OLAC Record: Lalaw ma hte kashu a lam (The Orphan Boy and the Wise Old Man) with English translation

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Title: Lalaw ma hte kashu a lam (The Orphan Boy and the Wise Old Man) with English translation

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

Bibliographic Citation: Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Lahtaw Seng Ja (speaker), 2019. Lalaw ma hte kashu a lam (The Orphan Boy and the Wise Old Man) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2310 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa177fa86ee7

Contributor (compiler): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (depositor): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (speaker): Lahtaw Seng Ja

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

Coverage (ISO3166): MM

Date (W3CDTF): 2019-01-28

Date Created (W3CDTF): 2019-01-28

Description: Translation (Rita Seng Mai) I remember this story very well because my mother told it to me before bed when I was young. Once upon a time, there was a group of brothers in the village. There were five of them. Also, there was a grandmother and her grandson. They lived on the outskirts of the village and were poor. One day, the brothers said to the orphan boy, "Hey, let's go catch birds." However, the orphan boy had to fetch water and do work for his grandmother, so he was always late in hunting birds. The group of brothers didn't have to work, so they always went bird hunting early. But the orphan boy could only go bird hunting after he had finished all his work, so he was always late to go hunting. He didn't have any places left to set his snare. In the end, he decided to set it under a big tree, thinking, "Whatever, take it or leave it. I will just set my snare here." Later, the boys said to the orphan boy, "Hey, let's go see what we got in our snares." But the orphan boy could not go with them early because he had to help his grandmother. A deer was caught in the orphan boy's trap, and a hornbill was caught in the group of brothers' trap. When the brothers arrived first, they saw the animals and swapped them. They took the deer from the orphan boy's snare and put it in their own, and they took the hornbill from their snare and placed it in the orphan boy's snare. When the orphan boy arrived later and saw what was in their snares, he realized he had been tricked by the boys. He said, "There is no way that a deer could be caught in the snare set in the tree, or that a hornbill, which usually stays above the ground, could get caught in a snare set on the ground!" Then the boys got angry and shouted at the orphan boy, "You are trying to take what we caught!" The orphan boy went back home and said to his grandmother, "Grandma, just a hornbill was caught in my snare. But a deer got caught in the boys' snare." The group of boys said to them, "If you think it is unfair, let's call other elders and solve this matter." The boys had wealthy elders who would take their side. But the orphan boy and his grandmother had only an old, dirty, blind man who lived on the outskirts to side with them. When they discussed the matter, it seemed that the brothers and their elders were oppressing the orphan boy and had almost won the case. The old man whom the orphan boy had called looked sleepy. Then the brothers and other elders laughed at him, saying, "Look at that man on the orphan boy's side! He is sleepy!" At that moment, the old man said, "Fish are flying to the sky." Then they laughed out loud and said, "Ha ha! How is that possible? How can fish fly?" The old man replied, "Exactly. You laugh at the idea of fish flying in the sky. In the same way, a deer cannot climb a tree. It's impossible. Deer can only walk on the ground. That is the deer that got caught in the orphan boy's snare. The hornbill flies in the sky. The group of boys set their snares in the tree, so the hornbill belongs to them!" The orphan boy and his grandmother won the case in the end. Transcription (La Ring) Ndai maumwi gaw moi.. adwi i kaji ai kaw na anu ngai hpe yup na hkyeng jang dai maumwi shani shagu hkai ya ai re majaw ya du hkra matsing ai hpa le i. Dai la law ma hte e, la law ma marai dai ma tang du hkra re ai da. La chyu chyu law ai majaw la law ai hte kadwi hte e kashu nga ai da i. Kashu hte nga jang wa da i shan dwi gaw da grai matsan mayan rai na nta ma nyawp nyawp rai mare jahtum kaw sha nga ai da. Rai yang she lani mi gaw le.. dai la law ma ni gaw "E.. jahkrai ma e u hkam sa ga" ngu tsun ai da. Shani shagu dai hku tsun jang shi gaw kadwi na hka ni ja ya ra majaw hpang hkrat hpang hkrat re ai da. Rai na la law ma ni gaw shanhte gaw la law ai majaw gaw i jau jau sa di na koi shara shagu nam de e u ni dai hku u hkam hkam da ai da. E rai jang jahkrai ma gaw kadwi na hpun ni gun hka ni ja dai ni bungli ni ngut jang she shi gaw hpang jahtum she i dai hku u hkam sa ai da. E hkam na nga jang wa hkam na shara mung nlu ai da, hpang jahtum gaw hpun kaba.. "E ndai kaw lu tim lu u ga nlu tim nlu u ga" ngu na dai kaw sha u hkama hkam da ai da. Rai di na wa sai da, wa.. wa mat yang hpang de bai la law ma ni gaw "E jahkrai ma e u hkam sa yu ga lo" nga dai jang ma shi gaw jau jau nlu sa ai da. Kadwi hte bungli ni karum dai karum ngut jang she shi gaw hpang de she hkan na sa jang gaw, koi jahkrai ma hkam ai shara kaw gaw chyahkyi kaba langai noi ai da. Dai kaw lu ai da. Bai nna dai la law ma ni hkam ai u hkam kaw gaw wo ra le.. u gaw le u gaw hkawng rang dai sha noi ai da. Dai hpe e la law ma ni shanhte gaw law ai majaw gaw jau jau sa di na dai chyahkyi hpe wa shanhte gaw kahpu kanau law ai majaw htaw.. hpun ndung hte sumri hte gyit noi tawn da na dai la law ma na u hkam kaw gaw dai u gaw hkawng rang dai sha noi tawn da ai da. Rai jang gaw jahkrai ma gaw hpang jahtum she sa yu jang gaw "E dai hku re lo" ngu na "E ndai gaw ngai na chyahkyi gaw ntsa kaw noi ai baw nre lo, nang ga kaw she hkawm ai baw re lo, dai gaw htaw ntsa kaw she pyen ai dai u gaw hkawng rang gaw ga i.. ga u hkam kaw gaw lu ai baw nre" ngu tim shanhte gaw koi la law ni gaw shi hpe i grai pawt wa sai lo "Anhte lu ai majaw she re gaw e" ngu na sha tsun tsun taw ai da. Dai majaw lani mi sha shanhte gaw dum nta de wa nna kadwi hpe "Adwi e ngai na u hkam kaw gaw u gaw hkawng rang she noi ai, dai na la law ma ni na u hkam kaw gaw dai chyahkyi she noi taw ai" ngu tsun ai da. "E nga la law ma ni gaw nanhte myit npyaw ai rai jang gaw salang saw ga" nga ai da. Shaloi gaw salang ni shaga agyi ni shaga di nna shanhte ni dai hku hparan ai da. Rai jang dai la law ma ni gaw i shanhte gaw koi salang kaba kaba grai ga ma chye tsun ai ni hpe shaga tawn da ai da. Bai nna dai shan dwi hte jahkrai ma gaw da le.. marai masum kaw na dingla nyeng sha bap bap myi ma atsawm nmu ai da dai dingla hpe sha shaga la lu ai da. Shanhte ni gaw ba ai ngu na shanhte ni kamung jahta taw ai da. Dai hku tsun tsun rai jang gaw "Koi dai hku shanhte sha nyeng shanhte sha dang na zawn zawn" nga ai da. Dai jahkrai ma saw ai e shaga da ai salang gaw da yup nga ai da law. Yup nga ai majaw dai la law ma ni gaw "Ha ha shi shaga ai salang gaw yup she nga ai" nga shaloi dai salang wa gara hku tsun ai i nga jang, "E lamu ntsa de wo hkam de nga shapyin ni lung wa sai, nga shapyin ni lung wa sai" nga yang "Ha ha" nga mani dan ma ai da. La law ma ni gaw "Ha ha gara hku nga ni gaw ntsa de lung ai i ha ha" nga ai da. "E.. ya ndai gaw jahkrai ma na.. e nanhte ni nga lung ai hpe mani ai re i, ndai chyahkyi gaw lamu de nga ai baw nre, ga kaw hkawm ai re, dai jahkrai ma gaw chyahkyi dai jahkrai ma lu ai gaw chyahkyi re, bai na dai i la law ma ni lu ai gaw htaw.. ntsa de pyen ai baw re, dai majaw ntsa de she noi ra ai" ngu na bai i la law ma ni gaw sum nna jahkrai ma yan shan dwi she dang ai da. Ngut sai. . Language as given: Jinghpaw

Format: Digitised: no Media: Audio

Identifier: KK1-2310

Identifier (URI): http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2310

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/KK1/2310/KK1-2310-A.eaf

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Type (DCMI): Sound

Type (OLAC): primary_text

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Citation: Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Lahtaw Seng Ja (speaker). 2019. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
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Country: Myanmar
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Title:		Lalaw ma hte kashu a lam (The Orphan Boy and the Wise Old Man) with English translation
Access Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:		Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Lahtaw Seng Ja (speaker), 2019. Lalaw ma hte kashu a lam (The Orphan Boy and the Wise Old Man) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2310 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa177fa86ee7
Contributor (compiler):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (depositor):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (speaker):		Lahtaw Seng Ja
Coverage (Box):		northlimit=27.331; southlimit=23.137; westlimit=95.335; eastlimit=98.498
Coverage (ISO3166):		MM
Date (W3CDTF):		2019-01-28
Date Created (W3CDTF):		2019-01-28
Description:		Translation (Rita Seng Mai) I remember this story very well because my mother told it to me before bed when I was young. Once upon a time, there was a group of brothers in the village. There were five of them. Also, there was a grandmother and her grandson. They lived on the outskirts of the village and were poor. One day, the brothers said to the orphan boy, "Hey, let's go catch birds." However, the orphan boy had to fetch water and do work for his grandmother, so he was always late in hunting birds. The group of brothers didn't have to work, so they always went bird hunting early. But the orphan boy could only go bird hunting after he had finished all his work, so he was always late to go hunting. He didn't have any places left to set his snare. In the end, he decided to set it under a big tree, thinking, "Whatever, take it or leave it. I will just set my snare here." Later, the boys said to the orphan boy, "Hey, let's go see what we got in our snares." But the orphan boy could not go with them early because he had to help his grandmother. A deer was caught in the orphan boy's trap, and a hornbill was caught in the group of brothers' trap. When the brothers arrived first, they saw the animals and swapped them. They took the deer from the orphan boy's snare and put it in their own, and they took the hornbill from their snare and placed it in the orphan boy's snare. When the orphan boy arrived later and saw what was in their snares, he realized he had been tricked by the boys. He said, "There is no way that a deer could be caught in the snare set in the tree, or that a hornbill, which usually stays above the ground, could get caught in a snare set on the ground!" Then the boys got angry and shouted at the orphan boy, "You are trying to take what we caught!" The orphan boy went back home and said to his grandmother, "Grandma, just a hornbill was caught in my snare. But a deer got caught in the boys' snare." The group of boys said to them, "If you think it is unfair, let's call other elders and solve this matter." The boys had wealthy elders who would take their side. But the orphan boy and his grandmother had only an old, dirty, blind man who lived on the outskirts to side with them. When they discussed the matter, it seemed that the brothers and their elders were oppressing the orphan boy and had almost won the case. The old man whom the orphan boy had called looked sleepy. Then the brothers and other elders laughed at him, saying, "Look at that man on the orphan boy's side! He is sleepy!" At that moment, the old man said, "Fish are flying to the sky." Then they laughed out loud and said, "Ha ha! How is that possible? How can fish fly?" The old man replied, "Exactly. You laugh at the idea of fish flying in the sky. In the same way, a deer cannot climb a tree. It's impossible. Deer can only walk on the ground. That is the deer that got caught in the orphan boy's snare. The hornbill flies in the sky. The group of boys set their snares in the tree, so the hornbill belongs to them!" The orphan boy and his grandmother won the case in the end. Transcription (La Ring) Ndai maumwi gaw moi.. adwi i kaji ai kaw na anu ngai hpe yup na hkyeng jang dai maumwi shani shagu hkai ya ai re majaw ya du hkra matsing ai hpa le i. Dai la law ma hte e, la law ma marai dai ma tang du hkra re ai da. La chyu chyu law ai majaw la law ai hte kadwi hte e kashu nga ai da i. Kashu hte nga jang wa da i shan dwi gaw da grai matsan mayan rai na nta ma nyawp nyawp rai mare jahtum kaw sha nga ai da. Rai yang she lani mi gaw le.. dai la law ma ni gaw "E.. jahkrai ma e u hkam sa ga" ngu tsun ai da. Shani shagu dai hku tsun jang shi gaw kadwi na hka ni ja ya ra majaw hpang hkrat hpang hkrat re ai da. Rai na la law ma ni gaw shanhte gaw la law ai majaw gaw i jau jau sa di na koi shara shagu nam de e u ni dai hku u hkam hkam da ai da. E rai jang jahkrai ma gaw kadwi na hpun ni gun hka ni ja dai ni bungli ni ngut jang she shi gaw hpang jahtum she i dai hku u hkam sa ai da. E hkam na nga jang wa hkam na shara mung nlu ai da, hpang jahtum gaw hpun kaba.. "E ndai kaw lu tim lu u ga nlu tim nlu u ga" ngu na dai kaw sha u hkama hkam da ai da. Rai di na wa sai da, wa.. wa mat yang hpang de bai la law ma ni gaw "E jahkrai ma e u hkam sa yu ga lo" nga dai jang ma shi gaw jau jau nlu sa ai da. Kadwi hte bungli ni karum dai karum ngut jang she shi gaw hpang de she hkan na sa jang gaw, koi jahkrai ma hkam ai shara kaw gaw chyahkyi kaba langai noi ai da. Dai kaw lu ai da. Bai nna dai la law ma ni hkam ai u hkam kaw gaw wo ra le.. u gaw le u gaw hkawng rang dai sha noi ai da. Dai hpe e la law ma ni shanhte gaw law ai majaw gaw jau jau sa di na dai chyahkyi hpe wa shanhte gaw kahpu kanau law ai majaw htaw.. hpun ndung hte sumri hte gyit noi tawn da na dai la law ma na u hkam kaw gaw dai u gaw hkawng rang dai sha noi tawn da ai da. Rai jang gaw jahkrai ma gaw hpang jahtum she sa yu jang gaw "E dai hku re lo" ngu na "E ndai gaw ngai na chyahkyi gaw ntsa kaw noi ai baw nre lo, nang ga kaw she hkawm ai baw re lo, dai gaw htaw ntsa kaw she pyen ai dai u gaw hkawng rang gaw ga i.. ga u hkam kaw gaw lu ai baw nre" ngu tim shanhte gaw koi la law ni gaw shi hpe i grai pawt wa sai lo "Anhte lu ai majaw she re gaw e" ngu na sha tsun tsun taw ai da. Dai majaw lani mi sha shanhte gaw dum nta de wa nna kadwi hpe "Adwi e ngai na u hkam kaw gaw u gaw hkawng rang she noi ai, dai na la law ma ni na u hkam kaw gaw dai chyahkyi she noi taw ai" ngu tsun ai da. "E nga la law ma ni gaw nanhte myit npyaw ai rai jang gaw salang saw ga" nga ai da. Shaloi gaw salang ni shaga agyi ni shaga di nna shanhte ni dai hku hparan ai da. Rai jang dai la law ma ni gaw i shanhte gaw koi salang kaba kaba grai ga ma chye tsun ai ni hpe shaga tawn da ai da. Bai nna dai shan dwi hte jahkrai ma gaw da le.. marai masum kaw na dingla nyeng sha bap bap myi ma atsawm nmu ai da dai dingla hpe sha shaga la lu ai da. Shanhte ni gaw ba ai ngu na shanhte ni kamung jahta taw ai da. Dai hku tsun tsun rai jang gaw "Koi dai hku shanhte sha nyeng shanhte sha dang na zawn zawn" nga ai da. Dai jahkrai ma saw ai e shaga da ai salang gaw da yup nga ai da law. Yup nga ai majaw dai la law ma ni gaw "Ha ha shi shaga ai salang gaw yup she nga ai" nga shaloi dai salang wa gara hku tsun ai i nga jang, "E lamu ntsa de wo hkam de nga shapyin ni lung wa sai, nga shapyin ni lung wa sai" nga yang "Ha ha" nga mani dan ma ai da. La law ma ni gaw "Ha ha gara hku nga ni gaw ntsa de lung ai i ha ha" nga ai da. "E.. ya ndai gaw jahkrai ma na.. e nanhte ni nga lung ai hpe mani ai re i, ndai chyahkyi gaw lamu de nga ai baw nre, ga kaw hkawm ai re, dai jahkrai ma gaw chyahkyi dai jahkrai ma lu ai gaw chyahkyi re, bai na dai i la law ma ni lu ai gaw htaw.. ntsa de pyen ai baw re, dai majaw ntsa de she noi ra ai" ngu na bai i la law ma ni gaw sum nna jahkrai ma yan shan dwi she dang ai da. Ngut sai. . Language as given: Jinghpaw
Format:		Digitised: no Media: Audio
Identifier:		KK1-2310
Identifier (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2310
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/KK1/2310/KK1-2310-A.eaf
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2310/KK1-2310-A.mp3
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2310/KK1-2310-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:KK1-2310
DateStamp:		2026-06-29
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Search Info
Citation:		Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Lahtaw Seng Ja (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