Paiwan Every Day 650/651: pai

ljaljeqeljeqel aicu a kinsa. pai, seljecuanan. 

Free translation: 

The food is already cold. Go, heat it. 

Word gloss: 

1. lja-ljeqe-ljeqel: cold, in RED. The root is ljaljeqel 'cold'.
2. aicu: this. I always think aicu is a-icu; however, Professor Anna Chang said it is aicu, and in Paiwan demonstratives and case marker are "mutually exclusive" (Chang, 1992, p. 88).  
3. a: subject case marker
4. k<in>(e)sa: food. The root is kesa 'cook'. 
5. pai: command or invitation to action
6. seljecuanan: heat the food. seljecu 'heat food by steam'. 

Voice file: 

From ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary ljaljeqeljeqel. 

pai, pasazalemani a remasudj tua tjakinepel a qavai. 

ulja tjen a kemeljang tu pidanga supu a penuljat. 

Free translation: 

Come, let's put all long rice cakes in line on the floor. 

We want to know how many there are in total. 

Word gloss: 

1. pai: invitation to action
2. pasa-zaleman-i: let's place on the floor, imperative, inclusive. The root is zaleman 'floor'. 
3. a: LIG
4. remasudj: to make peace. It means to arrange or line up the rice cakes in a good way. 
5. tua: OBL
6. tja-kinepel a qavai: our long rice cake
7. ulja: wish, want to
8. tjen: itjen, we 1st person PL 
9. k<em>eljang: know, actor focus. The root is keljang
10. tu: complementizer
11. pid(a)-anga: how many already
12. a penuljat: totall, all

Voice file: 

From ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary pasazalemani.