Paiwan Every Day 224: qavuvung

nu semekez a tja qavuvung, macai itjen a pakazuazua. 

In English: 

If our heart stops, we will die immediately. 

Glossary: 

1. nu: if or when
2. s<em>ekez: stop or rest, actor voice (AV). The root is sekez 'to stop to rest'. 
3. a: nominative (NOM) case marker
4. tja qavuvung: our heart. tja- 'our', 1st person genitive (GEN) bound; qavuvung 'heart'. 
5. ma-cai: die or be dead. ma- 'stative'; the root is cai 'death'.
6. itjen: we inclusive (INC)
7. a: ligature
8. paka-zua-zua: immediately or at once. paka- 'be at/from (state/location)'; the root is zua 'there, at that time', reduplication (RED).   

Reading:

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary qavuvung.