Paiwan Every Day 318: vai // sinivai

sinivai ni kina aicu a ku nasi i tua ku pinualjakan. 

In English:

Mother gave me this life in my birthday. 

Glossary: 

1. s<in>i-vai: gave, undergoer voice (UV). si- 'be cause/instrument of'; the root is vai 'give, offer as gift'. 
2. ni: genitive (GEN) case marker, used as the subject of a UV verb
3. kina: mother
4. aicu: this
5. a: ligature (LIG)
6. ku: my, 1st person singular genitive (GEN)
7. nasi: life, breath
8. i: in or at, locative (LOC)
9. tua or ta: oblique (OBL) case marker
10. p<in>u-aljak-(a)n: birthday (UV). pu- 'to have'; the root is aljak 'child'; -an 'abstract state nominalization'. 

Reading: 

For my birthday. masalu, kina naluku.