OLAC Record: Matsan ai kahpu kanau (Origin of the Nsu Nat spirit) with English translation

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Title: Matsan ai kahpu kanau (Origin of the Nsu Nat spirit) with English translation

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Bibliographic Citation: Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), lashi bawk hkawn (speaker), 2017. Matsan ai kahpu kanau (Origin of the Nsu Nat spirit) with English translation. X-WAV/MPEG/XML. KK1-0754 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/5989e404aacdd

Contributor (compiler): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (depositor): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (speaker): lashi bawk hkawn

Coverage (Box): northlimit=27.331; southlimit=23.137; westlimit=95.335; eastlimit=98.498

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Date (W3CDTF): 2017-02-11

Date Created (W3CDTF): 2017-02-11

Description: Translation (Rita Seng Mai) The story I am going to tell you is about two orphan brothers. Once in a village, there were two orphan brothers. The big brother was strong enough to do work, but he was stupid. On the other hand, the younger brother was intelligent. The big brother always asked about his brother's ideas. There was nothing he did with his own idea. He did everything that his younger brother said. Whatever his younger brother told him to do, he always agreed with him. One day, the younger brother told him, "We are getting older and older. We should live our own lives. Don't do whatever I say. Let's grow some plants on our own separately." They both decided to work on their own farms. The big brother asked his younger brother, "I have cultivated. What should I do now? What should I grow?" The younger brother said, "Scrape the buffalos' horns and spread them through the field." The elder brother was so stupid that he believed every word his brother said. He really spread the particles in his field. The younger brother planted many kinds of vegetables in his field. After a few months, the elder brother asked him, "My younger brother, what kind of vegetables are growing in your field now?" He answered, "Yes, some kinds of vegetables are growing. What about you, my elder brother?" The elder brother said, "There are many horns in my field." The younger brother thought, "There are many horns? How?" Then, he went to check his brother's field. He saw that there were many buffaloes in his elder brother's field. He was jealous and thought to himself, "There are only vegetables growing in my field. But here, there are many buffaloes! What should I do to get all of those buffaloes?" Then, he pounded some rice and mixed it with water. And he spread it on the buffaloes. All buffaloes turned white. He went back to his elder brother and said, "My brother, all the white buffaloes are mine. All the black buffaloes are yours." The elder brother didn't complain about anything and said, "Okay." Suddenly, there was heavy rain. All the white pounded rice on the buffaloes was gone because of the rain. Some buffaloes stood under the tree and took shelter not to get wet. Only some rice powder was on their bodies. All the buffaloes became the natural black. So, the younger brother didn't get any buffaloes. When they got home, the elder brother thought, "My brother told me that all the white buffaloes are his, but there are none. I can see some rice powder too. Maybe he is trying to con me." He got angry at his younger brother and cursed him. All the rice powder on the buffaloes was gone through the rain. He believed that his younger brother lied to him. So, he cursed him. Some powder was still on some buffaloes. It was like squares. The younger brother was speechless. He didn't know what to do. He didn't get any buffaloes. All the buffaloes were black, so his elder brother got all. Then, he thought, "It is not good if my brother has all these buffaloes. He will be rich! I can't let it happen." He found a way to kill his elder brother. The jealousy overwhelmed him. One morning, he went to his brother and said, "My brother, your sister-in-law is dead. We need a coffin to put her corpse. So, let's go into the forest to get some wood." After they had made a coffin, he told his brother, "Can you lie down there? I would like to check whether this coffin fits my wife or not." As soon as the elder brother lay down, he quickly closed the lid. And he tied the coffin firmly. He thought, "Just die inside there." His elder brother begged him, "Please, open the lid." But he didn't open it. So, the elder brother kicked the lid with force and opened it. He was upset with the thought, "My brother is trying to kill me." Then, he called his younger brother and said, "This time, you lie inside it. Let me see if it is fit for your wife or not." As soon as he lay down, the elder brother tied the lid and the coffin with strings and ropes. He thought, "My younger brother is planning to kill me. He wants to monopolize everything. He bullies me. I won't open the lid." He tied it tight. A few minutes later, the younger brother shouted, "Open the lid! Open it!" But no one opened it for him. So he tried his best to kick it. It was all vain. It was so tight that he couldn't open it. The elder brother thought, "I will just let him die in this coffin." He dragged it to the waterfall and hung it at a tree on the waterfall. He thought of letting his brother suffer. He thought to save him if he regretted his actions. Then, he went back home. After four or five days, the elder brother went there and checked if his brother was still alive or not. He told a squirrel, "Go and check inside that coffin if my brother is still alive or not. If you hear any sound, come and tell me." But the squirrel misheard it as "Cut the coffin down the waterfall." It misheard it. So, it cut the rope down. Then, the younger brother in the coffin was dead. There is Nsu nat (nat which has great jealousy). The younger brother became Nsu nat after he died. Kachin people still worship Nsu nat, the younger brother who died after violent death. Kachin people still offer offerings to Nsu nat. In some villages, people offer offerings to Nsu nat as a culture. Since then, there have been white buffaloes and black buffaloes. It's because the two brothers applied rice powder on the buffaloes. Since then, there have been some white and black patterns on cows' and buffaloes' bodies. Transcription (La Ring) Ya ngai hkai na maumwi gaw jahkrai ma hkan nau a lam re. Moi shawng de da mare kahtawng langai mi kaw jahkrai ma hkan nau nga ma ai da. Dai shaloi kahpu mahtang gaw da gawng shingyan kaba ai raitim mung da myit hpaji nlet ai nyan nrawng ai le nyan nrawng ai loi mi pa ai loi mi mana ai ngu ga le. Nyan nau nlet ai da kanau wa gaw grai zet ai da grai zen ai da bawnu kung ai da kanau wa gaw. Dai shaloi shan gaw kahpu wa gaw hpa mung shi na shi nyan hte shi na shi chyam yu na galaw ai ngu mung nnga hpa mung shi na shi galaw chyam yu na ngu nnga ai. Dai hku rai na kanau wa tsun ai hku chyu galaw ai da. Kanau tsun ai hku "Hpu ndai galaw ga i" nga jang "Um mai ai" nga na dai hku galaw. "Wora galaw ga i" nga jang mung "Mai ai" nga na dai hku galaw ai da kanau tsun ai hpe chyu hkan galaw law re da. Dai shaloi lani hte lani kaba wa re shaloi gaw "Gai ya gaw an lahkawng mung aprat mung ram wa sai gaw ngai tsun ai hkrai mung nang hkum galaw nang mung na na hpu nang hkrai nang nang mung galaw yu u yaw" ngu di na she shan gaw "Yi kaga ga hkyen ga" ngu na shan hkawng yen gaw yi hkyen ai da. Nam kaw yi hkyen re shaloi gaw e shan lahkawng gaw yi sa hkyen sai da. Kadai mung kade na yi de kadai hkyen re shaloi gaw kahpu wa gaw san ai da "Yi gaw hkyen da sai ya ndai gaw kaning di hpan kun" ngu na she kanau wa hpe "E kanau ngai yi gaw hkyen ngut sai nang gaw yi kaw hpabaw gat na rai" ngu tsun ai da. "Hpabaw hkai na rai" ngu tsun ai shaloi gaw "Ga hpu wa mung nga rung ahkut la na she hkai law she gat law" ngu na tsun ai da. Dai hku ngu tsun jang she kahpu wa gaw shi na shi hpa mung bai nchye myit la na she kaja nan dai nga rung hkut la na wa she shi yi ting kaw wa she nat kau ngu ai hpang dai yi kaw wa nga rung ahkut nna gat da ai da. Nga rung ahkut na gat da kanau wa rai yang gaw shi yi kaw she e htawra shagyi ni nai mam ni ya gyi nga hpan dan re ni hkainu ni hkai da ai da. Hkai da rai na ya grai na hkai li ni tu ten rai sai i nga jang she kahpu wa gaw bai san ai da. Kahpu um "E kanau na yi kaw gaw hpabaw ni tu sai rai grai tu sai i" ngu san ai shaloi "E tu sai le nhpraw nka kahtek kahpawk e dai ni gaw grai tu sai" ngu tsun ai da. Hpu kahpu hpe mung "Hpu na yi kaw gaw hpabaw ni tu sai rai" ngu shaloi gaw "Um nye yi kaw mung nbaw npye ni gaw grai tu sai" ngu na tsun ai da. Dai shaloi gaw kanau wa gaw "Um ya hpu wa shi yi kaw nbaw npye ni wa grai tu ai nga tsun ai gaw gara hku kaning re hpe tsun ai kun" ngu na she kahpu hpe loi manawn ai myit hte shi gaw dai hku shi hpu na yi de sa yu ai da. Sa yu ai shaloi gaw shi hpu na yi kaw gaw nbaw npye nga jang she yawng nga ni le nga dumsu wuloi ni she ga yi ting kaw hpa mung ntu re kaw nga ni grai hpum jawng taw ai da. Grai hpum jawng taw rai jang she kanau wa gaw shi yi kaw gaw i dai mam ni hkainu shagyi nga baw grai tu jang "Gai ya nye yi kaw gaw ndai ni sha tu ai nye hpu a yi kaw gaw nga nde de hpum jawng ai gaw ya shi gaw ndai ni yawng shi na hkrai she lu sai ga rai nga" ngu na she kahpu hpe manawn ai myit hte she e dai nga ni hpum jawng taw ai kaw she shi gaw shadung htu la nna she "Ndai hpu e gaw nyan ra sai" ngu na she dai nga ni hpum jawng taw ai kaw she shadung hpe she hka kaw gayau la nna she dai nga ni hpum taw ai kaw yawng agat bun dat ai da. Nga ni kaw agat bun dat re shaloi gaw nga ni hkum kaw yawng ahpraw rai ma ai le i. Ahpraw rai ma rai jang she kahpu hpe tsun ai da "Gai hpu ya na yi kaw hpum taw ai nga dai ni gaw dai ahpraw ka ka san ai dai ni ahpraw hpraw san ai yawng gaw ngai na re lu yaw chyang ai ni sha na na rai na re lu" ngu na kahpu hpe bai tsun ai da. Tsun ai shaloi gaw kahpu wa mung "Mai sa rai u ga nang na nga nga jang mung rai u ga" ngu na dai hku tsun re shaloi gaw kahpu dai shaloi shi shadung gat da ai hpang jang she marang wa aging htu wa ai da. Marang aging htu wa jang she nga ni kaw gat da ai shadung ni gaw yawng prai bai wora hka marang hte marang hka hte kashin kau ma ai le. Dan rai jang she nkau mi gaw dai hku yawng tsai ma rai wo nkau mi gaw marang htu wa jang she hpun kaba npu hkan e nkau mi gaw dai kaw sa hkring sa re nga ni gaw hkum hkan tsai ai gaw tsai shadung nkau mi gaw ntsai ai ni gaw ntsai rai na ka ka kawk kawk dai hku rai na nga taw ai da. Dai shaloi marang htu na nga ni gaw yawng bai chyang ma re shaloi kahpu wa gaw e shi yi kaw bai sa yu yang shi gaw myit yu sai da "Nye kanau tsun ai mi yat pyi naw shi nga jahhpraw nhpraw gaw shi na re nga ya gaw nga ni yawng chyang ai hkrai hkrai rai taw ndai wa gaw ngai hpe hpa nga tim ngai hpe ndai maw sha ai rai sai" ngu tsun na she e "Ngai hpe ndai wa nre ai hku galaw ai she rai sai" ngu na she ndai kanau wa hpe grai pawt mayu "Ngai hpe nau roi sha ai" ngu hku na she e shi gaw tsun ai da ndai lamu hpe shi gaw dagam dat ai le. Gai ndai dai shaloi shadung marang i dai yawng kashin kau ya dai shaloi grai pyaw mayu ai kahpu gaw "Ngai hpe kaning nga tim ndai wa maw sha ai rai sai" ngu na she "Ndai wa hpa nga tim ngai hpe e ndai maw sha ai rai sai" ngu na she shi gaw ndai dagam dat ai da kahpu gaw. Dai kaw she shi wora marang dai gaw nkau mi gaw marang htu nna ka ka kawk kawk rai na nga taw nga taw re shaloi she e shi gaw tsun ai i dai shaloi e dai hpang kaw na she kanau hpe she apang dai ateng apang rai na dai nkau mi gaw dai hku nga taw re she langai mi mung shi gaw nlu la kau ai da kanau wa gaw. Shi nga shi "Hpraw hpraw ai gaw yawng ngai na re" nga tsun ai wa marang htu jang she yawng tsai mat jang she shi gaw nga langai mi mung nlu la kau ai da. Yawng kahpu na hkrai sha bai rai mat ai le i achyang hkrai rai na kahpu na hkrai bai rai mat na shi gaw nga langai mi mung bai nlu la kau na she "Um ndai hpu hpe gaw nbyin sai ya nga dusat dumyeng ndai ram ram shi lu mat yang gaw nmai sa" ngu na shi gaw manawn ai myit hte she kahpu hpe sat kau na lam she bai tam wa ai da. Sat kau na lam tam na she "E hpu e" lani mi na nhtoi hta gaw "Hpu e ya na nnam si mat sai nta de du-u naw galaw ga" ngu na kahpu hpe shaga la na nam de du-u sa daw sa mat ai da shan lahkawng gaw. Du-u daw na sa mat re shaoi she du-u hkraw tawk sai da shan lahkawng. Du-u tawk re shaloi she kahpu hpe sat kau mayu na she shi gaw kahpu hpe "Hpu ndai na nnam hpe bang yang i ram na sai kun hpu nang shawng shang yu u" ngu na she kahpu gaw akatsi nga na dai shang yu re da. Shang yu shaloi gaw kanau gaw du-u ntsa kaw magap bai gap na she gyit kau ai hku rai nga. Gyit na wo pali ni e aging di na hkri na gyit kau rai na she kahpu hpe she "Ya gaw si na si nu ga" ngu na dai hku nyan na galaw ai gaw rai nga raitim kahpu gaw grai na timung kanau du-u mung nhpaw la rai jang she "Hpaw la rit" ngu tim nhpaw la rai jang shi gaw hkindit dat ai da. Du-u magap hpe hkindit dat ai shaloi gaw dai shi gyit da ai pali ni gaw di mat na kahpu gaw e dai kaw na bai lawt wa ai da. Dai shaloi gaw kanau bai rai jang gaw ya kahpu mung "Ndai wa gaw ngai hpe si na gyam ai she rai sai" ngu na kalang mi bai dai kaw myit npyaw na she kanau hpe bai ya bai "Gai kanau kanau nang mung bai shang yu u le nang e nang bai shang yu u nang i ram sai kun" ngu na she dai kanau hpe bai du-u kaw shang shangun ai da. Kanau hpe bai du-u kaw bai shang shangun re shaloi gaw kahpu mung dai kanau zawn di she ntsa kaw na she wora wa lahkru shawn nga hpan wora pali mahkai kau ai le ginshi shawn di na dai du-u hpe bai gyit kau ai da. Dai shaloi shi gaw myit yu sai da "Ndai wa mi ngai hpe mung gyit kau ai ngai hpe sat na lam gyam ai re amyu myu ngai hpe e shi gaw nye yi kaw na dumsu ni mung shi na hkrai nga na ngai hpe ntara ai hku nye kanau ngai hpe galaw ai re. Dai majaw ngai shi hpe ndai du-u nkam hpaw ya sai" ngu na dai ginshi shawn na gyit kau ai hpe ngang ngang di gyit kau ai. Dan jang she kade na tim kanau mung "Hpu ngai hpe hpaw ya nit le" ngu tim nhpaw ya mat sai da. Nhpaw ya mat na she dai kaw she shi hpe gaw sharawng kau ai da. Shi kade hkindit yu tim mi shi gyit ai gaw kahpu kalang hkindit dat yang yawng malawk mat ai ya kahpu bai gyit ai ndai sumri gaw grai ngang mat ai re nga yang shi bai hkindit yang ndi mat na shi gaw dai kaw sharawng kau ai da. Sharawng kau na she "Ndai wa hpe gaw ndai hku na ndai kaw sha si mat u ga" ngu na she htaw e rum langai mi kaw hpai sa wa na she dai rum ntsa kaw dai du-u dai hpe sa noi da ai da. Sa noi da rai na she gau ngwi ngwi shi gaw dai wa hpe loi mi jam jau jaw da ai hku mung rai nga ai. "Lama shi myit malai lu wa jang mung nsi jang mung bai hkye la na" ngu ai myit gaw she nrawng i dan na dai rum ntsa kaw she noi da ai da. Sa noi da re shaloi she loimi na rai mali manga ya na re shaloi she e mali manga ya na re shaloi kahpu gaw dai shi noi kau da ai e dai du-u hpe bai sa gawan yu ai da. Sa gawan yu ai shaloi gaw naw noi taw rai jang she wora dai nam kaw nga ai dai kadu hka hpe she e "Wora rum ntsa kaw noi da ai hpe sa gintan yu su" ngu di na she "I naw hkrung ai kun sa akawk yu u" ngu ai ga rai nga "Dai du-u kata kaw rawng ai masha i naw hkrung ai kun dai nang sa gintan yu yaw sa akawk yu u. Akawk yu na kata de na nsen na jang gaw bai tsun rit" ngu tsun dat ai hku rai nga dai kadu hka hpe she. Dai wa she kadu hka bai rawt na na ai gaw "Rum ntsa na du-u hpe sa dan jahkrat kau yaw" ngu na na kau dat ai da. Na kau dat ai majaw she kadu hka gaw "Sa gintan yu u" ngu hpe she "Sa dan jahkrat kau u" ngu na di na she dai rum ntsa mang du-u noi da ai dai sumri hpe sa gawa di kau dat ai da. Sa gawa di kau dat ai shaloi dai kanau wa gaw htaw rum de di hkrat agrawp si mat wa ai da. Du-u hte nawng rai na agrawp si mat wa ai da. Dai kaw na da anhte e ndai anhte Jinghpaw Wunpawng sha ni gaw da daini du hkra anhte gaw nat hpe kam ai le dai nsu nat ngu ai hpe daini du hkra ndai nat jaw ni gaw dai hpe naw ai gaw dai kanau wa a katsing si mat ai ngu dai sa wa si ai rai nga dai nat gaw nat tai mat ai le dai shi na kanau nat tai mat na nsu nat ngu na daini du hkra anhte naw jau shajang ai gaw dai kanau si mat ai wa re da. Dai majaw e ndai Jinghpaw Wunpawng sha ni kaw na i ndai moi kaw na daini du hkra nat naw jaw jau ai ni yawng gaw ndai hpe kam let naw hkan galaw nga ma ai da. Htunghkying kaba langai mi hku na ya nam ga hkan e nat jaw ai ni mung ndai nsu nat e hpa nat jan nat hka nat dai ni nga ai gaw e ndai ning re kaw na byin wa ai re da. Ndai nga hpraw nga ka byin wa ai mung dai hkan nau kaw na ndai hku shadung kahprup bun ai dai kaw na nga hpraw nga ka nga mat wa ai da. Daini du hkra nga wuloi kaw tim ka ka re nga ai nga dumsu kaw raitim ka ka rai na nga mat ai gaw ndai kaw na hpang wa ai re. . Language as given: Jinghpaw

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Title:		Matsan ai kahpu kanau (Origin of the Nsu Nat spirit) with English translation
Access Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:		Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), lashi bawk hkawn (speaker), 2017. Matsan ai kahpu kanau (Origin of the Nsu Nat spirit) with English translation. X-WAV/MPEG/XML. KK1-0754 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/5989e404aacdd
Contributor (compiler):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (depositor):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (speaker):		lashi bawk hkawn
Coverage (Box):		northlimit=27.331; southlimit=23.137; westlimit=95.335; eastlimit=98.498
Coverage (ISO3166):		MM
Date (W3CDTF):		2017-02-11
Date Created (W3CDTF):		2017-02-11
Description:		Translation (Rita Seng Mai) The story I am going to tell you is about two orphan brothers. Once in a village, there were two orphan brothers. The big brother was strong enough to do work, but he was stupid. On the other hand, the younger brother was intelligent. The big brother always asked about his brother's ideas. There was nothing he did with his own idea. He did everything that his younger brother said. Whatever his younger brother told him to do, he always agreed with him. One day, the younger brother told him, "We are getting older and older. We should live our own lives. Don't do whatever I say. Let's grow some plants on our own separately." They both decided to work on their own farms. The big brother asked his younger brother, "I have cultivated. What should I do now? What should I grow?" The younger brother said, "Scrape the buffalos' horns and spread them through the field." The elder brother was so stupid that he believed every word his brother said. He really spread the particles in his field. The younger brother planted many kinds of vegetables in his field. After a few months, the elder brother asked him, "My younger brother, what kind of vegetables are growing in your field now?" He answered, "Yes, some kinds of vegetables are growing. What about you, my elder brother?" The elder brother said, "There are many horns in my field." The younger brother thought, "There are many horns? How?" Then, he went to check his brother's field. He saw that there were many buffaloes in his elder brother's field. He was jealous and thought to himself, "There are only vegetables growing in my field. But here, there are many buffaloes! What should I do to get all of those buffaloes?" Then, he pounded some rice and mixed it with water. And he spread it on the buffaloes. All buffaloes turned white. He went back to his elder brother and said, "My brother, all the white buffaloes are mine. All the black buffaloes are yours." The elder brother didn't complain about anything and said, "Okay." Suddenly, there was heavy rain. All the white pounded rice on the buffaloes was gone because of the rain. Some buffaloes stood under the tree and took shelter not to get wet. Only some rice powder was on their bodies. All the buffaloes became the natural black. So, the younger brother didn't get any buffaloes. When they got home, the elder brother thought, "My brother told me that all the white buffaloes are his, but there are none. I can see some rice powder too. Maybe he is trying to con me." He got angry at his younger brother and cursed him. All the rice powder on the buffaloes was gone through the rain. He believed that his younger brother lied to him. So, he cursed him. Some powder was still on some buffaloes. It was like squares. The younger brother was speechless. He didn't know what to do. He didn't get any buffaloes. All the buffaloes were black, so his elder brother got all. Then, he thought, "It is not good if my brother has all these buffaloes. He will be rich! I can't let it happen." He found a way to kill his elder brother. The jealousy overwhelmed him. One morning, he went to his brother and said, "My brother, your sister-in-law is dead. We need a coffin to put her corpse. So, let's go into the forest to get some wood." After they had made a coffin, he told his brother, "Can you lie down there? I would like to check whether this coffin fits my wife or not." As soon as the elder brother lay down, he quickly closed the lid. And he tied the coffin firmly. He thought, "Just die inside there." His elder brother begged him, "Please, open the lid." But he didn't open it. So, the elder brother kicked the lid with force and opened it. He was upset with the thought, "My brother is trying to kill me." Then, he called his younger brother and said, "This time, you lie inside it. Let me see if it is fit for your wife or not." As soon as he lay down, the elder brother tied the lid and the coffin with strings and ropes. He thought, "My younger brother is planning to kill me. He wants to monopolize everything. He bullies me. I won't open the lid." He tied it tight. A few minutes later, the younger brother shouted, "Open the lid! Open it!" But no one opened it for him. So he tried his best to kick it. It was all vain. It was so tight that he couldn't open it. The elder brother thought, "I will just let him die in this coffin." He dragged it to the waterfall and hung it at a tree on the waterfall. He thought of letting his brother suffer. He thought to save him if he regretted his actions. Then, he went back home. After four or five days, the elder brother went there and checked if his brother was still alive or not. He told a squirrel, "Go and check inside that coffin if my brother is still alive or not. If you hear any sound, come and tell me." But the squirrel misheard it as "Cut the coffin down the waterfall." It misheard it. So, it cut the rope down. Then, the younger brother in the coffin was dead. There is Nsu nat (nat which has great jealousy). The younger brother became Nsu nat after he died. Kachin people still worship Nsu nat, the younger brother who died after violent death. Kachin people still offer offerings to Nsu nat. In some villages, people offer offerings to Nsu nat as a culture. Since then, there have been white buffaloes and black buffaloes. It's because the two brothers applied rice powder on the buffaloes. Since then, there have been some white and black patterns on cows' and buffaloes' bodies. Transcription (La Ring) Ya ngai hkai na maumwi gaw jahkrai ma hkan nau a lam re. Moi shawng de da mare kahtawng langai mi kaw jahkrai ma hkan nau nga ma ai da. Dai shaloi kahpu mahtang gaw da gawng shingyan kaba ai raitim mung da myit hpaji nlet ai nyan nrawng ai le nyan nrawng ai loi mi pa ai loi mi mana ai ngu ga le. Nyan nau nlet ai da kanau wa gaw grai zet ai da grai zen ai da bawnu kung ai da kanau wa gaw. Dai shaloi shan gaw kahpu wa gaw hpa mung shi na shi nyan hte shi na shi chyam yu na galaw ai ngu mung nnga hpa mung shi na shi galaw chyam yu na ngu nnga ai. Dai hku rai na kanau wa tsun ai hku chyu galaw ai da. Kanau tsun ai hku "Hpu ndai galaw ga i" nga jang "Um mai ai" nga na dai hku galaw. "Wora galaw ga i" nga jang mung "Mai ai" nga na dai hku galaw ai da kanau tsun ai hpe chyu hkan galaw law re da. Dai shaloi lani hte lani kaba wa re shaloi gaw "Gai ya gaw an lahkawng mung aprat mung ram wa sai gaw ngai tsun ai hkrai mung nang hkum galaw nang mung na na hpu nang hkrai nang nang mung galaw yu u yaw" ngu di na she shan gaw "Yi kaga ga hkyen ga" ngu na shan hkawng yen gaw yi hkyen ai da. Nam kaw yi hkyen re shaloi gaw e shan lahkawng gaw yi sa hkyen sai da. Kadai mung kade na yi de kadai hkyen re shaloi gaw kahpu wa gaw san ai da "Yi gaw hkyen da sai ya ndai gaw kaning di hpan kun" ngu na she kanau wa hpe "E kanau ngai yi gaw hkyen ngut sai nang gaw yi kaw hpabaw gat na rai" ngu tsun ai da. "Hpabaw hkai na rai" ngu tsun ai shaloi gaw "Ga hpu wa mung nga rung ahkut la na she hkai law she gat law" ngu na tsun ai da. Dai hku ngu tsun jang she kahpu wa gaw shi na shi hpa mung bai nchye myit la na she kaja nan dai nga rung hkut la na wa she shi yi ting kaw wa she nat kau ngu ai hpang dai yi kaw wa nga rung ahkut nna gat da ai da. Nga rung ahkut na gat da kanau wa rai yang gaw shi yi kaw she e htawra shagyi ni nai mam ni ya gyi nga hpan dan re ni hkainu ni hkai da ai da. Hkai da rai na ya grai na hkai li ni tu ten rai sai i nga jang she kahpu wa gaw bai san ai da. Kahpu um "E kanau na yi kaw gaw hpabaw ni tu sai rai grai tu sai i" ngu san ai shaloi "E tu sai le nhpraw nka kahtek kahpawk e dai ni gaw grai tu sai" ngu tsun ai da. Hpu kahpu hpe mung "Hpu na yi kaw gaw hpabaw ni tu sai rai" ngu shaloi gaw "Um nye yi kaw mung nbaw npye ni gaw grai tu sai" ngu na tsun ai da. Dai shaloi gaw kanau wa gaw "Um ya hpu wa shi yi kaw nbaw npye ni wa grai tu ai nga tsun ai gaw gara hku kaning re hpe tsun ai kun" ngu na she kahpu hpe loi manawn ai myit hte shi gaw dai hku shi hpu na yi de sa yu ai da. Sa yu ai shaloi gaw shi hpu na yi kaw gaw nbaw npye nga jang she yawng nga ni le nga dumsu wuloi ni she ga yi ting kaw hpa mung ntu re kaw nga ni grai hpum jawng taw ai da. Grai hpum jawng taw rai jang she kanau wa gaw shi yi kaw gaw i dai mam ni hkainu shagyi nga baw grai tu jang "Gai ya nye yi kaw gaw ndai ni sha tu ai nye hpu a yi kaw gaw nga nde de hpum jawng ai gaw ya shi gaw ndai ni yawng shi na hkrai she lu sai ga rai nga" ngu na she kahpu hpe manawn ai myit hte she e dai nga ni hpum jawng taw ai kaw she shi gaw shadung htu la nna she "Ndai hpu e gaw nyan ra sai" ngu na she dai nga ni hpum jawng taw ai kaw she shadung hpe she hka kaw gayau la nna she dai nga ni hpum taw ai kaw yawng agat bun dat ai da. Nga ni kaw agat bun dat re shaloi gaw nga ni hkum kaw yawng ahpraw rai ma ai le i. Ahpraw rai ma rai jang she kahpu hpe tsun ai da "Gai hpu ya na yi kaw hpum taw ai nga dai ni gaw dai ahpraw ka ka san ai dai ni ahpraw hpraw san ai yawng gaw ngai na re lu yaw chyang ai ni sha na na rai na re lu" ngu na kahpu hpe bai tsun ai da. Tsun ai shaloi gaw kahpu wa mung "Mai sa rai u ga nang na nga nga jang mung rai u ga" ngu na dai hku tsun re shaloi gaw kahpu dai shaloi shi shadung gat da ai hpang jang she marang wa aging htu wa ai da. Marang aging htu wa jang she nga ni kaw gat da ai shadung ni gaw yawng prai bai wora hka marang hte marang hka hte kashin kau ma ai le. Dan rai jang she nkau mi gaw dai hku yawng tsai ma rai wo nkau mi gaw marang htu wa jang she hpun kaba npu hkan e nkau mi gaw dai kaw sa hkring sa re nga ni gaw hkum hkan tsai ai gaw tsai shadung nkau mi gaw ntsai ai ni gaw ntsai rai na ka ka kawk kawk dai hku rai na nga taw ai da. Dai shaloi marang htu na nga ni gaw yawng bai chyang ma re shaloi kahpu wa gaw e shi yi kaw bai sa yu yang shi gaw myit yu sai da "Nye kanau tsun ai mi yat pyi naw shi nga jahhpraw nhpraw gaw shi na re nga ya gaw nga ni yawng chyang ai hkrai hkrai rai taw ndai wa gaw ngai hpe hpa nga tim ngai hpe ndai maw sha ai rai sai" ngu tsun na she e "Ngai hpe ndai wa nre ai hku galaw ai she rai sai" ngu na she ndai kanau wa hpe grai pawt mayu "Ngai hpe nau roi sha ai" ngu hku na she e shi gaw tsun ai da ndai lamu hpe shi gaw dagam dat ai le. Gai ndai dai shaloi shadung marang i dai yawng kashin kau ya dai shaloi grai pyaw mayu ai kahpu gaw "Ngai hpe kaning nga tim ndai wa maw sha ai rai sai" ngu na she "Ndai wa hpa nga tim ngai hpe e ndai maw sha ai rai sai" ngu na she shi gaw ndai dagam dat ai da kahpu gaw. Dai kaw she shi wora marang dai gaw nkau mi gaw marang htu nna ka ka kawk kawk rai na nga taw nga taw re shaloi she e shi gaw tsun ai i dai shaloi e dai hpang kaw na she kanau hpe she apang dai ateng apang rai na dai nkau mi gaw dai hku nga taw re she langai mi mung shi gaw nlu la kau ai da kanau wa gaw. Shi nga shi "Hpraw hpraw ai gaw yawng ngai na re" nga tsun ai wa marang htu jang she yawng tsai mat jang she shi gaw nga langai mi mung nlu la kau ai da. Yawng kahpu na hkrai sha bai rai mat ai le i achyang hkrai rai na kahpu na hkrai bai rai mat na shi gaw nga langai mi mung bai nlu la kau na she "Um ndai hpu hpe gaw nbyin sai ya nga dusat dumyeng ndai ram ram shi lu mat yang gaw nmai sa" ngu na shi gaw manawn ai myit hte she kahpu hpe sat kau na lam she bai tam wa ai da. Sat kau na lam tam na she "E hpu e" lani mi na nhtoi hta gaw "Hpu e ya na nnam si mat sai nta de du-u naw galaw ga" ngu na kahpu hpe shaga la na nam de du-u sa daw sa mat ai da shan lahkawng gaw. Du-u daw na sa mat re shaoi she du-u hkraw tawk sai da shan lahkawng. Du-u tawk re shaloi she kahpu hpe sat kau mayu na she shi gaw kahpu hpe "Hpu ndai na nnam hpe bang yang i ram na sai kun hpu nang shawng shang yu u" ngu na she kahpu gaw akatsi nga na dai shang yu re da. Shang yu shaloi gaw kanau gaw du-u ntsa kaw magap bai gap na she gyit kau ai hku rai nga. Gyit na wo pali ni e aging di na hkri na gyit kau rai na she kahpu hpe she "Ya gaw si na si nu ga" ngu na dai hku nyan na galaw ai gaw rai nga raitim kahpu gaw grai na timung kanau du-u mung nhpaw la rai jang she "Hpaw la rit" ngu tim nhpaw la rai jang shi gaw hkindit dat ai da. Du-u magap hpe hkindit dat ai shaloi gaw dai shi gyit da ai pali ni gaw di mat na kahpu gaw e dai kaw na bai lawt wa ai da. Dai shaloi gaw kanau bai rai jang gaw ya kahpu mung "Ndai wa gaw ngai hpe si na gyam ai she rai sai" ngu na kalang mi bai dai kaw myit npyaw na she kanau hpe bai ya bai "Gai kanau kanau nang mung bai shang yu u le nang e nang bai shang yu u nang i ram sai kun" ngu na she dai kanau hpe bai du-u kaw shang shangun ai da. Kanau hpe bai du-u kaw bai shang shangun re shaloi gaw kahpu mung dai kanau zawn di she ntsa kaw na she wora wa lahkru shawn nga hpan wora pali mahkai kau ai le ginshi shawn di na dai du-u hpe bai gyit kau ai da. Dai shaloi shi gaw myit yu sai da "Ndai wa mi ngai hpe mung gyit kau ai ngai hpe sat na lam gyam ai re amyu myu ngai hpe e shi gaw nye yi kaw na dumsu ni mung shi na hkrai nga na ngai hpe ntara ai hku nye kanau ngai hpe galaw ai re. Dai majaw ngai shi hpe ndai du-u nkam hpaw ya sai" ngu na dai ginshi shawn na gyit kau ai hpe ngang ngang di gyit kau ai. Dan jang she kade na tim kanau mung "Hpu ngai hpe hpaw ya nit le" ngu tim nhpaw ya mat sai da. Nhpaw ya mat na she dai kaw she shi hpe gaw sharawng kau ai da. Shi kade hkindit yu tim mi shi gyit ai gaw kahpu kalang hkindit dat yang yawng malawk mat ai ya kahpu bai gyit ai ndai sumri gaw grai ngang mat ai re nga yang shi bai hkindit yang ndi mat na shi gaw dai kaw sharawng kau ai da. Sharawng kau na she "Ndai wa hpe gaw ndai hku na ndai kaw sha si mat u ga" ngu na she htaw e rum langai mi kaw hpai sa wa na she dai rum ntsa kaw dai du-u dai hpe sa noi da ai da. Sa noi da rai na she gau ngwi ngwi shi gaw dai wa hpe loi mi jam jau jaw da ai hku mung rai nga ai. "Lama shi myit malai lu wa jang mung nsi jang mung bai hkye la na" ngu ai myit gaw she nrawng i dan na dai rum ntsa kaw she noi da ai da. Sa noi da re shaloi she loimi na rai mali manga ya na re shaloi she e mali manga ya na re shaloi kahpu gaw dai shi noi kau da ai e dai du-u hpe bai sa gawan yu ai da. Sa gawan yu ai shaloi gaw naw noi taw rai jang she wora dai nam kaw nga ai dai kadu hka hpe she e "Wora rum ntsa kaw noi da ai hpe sa gintan yu su" ngu di na she "I naw hkrung ai kun sa akawk yu u" ngu ai ga rai nga "Dai du-u kata kaw rawng ai masha i naw hkrung ai kun dai nang sa gintan yu yaw sa akawk yu u. Akawk yu na kata de na nsen na jang gaw bai tsun rit" ngu tsun dat ai hku rai nga dai kadu hka hpe she. Dai wa she kadu hka bai rawt na na ai gaw "Rum ntsa na du-u hpe sa dan jahkrat kau yaw" ngu na na kau dat ai da. Na kau dat ai majaw she kadu hka gaw "Sa gintan yu u" ngu hpe she "Sa dan jahkrat kau u" ngu na di na she dai rum ntsa mang du-u noi da ai dai sumri hpe sa gawa di kau dat ai da. Sa gawa di kau dat ai shaloi dai kanau wa gaw htaw rum de di hkrat agrawp si mat wa ai da. Du-u hte nawng rai na agrawp si mat wa ai da. Dai kaw na da anhte e ndai anhte Jinghpaw Wunpawng sha ni gaw da daini du hkra anhte gaw nat hpe kam ai le dai nsu nat ngu ai hpe daini du hkra ndai nat jaw ni gaw dai hpe naw ai gaw dai kanau wa a katsing si mat ai ngu dai sa wa si ai rai nga dai nat gaw nat tai mat ai le dai shi na kanau nat tai mat na nsu nat ngu na daini du hkra anhte naw jau shajang ai gaw dai kanau si mat ai wa re da. Dai majaw e ndai Jinghpaw Wunpawng sha ni kaw na i ndai moi kaw na daini du hkra nat naw jaw jau ai ni yawng gaw ndai hpe kam let naw hkan galaw nga ma ai da. Htunghkying kaba langai mi hku na ya nam ga hkan e nat jaw ai ni mung ndai nsu nat e hpa nat jan nat hka nat dai ni nga ai gaw e ndai ning re kaw na byin wa ai re da. Ndai nga hpraw nga ka byin wa ai mung dai hkan nau kaw na ndai hku shadung kahprup bun ai dai kaw na nga hpraw nga ka nga mat wa ai da. Daini du hkra nga wuloi kaw tim ka ka re nga ai nga dumsu kaw raitim ka ka rai na nga mat ai gaw ndai kaw na hpang wa ai re. . Language as given: Jinghpaw
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Citation:		Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); lashi bawk hkawn (speaker). 2017. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
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