OLAC Record: Nyau hte hkan a lam (The Wild Cat and the Domestic Cat) with English translation

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oai:paradisec.org.au:KK1-2317

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Title: Nyau hte hkan a lam (The Wild Cat and the Domestic Cat) with English translation

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

Bibliographic Citation: Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Gareng Laga Kung Hpan (speaker), 2019. Nyau hte hkan a lam (The Wild Cat and the Domestic Cat) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2317 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa17817f324b

Contributor (compiler): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (depositor): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (speaker): Gareng Laga Kung Hpan

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

Coverage (ISO3166): MM

Date (W3CDTF): 2019-01-29

Date Created (W3CDTF): 2019-01-29

Description: Translation (Rita Seng Mai) Once upon a time, there was a domestic cat and a wild cat. The domestic cat was Ma Hka (the seventh male child), and the wild cat was Ma Tang (the fifth male child). They lived in the forest. One day, they went hunting. They caught a prey. They caught it near the field. Humans were cooking food there. The two cats saw the smoke and the people cooking, and they also wanted to cook their prey. They discussed, "Let's grill this and eat." The wild cat said, "My brother cat, I will wait for you here. Go get some fire." The domestic cat said, "Okay. I will go get some." Then he went to the widow. At that time, the widow was eating sticky rice. The domestic cat came there and said, "Grandma, I came to ask for some fire. We caught a bird and wanted to grill it so it would taste better. Eating it raw is not very good." The widow said, "Okay. You can take some. How do you eat your food?" The cat said, "We eat anything we catch raw." She asked him, "What do you usually hunt?" He answered, "We catch mice that eat grains and seeds near the edge of the field. We eat them raw." She thought, "This cat catches the mice that destroy my field. I should keep him with me." She wanted to kill the mice that destroyed her plants. She began to think of a way to keep the cat with her. Then she offered the sticky rice to the cat and said, "Eat this." It was hard for the cat to chew because the rice was sticky. After that, the widow gave him some dried meat to eat. The wild cat waited for his brother, but the domestic cat did not return even after a long time. The domestic cat found the food delicious and felt comfortable at the widow's house, so he stayed there. On the other hand, the wild cat waited for his brother, but since he did not return, he ate the mouse they had caught raw. Later, they got angry at each other. The wild cat said to the domestic cat, "You are not my brother anymore! You are just a stranger to me! I abandon you! You and I will be enemies from now on. We can't be together anymore. I will catch you once you step outside!" Then the domestic cat said, "I won't go outside the house! I will stay inside." The wild cat said, "But you must go outside to poop. I will catch you then!" The domestic cat replied, "I don't need to go outside. I will do it in the ash." Till today, the domestic cat poops only in the ash because he is afraid of his brother, the wild cat. Actually, the domestic cat once lived in the forest as a wild animal. But he liked the sticky rice and dried meat the widow gave him, so he stayed in her house. That is what our elders told us. Transcription (La Ring) Moi... shawng de da e nyau hte hkan a maumwi rai nga. Nyau hte hkan gaw, hkan gaw tang re da, nyau gaw hka re da. E nam kaw nga nga ai.. da nam kaw nga.. re ten hta e lani mi na nhtoi hta e shan gaw shan gyam ma ai.. da. Shan gyam nna shan langai mi lu ai da. Lu yang gaw dai yi makau kaw rai na hku rai nga. Rai yang she shinggyim masha ni gaw shadu lu shadu sha ai wan hkut pru.. rai na shadu lu shadu sha ai hpe marim yu ai.. da. Marim yu.. rai yang gaw shan mung shadu lu shadu sha ju sha mayu ai da e wan kaw. Wan kaw dan di mayu.. re majaw "Gai.. an mung shan dai gaw e u dai gaw shadu sha ga, ju sha ga" nga nna bawng ma ai da. Bawng yang gaw e nyau hte hkan "E.. ngai nau hka e.. Ahpu nang hpe la nga na, nang kaw galaw ra ai ni ngai galaw na, dai majaw nang wan sa hta su.." ngu ai da. Wan sa hta su ngu ai wa nyau wa "E mai sa le Hpu sa na ngai" nga na dai gaida jan kaw e sa wa ai.. da. Sa wa rai yang gaw gaida jan gaw shat nbaw baw na shat nbaw hte sha di nga na hku rai nga. Sha di nga rai yang gaw lanyau hka gaw du ai da. "E Dwi e wan sa hta ai lo, an mung ashe lu nna wan hte e shadu lu shadu sha na matu myit ga ai lo, katsing sha yang nmu la nna e ju sha na matu myit ai lo" ngu da. Ngu yang she "Aw.. mai a" rai yang gaw "Nan gaw gara hku hkwi lu hkwi sha a ta" ngu san yang "E an gaw hpabaw mi lu tim katsing sha e di nga ai" ngu "Hpabaw ni hkwi ai ta" ngu yang "Ndai na yi shanawm hkan dai mam sha ai yu ni hpe e hkwi nna an gaw dan re katsing hkrai sha ga ai lo" ngu da. Rai yang gaw "Aga.. ya ngai hkai li ni mung jahten hkrai jahten rai yang gaw, ga.. nyau dai gaw ngai kaw rem yang mai na wa" ngu nna dai dinggai jan mung grai shi a mam jahten ai yu ni hpe e hkwi rim sha na matu e grai myit makun ai hku rai nga. Myit makun rai yang shi hpaji daw ai. "Eh.. ya ya umh umh umh dai shawng sha u" ngu nna shat nbaw, shat nbaw jaw ai.. da. Shat nbaw jaw yang gaw shat nbaw dai sha nna maya grai yak i shi gaw mayu grai yak ai le rai yang gaw ya loi hkring bai shan hpyi jahkraw bai jaw da. Jaw.. rai yang gaw nyau dai gaw na hkrai na, na hkrai na, htaw kahpu hkan ma tang mahtang gaw la hkrai la tim ndu, ndu rai yang gaw hpang jahtum gaw e nyau mung dai hta e len, sha mu dum.. nna dai gaida jan nta kaw e nga nan ai da. Hkan wa mung e la hkrai la, la hkrai la nwa hkraw.. re majaw ndai shan lu ai yu hpe e katsing nan shi sha kau ai da. Sha kau rai yang gaw shan yan pawt hkat ma ai da. Pawt hkat "E nang gaw kaning re ngai kanau nrai sai, jasam rai sai. Jinghku nrai sai jasam hpyen wa ngu na myit sai" ngu nna she "Nyau e, nang hpe gaw ngai nra sai, nang hte ngai gaw hpyen rai sai daini kaw na kanau nga tim an gaw nmai pawng sai" ngu nna e nyau gaw dai gaida jan nta kaw nga nan na jahkut janai dai hku sha, hkan gaw bai mi na ta katsing hku bai sha "Nang hpe gaw ngai gaw shinggan pru yang nang hpe gyam na" ngu yang "Ngai shinggan npru ai, nhku kaw sha nga na" "Nang hkyi nye yang dai kaw ngai gyam na dai kaw kawa na" ngu "Ngai ga de nyu ra ai ndap kaw, wan dap kaw sa na re" nga da. E dai majaw ya daini du hkra hkan hpe hkrit nna nyau gaw e nta dai wan dap kaw hkyi hkyi ai gaw dai kahpu tang hkan hpe e hkrit nna re da. Moi gaw nam na hkrung re da dai lanyau ma. Dai gaida jan na shan hpyi yan nbaw shat kaw len nna dai hku nga nan ai re.. nga na dai hku jahta ma ai jahta ai hku re. . Language as given: Jinghpaw

Format: Digitised: no Media: Audio

Identifier: KK1-2317

Identifier (URI): http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2317

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/KK1/2317/KK1-2317-A.eaf

http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2317/KK1-2317-A.mp3

http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2317/KK1-2317-A.wav

Type (DCMI): Sound

Type (OLAC): primary_text

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Citation: Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Gareng Laga Kung Hpan (speaker). 2019. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
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Title:		Nyau hte hkan a lam (The Wild Cat and the Domestic Cat) with English translation
Access Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:		Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Gareng Laga Kung Hpan (speaker), 2019. Nyau hte hkan a lam (The Wild Cat and the Domestic Cat) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2317 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa17817f324b
Contributor (compiler):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (depositor):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (speaker):		Gareng Laga Kung Hpan
Coverage (Box):		northlimit=27.331; southlimit=23.137; westlimit=95.335; eastlimit=98.498
Coverage (ISO3166):		MM
Date (W3CDTF):		2019-01-29
Date Created (W3CDTF):		2019-01-29
Description:		Translation (Rita Seng Mai) Once upon a time, there was a domestic cat and a wild cat. The domestic cat was Ma Hka (the seventh male child), and the wild cat was Ma Tang (the fifth male child). They lived in the forest. One day, they went hunting. They caught a prey. They caught it near the field. Humans were cooking food there. The two cats saw the smoke and the people cooking, and they also wanted to cook their prey. They discussed, "Let's grill this and eat." The wild cat said, "My brother cat, I will wait for you here. Go get some fire." The domestic cat said, "Okay. I will go get some." Then he went to the widow. At that time, the widow was eating sticky rice. The domestic cat came there and said, "Grandma, I came to ask for some fire. We caught a bird and wanted to grill it so it would taste better. Eating it raw is not very good." The widow said, "Okay. You can take some. How do you eat your food?" The cat said, "We eat anything we catch raw." She asked him, "What do you usually hunt?" He answered, "We catch mice that eat grains and seeds near the edge of the field. We eat them raw." She thought, "This cat catches the mice that destroy my field. I should keep him with me." She wanted to kill the mice that destroyed her plants. She began to think of a way to keep the cat with her. Then she offered the sticky rice to the cat and said, "Eat this." It was hard for the cat to chew because the rice was sticky. After that, the widow gave him some dried meat to eat. The wild cat waited for his brother, but the domestic cat did not return even after a long time. The domestic cat found the food delicious and felt comfortable at the widow's house, so he stayed there. On the other hand, the wild cat waited for his brother, but since he did not return, he ate the mouse they had caught raw. Later, they got angry at each other. The wild cat said to the domestic cat, "You are not my brother anymore! You are just a stranger to me! I abandon you! You and I will be enemies from now on. We can't be together anymore. I will catch you once you step outside!" Then the domestic cat said, "I won't go outside the house! I will stay inside." The wild cat said, "But you must go outside to poop. I will catch you then!" The domestic cat replied, "I don't need to go outside. I will do it in the ash." Till today, the domestic cat poops only in the ash because he is afraid of his brother, the wild cat. Actually, the domestic cat once lived in the forest as a wild animal. But he liked the sticky rice and dried meat the widow gave him, so he stayed in her house. That is what our elders told us. Transcription (La Ring) Moi... shawng de da e nyau hte hkan a maumwi rai nga. Nyau hte hkan gaw, hkan gaw tang re da, nyau gaw hka re da. E nam kaw nga nga ai.. da nam kaw nga.. re ten hta e lani mi na nhtoi hta e shan gaw shan gyam ma ai.. da. Shan gyam nna shan langai mi lu ai da. Lu yang gaw dai yi makau kaw rai na hku rai nga. Rai yang she shinggyim masha ni gaw shadu lu shadu sha ai wan hkut pru.. rai na shadu lu shadu sha ai hpe marim yu ai.. da. Marim yu.. rai yang gaw shan mung shadu lu shadu sha ju sha mayu ai da e wan kaw. Wan kaw dan di mayu.. re majaw "Gai.. an mung shan dai gaw e u dai gaw shadu sha ga, ju sha ga" nga nna bawng ma ai da. Bawng yang gaw e nyau hte hkan "E.. ngai nau hka e.. Ahpu nang hpe la nga na, nang kaw galaw ra ai ni ngai galaw na, dai majaw nang wan sa hta su.." ngu ai da. Wan sa hta su ngu ai wa nyau wa "E mai sa le Hpu sa na ngai" nga na dai gaida jan kaw e sa wa ai.. da. Sa wa rai yang gaw gaida jan gaw shat nbaw baw na shat nbaw hte sha di nga na hku rai nga. Sha di nga rai yang gaw lanyau hka gaw du ai da. "E Dwi e wan sa hta ai lo, an mung ashe lu nna wan hte e shadu lu shadu sha na matu myit ga ai lo, katsing sha yang nmu la nna e ju sha na matu myit ai lo" ngu da. Ngu yang she "Aw.. mai a" rai yang gaw "Nan gaw gara hku hkwi lu hkwi sha a ta" ngu san yang "E an gaw hpabaw mi lu tim katsing sha e di nga ai" ngu "Hpabaw ni hkwi ai ta" ngu yang "Ndai na yi shanawm hkan dai mam sha ai yu ni hpe e hkwi nna an gaw dan re katsing hkrai sha ga ai lo" ngu da. Rai yang gaw "Aga.. ya ngai hkai li ni mung jahten hkrai jahten rai yang gaw, ga.. nyau dai gaw ngai kaw rem yang mai na wa" ngu nna dai dinggai jan mung grai shi a mam jahten ai yu ni hpe e hkwi rim sha na matu e grai myit makun ai hku rai nga. Myit makun rai yang shi hpaji daw ai. "Eh.. ya ya umh umh umh dai shawng sha u" ngu nna shat nbaw, shat nbaw jaw ai.. da. Shat nbaw jaw yang gaw shat nbaw dai sha nna maya grai yak i shi gaw mayu grai yak ai le rai yang gaw ya loi hkring bai shan hpyi jahkraw bai jaw da. Jaw.. rai yang gaw nyau dai gaw na hkrai na, na hkrai na, htaw kahpu hkan ma tang mahtang gaw la hkrai la tim ndu, ndu rai yang gaw hpang jahtum gaw e nyau mung dai hta e len, sha mu dum.. nna dai gaida jan nta kaw e nga nan ai da. Hkan wa mung e la hkrai la, la hkrai la nwa hkraw.. re majaw ndai shan lu ai yu hpe e katsing nan shi sha kau ai da. Sha kau rai yang gaw shan yan pawt hkat ma ai da. Pawt hkat "E nang gaw kaning re ngai kanau nrai sai, jasam rai sai. Jinghku nrai sai jasam hpyen wa ngu na myit sai" ngu nna she "Nyau e, nang hpe gaw ngai nra sai, nang hte ngai gaw hpyen rai sai daini kaw na kanau nga tim an gaw nmai pawng sai" ngu nna e nyau gaw dai gaida jan nta kaw nga nan na jahkut janai dai hku sha, hkan gaw bai mi na ta katsing hku bai sha "Nang hpe gaw ngai gaw shinggan pru yang nang hpe gyam na" ngu yang "Ngai shinggan npru ai, nhku kaw sha nga na" "Nang hkyi nye yang dai kaw ngai gyam na dai kaw kawa na" ngu "Ngai ga de nyu ra ai ndap kaw, wan dap kaw sa na re" nga da. E dai majaw ya daini du hkra hkan hpe hkrit nna nyau gaw e nta dai wan dap kaw hkyi hkyi ai gaw dai kahpu tang hkan hpe e hkrit nna re da. Moi gaw nam na hkrung re da dai lanyau ma. Dai gaida jan na shan hpyi yan nbaw shat kaw len nna dai hku nga nan ai re.. nga na dai hku jahta ma ai jahta ai hku re. . Language as given: Jinghpaw
Format:		Digitised: no Media: Audio
Identifier:		KK1-2317
Identifier (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2317
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/KK1/2317/KK1-2317-A.eaf
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2317/KK1-2317-A.mp3
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2317/KK1-2317-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:KK1-2317
DateStamp:		2026-05-25
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Citation:		Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Gareng Laga Kung Hpan (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