OLAC Record: Nai lap hta hka ru bun yu mu (Pouring water on the yam leaves) with English translation

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Title: Nai lap hta hka ru bun yu mu (Pouring water on the yam leaves) with English translation

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

Bibliographic Citation: Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Mwijang Lu Htoi (speaker), 2017. Nai lap hta hka ru bun yu mu (Pouring water on the yam leaves) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2239 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa1770c8fef1

Contributor (compiler): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (depositor): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (speaker): Mwijang Lu Htoi

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

Coverage (ISO3166): MM

Date (W3CDTF): 2017-04-15

Date Created (W3CDTF): 2017-04-15

Description: Translation (Rita Seng Mai) The title is 'Throw Water onto the Taro Leaf.' Once upon a time, there was a man. He had some children. Other parents made their children work from a young age. But the man thought, "When the children grow up, they will surely learn how to work." So he never made them work. The children didn't even clean themselves. Even when he changed his children's clothes, they tried to unbutton and tear them. He simply thought, "They will dress neatly and tidy when they grow up. They will learn how to work as well. Let them live as they want now." The children didn't work at all. As time passed, the children grew up and became adults. The man also grew old. He thought, "I am tired of working because I am old now. My children have also become adults. They are now the right age to work. Now it's time for them to take care of us. I must not let them live like this anymore. They should work and look after us." He called his children and said to them, "We don't make you work and let you live comfortably. We take care of you without making you work every day. Now we are getting old, so you should work and look after us." However, his children didn't want to work anymore because they had been living like rich people. When he asked them to do some work, they went off somewhere and wasted their time talking. They didn't work at all. Whatever task they were asked to do, they couldn't complete. When they came back home at night without finishing any work, their father beat them. But they were already in the habit of living like rich people. Then the other people were shocked to see the way they taught their children. They gossiped, "They didn't make their children work when they were young. Now they panic! The children have already grown up, so it is difficult to change them now. The children must feel stressed, too. It's the parents' fault. They made them like that. How can they beat them now? We can't stand seeing them like that." Then they went to the parents and said, "Why is your family always fighting and arguing all the time?" The father said, "We are depressed because our children don't want to do whatever we ask them to do." They said to him, "Mister, throw water onto the taro leaf." Then he fetched some water and threw it onto the taro leaf, but the water just rolled off. He kept doing it, but the water still rolled off. The leaf was completely dry. Then they said to him, "Look at that leaf. That taro leaf can't be wet. In the same way, your children can't be taught to work because you didn't make them work when they were young. It's already too late to teach them to work." The man also reflected and said, "We didn't know how to raise our children. That's why they became like this. Don't be like us. Teach your children and let them work as much as they can when they are young. Let's teach our children." This is the end of the story. Transcription (La Ring) Nai lap hta hka ru bun yu mu nga ai re gabaw gaw. Moi.. masha la langai mi nga ai da. Shi gaw masha ni gaw tinang kasha hpe kaji kaw na bungli shangun ai da shi chye ai gaw "Dai ram ram naw kaji ai mi gaw kaba wa jang chye na re" nga na she jasan jaseng ai lam mung ngalaw da bu hpun palawng mung galai ya tim ya sha agang mat mat rai bu hpun palawng shama, ga shatum bungli galaw sha ngai bungli galaw na ga shatum kaba jang e she shanhte hkrai shanhte e chye wa hkrut la wa shatsawm la wa rai mahkawn shabrang rai wa jang shi hkrai tsawm wa na re" ngu na "bungli mung ra mi naw ban la u ga" ngu na bungli mung n shangun ai dai hku tawn da wa kasha ni gaw kasha ni gaw lani hte lani nga nna kaba mat wa na she Kawa mung shi galaw mayu ai bungli sha galaw rai yang "E.. dingla gaw dingla wa nau ba wa nna she hunn ndai nye kasha ndai ni kaba sai lo bungli galaw ram sai an Kanu yan Kawa e mung grai tau ram sai lau ban tawn da gaw nmai sai ya an Kanu yan Kawa gumgai dingla wa yang gaw shanhte bai galaw ra sai" nga nna she "Bai" kasha ni hpe shaga la nna she " "Bai nan nau ni hpe e Nu yan Wa hpa mung ngalaw shangun ai grai kaba hkra tawn da ai re. Shani shagu ban hkrai ban nna rem kaba da ai re" ya gaw an Nnu yan Nwa mung gumgai dingla wa sai dai majaw nan nau ni bai e galaw ra sai Nu yan Wa a malai tai ra sai" ngu yang she hpa galaw shangun yang mung nmadat hpa galaw yang mung da shawoi lau ban ban man sai rai na shawoi nga hku sha nga maga mi de sa shangun dat yang le shara mi sa jawm jahta e nan mat hpa bungli mung ngalaw ngut hpa bungli mung ngalaw ngut rai jang gaw e hpa tam wa marit ngu tim hpa mung nlu tam wa shana de rai jang gaw hpa mung nla wa jang gaw bai gayet da bai gayet gayet hkrai gayet hpa shangun yang mung shawoi na ban mat ban man mat sai rai na gaw hpa mung ngalaw hkraw rai na nga nna masha ni gaw dai kasha ni hpe e sharin ai la dai yen la hpe gaw masha ni gaw grai yu nlu na grai yu mau sai da. "Wo ran di e shajawng shajem tawn nna ya chyawm me gaw kajawng sai ya chyawm me kasha ni kaba mat nna sharin jam jau nga e wo ra gaw naw sa tsun shadum la ra sai kacha ni mung grai jam jau nga ai" ngu "shan Kanu yan Kawa she e dai hku di tawn nna wa ya gaw bai zingri hkrai bai zingri rai yang gaw jeng mawng jeng hkang rai anhte yu ai ni mung grai yak nga" nga na she sa wa ai da dai la yan Kanu yan Kawa kaw sa wa she.. "E nyen wa ni gaw hpa rai na wa mi dan rai na wa galaw hkrai galaw hkat nga mani" nga yang she "Ndai nye kasha ni hpa shangun yang mung hpa mung n hkraw hkraw rai nna grai jam jau nga ai" ngu yang she "E.. myit su wa e nang wo ra nai lap kaw e hka ru bun yu le" n ga ai da. Kaja wa sha hka kamai la nna hka ru bun yang wa "Shawt la tawm". Bai.. bai ja la nna "Ning" di la hkra raitim mung "Ning" di lahkyawn la hkra raitim mung ning di ru bun yang maren "Shawt tawm". Madi mung nmadi wa da. Kashawt mung kashawt mat na she hka, nai lam kaw hka mung nmadi hkra rai "Dai yu yu le nang kaji kaw na nsharin ai re majaw dai nai lap kaw hka madi yang she na kasha ni mung sharin la e nmai mat sai ga rai nga ai nang sharin aten lai mat sai ga rai nga ai" ngu tsun ya ai da. Dai majaw e dai la wa mung myit yu ai da "Aw.. aw ngai gaw.. an gaw.. kasha nchye sharin mat na ndai hku rai mat sai ga rai nga ai..dai majaw nanhte nga ai kaga ngam ai ni mung an Kanu yan Kawa zawn n re sha, kashu kasha lu yang kaji kaw na bungli bungsi ni atsawm sha woi galaw woi matsun tinang dang, kadai mung kadai dang ai bungli kadai galaw rai nna sharin hkang la ga law" ngu na tsun ai da la dai wa. Maumwi htum sai. . Language as given: Jinghpaw

Format: Digitised: no Media: Audio

Identifier: KK1-2239

Identifier (URI): http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2239

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

Table Of Contents (URI): http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2239/KK1-2239-A.eaf

http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2239/KK1-2239-A.mp3

http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2239/KK1-2239-A.wav

Type (DCMI): Sound

Type (OLAC): primary_text

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Citation: Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Mwijang Lu Htoi (speaker). 2017. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
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Country: Myanmar
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Title:		Nai lap hta hka ru bun yu mu (Pouring water on the yam leaves) with English translation
Access Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:		Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Mwijang Lu Htoi (speaker), 2017. Nai lap hta hka ru bun yu mu (Pouring water on the yam leaves) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2239 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa1770c8fef1
Contributor (compiler):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (depositor):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (speaker):		Mwijang Lu Htoi
Coverage (Box):		northlimit=27.331; southlimit=23.137; westlimit=95.335; eastlimit=98.498
Coverage (ISO3166):		MM
Date (W3CDTF):		2017-04-15
Date Created (W3CDTF):		2017-04-15
Description:		Translation (Rita Seng Mai) The title is 'Throw Water onto the Taro Leaf.' Once upon a time, there was a man. He had some children. Other parents made their children work from a young age. But the man thought, "When the children grow up, they will surely learn how to work." So he never made them work. The children didn't even clean themselves. Even when he changed his children's clothes, they tried to unbutton and tear them. He simply thought, "They will dress neatly and tidy when they grow up. They will learn how to work as well. Let them live as they want now." The children didn't work at all. As time passed, the children grew up and became adults. The man also grew old. He thought, "I am tired of working because I am old now. My children have also become adults. They are now the right age to work. Now it's time for them to take care of us. I must not let them live like this anymore. They should work and look after us." He called his children and said to them, "We don't make you work and let you live comfortably. We take care of you without making you work every day. Now we are getting old, so you should work and look after us." However, his children didn't want to work anymore because they had been living like rich people. When he asked them to do some work, they went off somewhere and wasted their time talking. They didn't work at all. Whatever task they were asked to do, they couldn't complete. When they came back home at night without finishing any work, their father beat them. But they were already in the habit of living like rich people. Then the other people were shocked to see the way they taught their children. They gossiped, "They didn't make their children work when they were young. Now they panic! The children have already grown up, so it is difficult to change them now. The children must feel stressed, too. It's the parents' fault. They made them like that. How can they beat them now? We can't stand seeing them like that." Then they went to the parents and said, "Why is your family always fighting and arguing all the time?" The father said, "We are depressed because our children don't want to do whatever we ask them to do." They said to him, "Mister, throw water onto the taro leaf." Then he fetched some water and threw it onto the taro leaf, but the water just rolled off. He kept doing it, but the water still rolled off. The leaf was completely dry. Then they said to him, "Look at that leaf. That taro leaf can't be wet. In the same way, your children can't be taught to work because you didn't make them work when they were young. It's already too late to teach them to work." The man also reflected and said, "We didn't know how to raise our children. That's why they became like this. Don't be like us. Teach your children and let them work as much as they can when they are young. Let's teach our children." This is the end of the story. Transcription (La Ring) Nai lap hta hka ru bun yu mu nga ai re gabaw gaw. Moi.. masha la langai mi nga ai da. Shi gaw masha ni gaw tinang kasha hpe kaji kaw na bungli shangun ai da shi chye ai gaw "Dai ram ram naw kaji ai mi gaw kaba wa jang chye na re" nga na she jasan jaseng ai lam mung ngalaw da bu hpun palawng mung galai ya tim ya sha agang mat mat rai bu hpun palawng shama, ga shatum bungli galaw sha ngai bungli galaw na ga shatum kaba jang e she shanhte hkrai shanhte e chye wa hkrut la wa shatsawm la wa rai mahkawn shabrang rai wa jang shi hkrai tsawm wa na re" ngu na "bungli mung ra mi naw ban la u ga" ngu na bungli mung n shangun ai dai hku tawn da wa kasha ni gaw kasha ni gaw lani hte lani nga nna kaba mat wa na she Kawa mung shi galaw mayu ai bungli sha galaw rai yang "E.. dingla gaw dingla wa nau ba wa nna she hunn ndai nye kasha ndai ni kaba sai lo bungli galaw ram sai an Kanu yan Kawa e mung grai tau ram sai lau ban tawn da gaw nmai sai ya an Kanu yan Kawa gumgai dingla wa yang gaw shanhte bai galaw ra sai" nga nna she "Bai" kasha ni hpe shaga la nna she " "Bai nan nau ni hpe e Nu yan Wa hpa mung ngalaw shangun ai grai kaba hkra tawn da ai re. Shani shagu ban hkrai ban nna rem kaba da ai re" ya gaw an Nnu yan Nwa mung gumgai dingla wa sai dai majaw nan nau ni bai e galaw ra sai Nu yan Wa a malai tai ra sai" ngu yang she hpa galaw shangun yang mung nmadat hpa galaw yang mung da shawoi lau ban ban man sai rai na shawoi nga hku sha nga maga mi de sa shangun dat yang le shara mi sa jawm jahta e nan mat hpa bungli mung ngalaw ngut hpa bungli mung ngalaw ngut rai jang gaw e hpa tam wa marit ngu tim hpa mung nlu tam wa shana de rai jang gaw hpa mung nla wa jang gaw bai gayet da bai gayet gayet hkrai gayet hpa shangun yang mung shawoi na ban mat ban man mat sai rai na gaw hpa mung ngalaw hkraw rai na nga nna masha ni gaw dai kasha ni hpe e sharin ai la dai yen la hpe gaw masha ni gaw grai yu nlu na grai yu mau sai da. "Wo ran di e shajawng shajem tawn nna ya chyawm me gaw kajawng sai ya chyawm me kasha ni kaba mat nna sharin jam jau nga e wo ra gaw naw sa tsun shadum la ra sai kacha ni mung grai jam jau nga ai" ngu "shan Kanu yan Kawa she e dai hku di tawn nna wa ya gaw bai zingri hkrai bai zingri rai yang gaw jeng mawng jeng hkang rai anhte yu ai ni mung grai yak nga" nga na she sa wa ai da dai la yan Kanu yan Kawa kaw sa wa she.. "E nyen wa ni gaw hpa rai na wa mi dan rai na wa galaw hkrai galaw hkat nga mani" nga yang she "Ndai nye kasha ni hpa shangun yang mung hpa mung n hkraw hkraw rai nna grai jam jau nga ai" ngu yang she "E.. myit su wa e nang wo ra nai lap kaw e hka ru bun yu le" n ga ai da. Kaja wa sha hka kamai la nna hka ru bun yang wa "Shawt la tawm". Bai.. bai ja la nna "Ning" di la hkra raitim mung "Ning" di lahkyawn la hkra raitim mung ning di ru bun yang maren "Shawt tawm". Madi mung nmadi wa da. Kashawt mung kashawt mat na she hka, nai lam kaw hka mung nmadi hkra rai "Dai yu yu le nang kaji kaw na nsharin ai re majaw dai nai lap kaw hka madi yang she na kasha ni mung sharin la e nmai mat sai ga rai nga ai nang sharin aten lai mat sai ga rai nga ai" ngu tsun ya ai da. Dai majaw e dai la wa mung myit yu ai da "Aw.. aw ngai gaw.. an gaw.. kasha nchye sharin mat na ndai hku rai mat sai ga rai nga ai..dai majaw nanhte nga ai kaga ngam ai ni mung an Kanu yan Kawa zawn n re sha, kashu kasha lu yang kaji kaw na bungli bungsi ni atsawm sha woi galaw woi matsun tinang dang, kadai mung kadai dang ai bungli kadai galaw rai nna sharin hkang la ga law" ngu na tsun ai da la dai wa. Maumwi htum sai. . Language as given: Jinghpaw
Format:		Digitised: no Media: Audio
Identifier:		KK1-2239
Identifier (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2239
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/KK1/2239/KK1-2239-A.eaf
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2239/KK1-2239-A.mp3
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2239/KK1-2239-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:KK1-2239
DateStamp:		2026-04-10
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
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Citation:		Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Mwijang Lu Htoi (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