OLAC Record: U hka hte hkam hkam u a lam (Crow and Hkam Hkam bird) with English translation

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oai:paradisec.org.au:KK1-2270

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Title: U hka hte hkam hkam u a lam (Crow and Hkam Hkam bird) with English translation

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

Bibliographic Citation: Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Jangma Htoi Nan (speaker), 2019. U hka hte hkam hkam u a lam (Crow and Hkam Hkam bird) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2270 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa1775b94f4b

Contributor (compiler): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (depositor): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (speaker): Jangma Htoi Nan

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

Coverage (ISO3166): MM

Date (W3CDTF): 2019-01-23

Date Created (W3CDTF): 2019-01-23

Description: Translation (Rita Seng Mai) This is about the crow and the Hkam Hkam bird. Some people call it Tap Hkang bird. In the past, the crow was white. The crow and the Hkam Hkam bird were friends. They discussed, "Let's be the most beautiful birds." They decided to make each other beautiful by drawing patterns on their bodies. The next day, when it was sunny, they prepared to dye the fabric. They mixed indigo, which people use for dyeing. It was impossible to bleach the indigo after it was dyed. The crow first drew patterns on the Hkam Hkam bird's body. After drawing beautiful patterns, it said to the Hkam Hkam bird, "It's done." When it was time for the crow, both of them got a nice smell. They also saw smoke rising from the village. The crow thought to itself, "It's the time when humans offer offerings to the nat spirits." It was thinking about eating those offerings. So it hurried the Hkam Hkam bird to finish drawing the patterns quickly. The Hkam Hkam bird tried its best to draw the patterns quickly. However, the crow kept hurrying it, so the Hkam Hkam bird pushed the crow into the indigo pool. It got impatient and pushed the crow into the indigo pool. And it flew away into the forest. The crow got out of the pool and chased after the Hkam Hkam bird. It said, "How could you do that to me?! I told you to make me beautiful, but you pushed me into it!" The Hkam Hkam bird hid in the deep forest. The crow was angry, but at the same time it wanted to eat the meat, so it didn't chase the Hkam Hkam bird any further. After eating meat from the nat offerings, the crow searched for the Hkam Hkam bird again. It kept searching for it the next day, too. Since that day, the Hkam Hkam bird never went out during the daytime because it was scared of the crow. It only went out at night. The crow has been searching for the Hkam Hkam bird to this day. Our elders told us that the Hkam Hkam bird has very beautiful patterns on its body, but no one ever sees them during the daytime. Transcription (La Ring) Langai gaw ndai Kahka, U Hka hte Hkam Hkam U.. nkau mi gaw Tap Hkang U mung nga ma ai. Rai yang gaw, e ndai.. Kahka gaw da mi.. de gaw Kahka gaw ahpraw re da. E rai.. Hkam Hkam U hte U Hka ndai lahkawng gaw rau sha kanawn ai manang yan re da. Rai yang gaw "An lahkawng gaw grai tsawm ai u rai ga" ngu nna she shan hkawng gaw bawng hkat ai da. Langai hte langai hkum kaw grai tsawm hkra hkra rai na maka jawm soi.. jawm shatsawm hkat na hku shan hkawng jawm myit hkrum ma ai da. Dai majaw hpang shani gaw jan ja nga yang she maka soi na matu dai.. mahtat lap ni e mahtat i dan re.. wo palawng ni moi anhte Jinghpaw ni lang ai hpun palawng hkan e sumpan shing re lachyit ni hte da la ngut ai hpang mahtat lap, mahtat ntsin kaw tsing kau jang gaw achyang i.. ndai nsam nprai ai hku rai nga. E dai baw rai na hku re da. Dai ntsin kaw e jawm soi na matu rai yang gaw shawng e gaw U Hka shawng ndai Hkam Hkam U hpe e maka soi ya ai da. Maka grai.. tsawm hkra sama ya.. ngut sai da. "E.. grai tsawm sai" ngu na she jahkring da ya na hku rai nga. Ya U Hka na chya na matu re shaloi gaw, dai shaloi she sama grai manam pyaw ai sama wa lu wa ai da e. Dai she mare de wan hkut mawng.. rai jang gaw, "hunn.. ndai aten gaw shinggyim masha ni nat jaw e nat hkungri hta hkungga nawng ya ai aten rai na re". U Hka a myit kaw gaw ndai aten gaw shanhte nawng tawn da ai shan ni, hkungga shan ndai ni hpe sa sha.. rai na matu she shi gaw dai myit mat na hku rai nga. Dai majaw ndai Hkam Hkam U hpe lawan soi ya na matu i.. lawan soi ya na matu lawan shatin na hku rai nga. Ndai wa mung soi gaw soi ai, jahtum e gaw.. ndai wa nau tsun shatin rai jang she mahtat la-ing kaw mahtang kanawng bang kau dat ai da. Mahtat la-ing kaw kanawng bang kau dat re na gaw, shi mung kanawng bang myit ngalu wa na kanawng bang ai lata gaw shi gaw nam de hprawng mat ai da. U Hka wa dai la-ing kaw na bai lu pru wa re hte gaw, hkan shachyut ai da "Ngai hpe me shing re de kanawng bang grai tsawm ai hku she soi ya rit ngu na rai yang nang gaw shing re ai" ngu na tsun ai majaw shi gaw hkan shachyut ai da. Ah.. ndai Hkam Hkam U mung maling grau.. htat ai de makoi mat ai da. Ndai U Hka wa gaw pawt mung pawt mayu sha mung sha mayu re majaw gaw grai ngut hkra gaw ntam ai da. Raitim mung dai mung hkan tam let mare de na ndai.. hkungri kaw na shan ni hkungga shan ndai ni sa sha lu na matu shi ginjang tam nna hpang shani mung bai tam ai da. Dai shani kaw nna ndai Hkam Hkam U ngu gaw e shana ngoi ai. Shana sha ngoi sai i, rai yang gaw.. shani na aten hta e.. ndai U Hka hpe hkrit ai majaw shinggan de nwam, npru, npyen hkawm mat ai re da. Rai na U Hka gaw daini ten du hkra Hkam Hkam U hpe naw hkan tam nga ai. Dai majaw Hkam Hkam U gaw shana na aten hta she pru nna shi a maka kumla, shi a hkum kaw grai.. tsawm hkra chya tawn da ya ai.. soi tawn da ya ai maka hpe e grai tsawm timung, masha ni e nmu, shani na aten hta nmu lu ai re... nga na hkai dan ma ai law.. . Language as given: Jinghpaw

Format: Digitised: no Media: Audio

Identifier: KK1-2270

Identifier (URI): http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2270

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/KK1/2270/KK1-2270-A.eaf

http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2270/KK1-2270-A.mp3

http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2270/KK1-2270-A.wav

Type (DCMI): Sound

Type (OLAC): primary_text

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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:KK1-2270

DateStamp: 2026-04-15

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Citation: Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Jangma Htoi Nan (speaker). 2019. 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

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Metadata
Title:		U hka hte hkam hkam u a lam (Crow and Hkam Hkam bird) with English translation
Access Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:		Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Jangma Htoi Nan (speaker), 2019. U hka hte hkam hkam u a lam (Crow and Hkam Hkam bird) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2270 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa1775b94f4b
Contributor (compiler):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (depositor):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (speaker):		Jangma Htoi Nan
Coverage (Box):		northlimit=27.331; southlimit=23.137; westlimit=95.335; eastlimit=98.498
Coverage (ISO3166):		MM
Date (W3CDTF):		2019-01-23
Date Created (W3CDTF):		2019-01-23
Description:		Translation (Rita Seng Mai) This is about the crow and the Hkam Hkam bird. Some people call it Tap Hkang bird. In the past, the crow was white. The crow and the Hkam Hkam bird were friends. They discussed, "Let's be the most beautiful birds." They decided to make each other beautiful by drawing patterns on their bodies. The next day, when it was sunny, they prepared to dye the fabric. They mixed indigo, which people use for dyeing. It was impossible to bleach the indigo after it was dyed. The crow first drew patterns on the Hkam Hkam bird's body. After drawing beautiful patterns, it said to the Hkam Hkam bird, "It's done." When it was time for the crow, both of them got a nice smell. They also saw smoke rising from the village. The crow thought to itself, "It's the time when humans offer offerings to the nat spirits." It was thinking about eating those offerings. So it hurried the Hkam Hkam bird to finish drawing the patterns quickly. The Hkam Hkam bird tried its best to draw the patterns quickly. However, the crow kept hurrying it, so the Hkam Hkam bird pushed the crow into the indigo pool. It got impatient and pushed the crow into the indigo pool. And it flew away into the forest. The crow got out of the pool and chased after the Hkam Hkam bird. It said, "How could you do that to me?! I told you to make me beautiful, but you pushed me into it!" The Hkam Hkam bird hid in the deep forest. The crow was angry, but at the same time it wanted to eat the meat, so it didn't chase the Hkam Hkam bird any further. After eating meat from the nat offerings, the crow searched for the Hkam Hkam bird again. It kept searching for it the next day, too. Since that day, the Hkam Hkam bird never went out during the daytime because it was scared of the crow. It only went out at night. The crow has been searching for the Hkam Hkam bird to this day. Our elders told us that the Hkam Hkam bird has very beautiful patterns on its body, but no one ever sees them during the daytime. Transcription (La Ring) Langai gaw ndai Kahka, U Hka hte Hkam Hkam U.. nkau mi gaw Tap Hkang U mung nga ma ai. Rai yang gaw, e ndai.. Kahka gaw da mi.. de gaw Kahka gaw ahpraw re da. E rai.. Hkam Hkam U hte U Hka ndai lahkawng gaw rau sha kanawn ai manang yan re da. Rai yang gaw "An lahkawng gaw grai tsawm ai u rai ga" ngu nna she shan hkawng gaw bawng hkat ai da. Langai hte langai hkum kaw grai tsawm hkra hkra rai na maka jawm soi.. jawm shatsawm hkat na hku shan hkawng jawm myit hkrum ma ai da. Dai majaw hpang shani gaw jan ja nga yang she maka soi na matu dai.. mahtat lap ni e mahtat i dan re.. wo palawng ni moi anhte Jinghpaw ni lang ai hpun palawng hkan e sumpan shing re lachyit ni hte da la ngut ai hpang mahtat lap, mahtat ntsin kaw tsing kau jang gaw achyang i.. ndai nsam nprai ai hku rai nga. E dai baw rai na hku re da. Dai ntsin kaw e jawm soi na matu rai yang gaw shawng e gaw U Hka shawng ndai Hkam Hkam U hpe e maka soi ya ai da. Maka grai.. tsawm hkra sama ya.. ngut sai da. "E.. grai tsawm sai" ngu na she jahkring da ya na hku rai nga. Ya U Hka na chya na matu re shaloi gaw, dai shaloi she sama grai manam pyaw ai sama wa lu wa ai da e. Dai she mare de wan hkut mawng.. rai jang gaw, "hunn.. ndai aten gaw shinggyim masha ni nat jaw e nat hkungri hta hkungga nawng ya ai aten rai na re". U Hka a myit kaw gaw ndai aten gaw shanhte nawng tawn da ai shan ni, hkungga shan ndai ni hpe sa sha.. rai na matu she shi gaw dai myit mat na hku rai nga. Dai majaw ndai Hkam Hkam U hpe lawan soi ya na matu i.. lawan soi ya na matu lawan shatin na hku rai nga. Ndai wa mung soi gaw soi ai, jahtum e gaw.. ndai wa nau tsun shatin rai jang she mahtat la-ing kaw mahtang kanawng bang kau dat ai da. Mahtat la-ing kaw kanawng bang kau dat re na gaw, shi mung kanawng bang myit ngalu wa na kanawng bang ai lata gaw shi gaw nam de hprawng mat ai da. U Hka wa dai la-ing kaw na bai lu pru wa re hte gaw, hkan shachyut ai da "Ngai hpe me shing re de kanawng bang grai tsawm ai hku she soi ya rit ngu na rai yang nang gaw shing re ai" ngu na tsun ai majaw shi gaw hkan shachyut ai da. Ah.. ndai Hkam Hkam U mung maling grau.. htat ai de makoi mat ai da. Ndai U Hka wa gaw pawt mung pawt mayu sha mung sha mayu re majaw gaw grai ngut hkra gaw ntam ai da. Raitim mung dai mung hkan tam let mare de na ndai.. hkungri kaw na shan ni hkungga shan ndai ni sa sha lu na matu shi ginjang tam nna hpang shani mung bai tam ai da. Dai shani kaw nna ndai Hkam Hkam U ngu gaw e shana ngoi ai. Shana sha ngoi sai i, rai yang gaw.. shani na aten hta e.. ndai U Hka hpe hkrit ai majaw shinggan de nwam, npru, npyen hkawm mat ai re da. Rai na U Hka gaw daini ten du hkra Hkam Hkam U hpe naw hkan tam nga ai. Dai majaw Hkam Hkam U gaw shana na aten hta she pru nna shi a maka kumla, shi a hkum kaw grai.. tsawm hkra chya tawn da ya ai.. soi tawn da ya ai maka hpe e grai tsawm timung, masha ni e nmu, shani na aten hta nmu lu ai re... nga na hkai dan ma ai law.. . Language as given: Jinghpaw
Format:		Digitised: no Media: Audio
Identifier:		KK1-2270
Identifier (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2270
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/KK1/2270/KK1-2270-A.eaf
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2270/KK1-2270-A.mp3
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2270/KK1-2270-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
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:		Pre-generated XML file
OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:paradisec.org.au:KK1-2270
DateStamp:		2026-04-15
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Jangma Htoi Nan (speaker). 2019. 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
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Myanmar
Area:		Asia