pai, kipapaulingavu. akumayanga sa su tjengez?
Free translation:
Come on, get it all together. Why are you dozing off like this?
Word gloss:
- pai: indicate irritation, sarcasm, scold
- ki-pa-pau-lingav-u: be careful, watch out, keep alert. The root is lingav 'time, wisdom, hurry'.
- akumayanga: for what, why. I think this is a combination of aku 'why', maya 'like this or similar', and -anga 'suffix indicating change of state'.
- sa: subject case marker
- su: your, 2nd person SIN GEN
- tjengez: doze, sleepiness
Voice file:
From ILRDF Online Paiwan Dictionary tjengez.
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