OLAC Record: Ahkying yam a npawt (Origin of the "Ahkying") with English translation

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Title: Ahkying yam a npawt (Origin of the "Ahkying") with English translation

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Bibliographic Citation: Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Shadau Hkawn Shawng (speaker), 2017. Ahkying yam a npawt (Origin of the "Ahkying") with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2226 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa176d503c27

Contributor (compiler): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (depositor): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (speaker): Shadau Hkawn Shawng

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

Coverage (ISO3166): MM

Date (W3CDTF): 2017-04-14

Date Created (W3CDTF): 2017-04-14

Description: Translation (Rita Seng Mai) The story I am going to tell you is about the origin of "Hkying." (Hkying, also called Yam, is a kind of magic square used for divination.) Once upon a time, a tiger dragged a man away. It dragged him away. The tiger had food for itself. It always drank water first before eating anything. It dragged the man and placed him near the stream. It tried to strike him with its paws. The man didn't move at all. Then the tiger assumed, "This human is dead. Let me go drink water first before I eat him." In fact, the man was pretending to be dead. As soon as the tiger went to drink water at the stream, he ran away. He thought, "The tiger runs really fast. It will catch me anyway. I won't reach home." Then he decided to climb a tree growing by the side of the road. Before he climbed the tree, he fetched some water in a taro leaf, just in case he got thirsty or hungry. Then he carried the water and climbed to the top of the tree. He placed the water he had collected in the taro leaf on his head and sat at the top of the tree. Soon, the tiger arrived at the tree where he was hiding. It was using its magic square to catch the man. When it arrived at the tree where the man was hiding, it took out its magic square to see where the man was, but it could no longer divine. When it tried to divine again, its magic square, which had always been accurate and given correct information, no longer seemed to work. The magic square showed the tiger that the man was in the water. It showed that the man was in the water, with water on his head. The tiger was angry that the magic square was no longer accurate, so it threw it aside and broke it. At that moment, the man in the tree found the tiger's anger amusing, and he accidentally let out a laugh. The tiger heard his sound and looked up at the tree. It saw the man and planned to catch him. The tiger tried to climb the tree, but it couldn't reach the man. Its head got stuck in the fork of the tree. Then the man climbed down from the tree. He killed the tiger. He then picked up some pieces of the magic square that the tiger had broken and went back to his place. Since that day, humans have used the magic square for divination. The time when the man killed the tiger was called 'Grbrang Aten.' Humans started using magic squares for divination since that day. When the magic square was broken, its pieces fell onto the ginger and the vaginant leaf. Since then, divination using vaginant leaves and ginger has begun. Humans have been using the magic squares since that day. Transcription (Lu Hkawng) Ya ngai hkai na maumwi gabaw gaw "A Hkying" shing nrai "Yam" ngu ai a npawt re Moi da ndai la langai mi hpe e sharaw hta hpai mat wa ai da sharaw hta hpai mat wa re yang she ndai sharaw gaw shi lu sha shan lu gyam lu tam la re jang she shi ndai lama ma lu sha sha na re jang e hka shawng lu la nna sha sha re ai da ya ndai masha la ndai hpe shi rim hta hpai mat wa nna ndai hkashi makau kaw e wa hpai tawn da ai da hkashi makau kaw wa hpai tawn da nna she sharaw gaw ndai masha hpe e lahtum yu ai da, lahtum yu jang she ndai la wa gaw shamu mung n shamu ya jang she sharaw gaw"aw ndai masha si sai re nga ya n dai masha shan hpe sha na matu gaw ngai hka naw shawng sa lu la na re" ngu nna she hka sa lu na matu sa mat wa jang she ndai la wa gaw mi gaw shi si masu su da ai re nga ndai sharaw hka lu na nga nna re mat wa shaloi she shi gaw rawt hprawng mat wa sai da rawt hprawng mat wa re nna ya Sharaw mung gai lagat chyang ai rai re gaw ngai nta du wa hkra ngai lu hprawng na ma nre shi hkan dep kau na ra ai ngu nna she shi gaw lam makau kaw na lam makau kaw e hpun langai mi tu ai dai kaw she hpun kaw lung nna lung dung mat ai da shi gaw hpun kaw rai n lung ai shaloi e ya shi hka ni lu mayu kawsi wa hpang gara re wa yang na matu ngua na she nai lap kaw e hka mung ja majaw hpai di na she htaw hpun ningdung de lung dung nga sai da hpun lapran kaw e shi ja hpai ai nai lap kaw e ja majaw la ai hka majaw dai hpe gaw shi abaw kaw mara tawn di na she hpun lakung kaw e hpun ningdung kaw wa dung nga re jang she Sharaw gaw kaja wa hkan dep wa sai da hkan dep shi gaw ndai ahkying sha tawt la tawt la re nna she hkan shachyut nang ai da ndai masha la kaw hkan shachyut nang re she dai hpun pawt kaw du jang she ndai ahkying ahkying dek yu jang she ahkang mung n mu mat re nna dai kaw hpun pawt kaw ahkying bai wa tawt yu jang she shi sha woi pyi grai hkrak ai grai loi hkra gai teng ai hku tawt la la lu tawt la la re ahkying yam wa she dai hpun pawt kaw du jang gaw shi ahkying yam dai hpe bai tawt yu jang she masha dai gaw hka kata de rawng nga ai ngu ai hku na shi mu ai da. Masha gaw hka kata de mi rawng, masha a ntsa kaw re jang gaw hka mi bai rai,nga nna she shi gaw yam ndai n jaw sai n man sai n teng sai ngu nna she pawt mayu nna she yam dai hpe kabai shamawng kau dat ai da. Deng she dai hpun ningdung kaw dung nga ai la wa re jang gaw sharaw dan re na rawt pawt mahkut bu taw nga hpe shi gaw yu mani mayu nna she "heeheehee" ngu nna mani tat dat ai da. Mani tat dat ai na dat nna she sharaw gaw hpun ningdung de mada dat yu jang she kaja wa dai la wa gaw dung taw nga majaw shi gaw ya chyawm me ndai kaw na lung shayu sha sana re ngu na she shi gaw hpun de lung na ngu nna lung mahkyit she mahkyit yu tim n lu lung ai wa hpun lapran kaw gaw shi baw bai wa shachya kau da. Dai kaw baw shachya kau na noi nga jang she awra la wa gaw yu wa nna she sharaw hpe mahtang she wa lahtum sat kau sai da. Wa lahtum sat kau na shi gaw ndai sharaw e gabai kau ai ahkying yam dai sha hta lang re nna she shi gaw wa mat wa sai da. Dai shani kaw na gaw ndai shinggyim masha ni gaw ndai yam ahkying ngu ai hpe e lang mat wa sai da. Ya ndai la ndai dai sharaw hpe lahtum sat kau lu ai aten hpe gaw "Gabrang Aten" ngu nna bai masat la hkra di nna she dai shani kaw na gaw ndai Ahkying Yam ngu ai hpe shinggyim masha ni bai lang mat wa re nna ndai ndai ahkying yam ndai hpe e gabai dat ai chyen ni gaw aw nam na shaba lap ni shaman ni hkan bai wa hkra re nna ndai shaba wawt ai ngu ai shaman hte shaba wawt ai ngu ni mung ndai kaw nna byin wa ai da. Shinggyim masha yam chye lang mat ai lu lang mat ai mung dai shani kaw na re da. . Language as given: Jinghpaw

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Identifier: KK1-2226

Identifier (URI): http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2226

Language: Kachin

Language (ISO639): kac

Publisher: Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)

Rights: Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)

Subject: Kachin language

Subject (ISO639): kac

Subject (OLAC): language_documentation

text_and_corpus_linguistics

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Citation: Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Shadau Hkawn Shawng (speaker). 2017. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
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Title:		Ahkying yam a npawt (Origin of the "Ahkying") with English translation
Access Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:		Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Shadau Hkawn Shawng (speaker), 2017. Ahkying yam a npawt (Origin of the "Ahkying") with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2226 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa176d503c27
Contributor (compiler):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (depositor):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (speaker):		Shadau Hkawn Shawng
Coverage (Box):		northlimit=27.331; southlimit=23.137; westlimit=95.335; eastlimit=98.498
Coverage (ISO3166):		MM
Date (W3CDTF):		2017-04-14
Date Created (W3CDTF):		2017-04-14
Description:		Translation (Rita Seng Mai) The story I am going to tell you is about the origin of "Hkying." (Hkying, also called Yam, is a kind of magic square used for divination.) Once upon a time, a tiger dragged a man away. It dragged him away. The tiger had food for itself. It always drank water first before eating anything. It dragged the man and placed him near the stream. It tried to strike him with its paws. The man didn't move at all. Then the tiger assumed, "This human is dead. Let me go drink water first before I eat him." In fact, the man was pretending to be dead. As soon as the tiger went to drink water at the stream, he ran away. He thought, "The tiger runs really fast. It will catch me anyway. I won't reach home." Then he decided to climb a tree growing by the side of the road. Before he climbed the tree, he fetched some water in a taro leaf, just in case he got thirsty or hungry. Then he carried the water and climbed to the top of the tree. He placed the water he had collected in the taro leaf on his head and sat at the top of the tree. Soon, the tiger arrived at the tree where he was hiding. It was using its magic square to catch the man. When it arrived at the tree where the man was hiding, it took out its magic square to see where the man was, but it could no longer divine. When it tried to divine again, its magic square, which had always been accurate and given correct information, no longer seemed to work. The magic square showed the tiger that the man was in the water. It showed that the man was in the water, with water on his head. The tiger was angry that the magic square was no longer accurate, so it threw it aside and broke it. At that moment, the man in the tree found the tiger's anger amusing, and he accidentally let out a laugh. The tiger heard his sound and looked up at the tree. It saw the man and planned to catch him. The tiger tried to climb the tree, but it couldn't reach the man. Its head got stuck in the fork of the tree. Then the man climbed down from the tree. He killed the tiger. He then picked up some pieces of the magic square that the tiger had broken and went back to his place. Since that day, humans have used the magic square for divination. The time when the man killed the tiger was called 'Grbrang Aten.' Humans started using magic squares for divination since that day. When the magic square was broken, its pieces fell onto the ginger and the vaginant leaf. Since then, divination using vaginant leaves and ginger has begun. Humans have been using the magic squares since that day. Transcription (Lu Hkawng) Ya ngai hkai na maumwi gabaw gaw "A Hkying" shing nrai "Yam" ngu ai a npawt re Moi da ndai la langai mi hpe e sharaw hta hpai mat wa ai da sharaw hta hpai mat wa re yang she ndai sharaw gaw shi lu sha shan lu gyam lu tam la re jang she shi ndai lama ma lu sha sha na re jang e hka shawng lu la nna sha sha re ai da ya ndai masha la ndai hpe shi rim hta hpai mat wa nna ndai hkashi makau kaw e wa hpai tawn da ai da hkashi makau kaw wa hpai tawn da nna she sharaw gaw ndai masha hpe e lahtum yu ai da, lahtum yu jang she ndai la wa gaw shamu mung n shamu ya jang she sharaw gaw"aw ndai masha si sai re nga ya n dai masha shan hpe sha na matu gaw ngai hka naw shawng sa lu la na re" ngu nna she hka sa lu na matu sa mat wa jang she ndai la wa gaw mi gaw shi si masu su da ai re nga ndai sharaw hka lu na nga nna re mat wa shaloi she shi gaw rawt hprawng mat wa sai da rawt hprawng mat wa re nna ya Sharaw mung gai lagat chyang ai rai re gaw ngai nta du wa hkra ngai lu hprawng na ma nre shi hkan dep kau na ra ai ngu nna she shi gaw lam makau kaw na lam makau kaw e hpun langai mi tu ai dai kaw she hpun kaw lung nna lung dung mat ai da shi gaw hpun kaw rai n lung ai shaloi e ya shi hka ni lu mayu kawsi wa hpang gara re wa yang na matu ngua na she nai lap kaw e hka mung ja majaw hpai di na she htaw hpun ningdung de lung dung nga sai da hpun lapran kaw e shi ja hpai ai nai lap kaw e ja majaw la ai hka majaw dai hpe gaw shi abaw kaw mara tawn di na she hpun lakung kaw e hpun ningdung kaw wa dung nga re jang she Sharaw gaw kaja wa hkan dep wa sai da hkan dep shi gaw ndai ahkying sha tawt la tawt la re nna she hkan shachyut nang ai da ndai masha la kaw hkan shachyut nang re she dai hpun pawt kaw du jang she ndai ahkying ahkying dek yu jang she ahkang mung n mu mat re nna dai kaw hpun pawt kaw ahkying bai wa tawt yu jang she shi sha woi pyi grai hkrak ai grai loi hkra gai teng ai hku tawt la la lu tawt la la re ahkying yam wa she dai hpun pawt kaw du jang gaw shi ahkying yam dai hpe bai tawt yu jang she masha dai gaw hka kata de rawng nga ai ngu ai hku na shi mu ai da. Masha gaw hka kata de mi rawng, masha a ntsa kaw re jang gaw hka mi bai rai,nga nna she shi gaw yam ndai n jaw sai n man sai n teng sai ngu nna she pawt mayu nna she yam dai hpe kabai shamawng kau dat ai da. Deng she dai hpun ningdung kaw dung nga ai la wa re jang gaw sharaw dan re na rawt pawt mahkut bu taw nga hpe shi gaw yu mani mayu nna she "heeheehee" ngu nna mani tat dat ai da. Mani tat dat ai na dat nna she sharaw gaw hpun ningdung de mada dat yu jang she kaja wa dai la wa gaw dung taw nga majaw shi gaw ya chyawm me ndai kaw na lung shayu sha sana re ngu na she shi gaw hpun de lung na ngu nna lung mahkyit she mahkyit yu tim n lu lung ai wa hpun lapran kaw gaw shi baw bai wa shachya kau da. Dai kaw baw shachya kau na noi nga jang she awra la wa gaw yu wa nna she sharaw hpe mahtang she wa lahtum sat kau sai da. Wa lahtum sat kau na shi gaw ndai sharaw e gabai kau ai ahkying yam dai sha hta lang re nna she shi gaw wa mat wa sai da. Dai shani kaw na gaw ndai shinggyim masha ni gaw ndai yam ahkying ngu ai hpe e lang mat wa sai da. Ya ndai la ndai dai sharaw hpe lahtum sat kau lu ai aten hpe gaw "Gabrang Aten" ngu nna bai masat la hkra di nna she dai shani kaw na gaw ndai Ahkying Yam ngu ai hpe shinggyim masha ni bai lang mat wa re nna ndai ndai ahkying yam ndai hpe e gabai dat ai chyen ni gaw aw nam na shaba lap ni shaman ni hkan bai wa hkra re nna ndai shaba wawt ai ngu ai shaman hte shaba wawt ai ngu ni mung ndai kaw nna byin wa ai da. Shinggyim masha yam chye lang mat ai lu lang mat ai mung dai shani kaw na re da. . Language as given: Jinghpaw
Format:		Digitised: no Media: Audio
Identifier:		KK1-2226
Identifier (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2226
Language:		Kachin
Language (ISO639):		kac
Publisher:		Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Subject:		Kachin language
Subject (ISO639):		kac
Subject (OLAC):		language_documentation
Subject (OLAC):		text_and_corpus_linguistics
Table Of Contents (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2226/KK1-2226-A.eaf
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2226/KK1-2226-A.mp3
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2226/KK1-2226-A.wav
Type (DCMI):		Sound
Type (OLAC):		primary_text
OLAC Info
Archive:		Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/paradisec.org.au
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:paradisec.org.au:KK1-2226
DateStamp:		2026-04-10
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Citation:		Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Shadau Hkawn Shawng (speaker). 2017. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
Terms:		area_Asia country_MM dcmi_Sound iso639_kac olac_language_documentation olac_primary_text olac_text_and_corpus_linguistics
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Country:		Myanmar
Area:		Asia