Paiwan Every Day 471: nasi // minasinasi

nu ini'anga kaminasinasi a caucau a qemuzimuzip, tjasannamacaiyanga. 

Free translation: 

If a person or an animal is no longer breathing, we think they died already. 

Word gloss: 

1. nu: if
2. ini'(a)-anga: no longer, not anymore
3. ka-mi-nasi-nasi: is breathing, AV. ka- 'inchoative'; mi- 'anget marker'; the root is nasi 'breath' in RED
4. a: subject case marker
5. caucau: people, human 
6. a: LIG
7. qemuzimuzip: animal
8. tja-san-na-ma-cai-(y)anga: we consider dead. tja- 'our'; san- 'construct'; na- 'PRF'; ma- 'to be in the condition of'; the root is cai 'death'; -anga 'COS'. 

Voice file: 

From CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary minasinasi.