevalitan a pazaizaingen. 

In English: 
What is nose-flute?
That is something our ancestors create to make sound.

Glossary: 

1. anema: what 
2. a: nominative phrase marker for specific common noun
3. zua: that, those
4. a: ligature
5. lalingedan: nose-flute, a musical instrument of the Paiwan
6. avan: is
7. qinati: the root is "qati" (to create, discover). q<in>ati means to be created  by. 
8. nua: genitive case marker for the specific common noun 
9. tjasevalitan: compound [tja genitive person pronoun / bound + sevalitan ancestors], our ancestors
10. a: ligature
11. pazaizaingen: the root is "zaing" (sound, voice, noise). [pa-zaing] means to cause noise, to play a musical instrument. reduplication zai-zaing stresses the progressive; -en is the ending of a patient voice, to go with the actor nua tjasevalitan. 

Reading:

(from Lesson 3 Level 9 of 9-Level Textbook for Southern Paiwan Language)