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Title: Tsa byin wa ai lam (The Origin of Alcohol) with English translation

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Bibliographic Citation: Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Gareng Laga Kung Hpan (speaker), 2019. Tsa byin wa ai lam (The Origin of Alcohol) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2320 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa17826163cb

Contributor (compiler): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (depositor): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (speaker): Gareng Laga Kung Hpan

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Description: Translation (Rita Seng Mai) There is a story our elders often tell us about the origin of alcohol. It is also our traditional drink. A long time ago, there was a widow in a village. She worked in a field. She planted yams in her field. The yam plants started to grow tubers. As harvest time approached in September and October, she saw the leaves drying. When she checked the yams, she saw bite marks and thought, "I have worked so hard to grow these plants, but who ate my yams?" She planned to find and catch the culprit. She thought of sleeping in the field. She lit a campfire in a hut. At that moment, she heard the sound "Hkyen Hkyen Hkyen" near the hut. A little later, she heard the same sound again. (In Jinghpaw, we say "Hpyi malu ai," which means "to peel." We can also say "Hpyi hkyen ai," which has the same meaning. "Hpyi" means skin.) Later, as the campfire was burning out, a creature flew toward the hut. It was "Hkyet Kaw," which can easily be found in the field. It has big eyes, and its tail is pointed like a knife. It is only about the length of a thumb. The widow said, "It's you! You eat my yams! I won't set you free!" She caught it. She tied the Hkyet Kaw's legs with sticks so it could not move. Hkyet Kaw was hungry, and at the same time it felt pain. It said, "Grandma, please release me. I will tell you who ate your yams." The widow said, "No, I won't set you free." It said, "No, it's not me." She insisted, "Yes, it is you! You ate my yams! You have a sharp, pointed tail. I heard the sound of peeling yams, and then you flew into the hut. It must be you!" It denied, "No, it is not me." It begged the woman to let it go, but she refused. The widow said to it, "If you say you didn't eat my yams, tell me who did?" Hkyet Kaw said, "Grandma, it's really not me. It's a porcupine. How could I eat yams? The porcupine ate your yams!" She asked it, "Really? Are you sure?" It answered, "I am sure." She asked, "What should I do then?" It said, "Grandma, use your rope to set a snare and catch the porcupine with it." Then she looked for a rope, but she couldn't find one. As she was just a widow, she didn't have any rope either. In the end, she used her fabric belt to set a snare. The porcupine was trapped in her snare. It was caught in the trap. It tried so hard to cut the belt, but the belt didn't break. While it was biting the belt to break it, it noticed many lice on it. The porcupine felt disgusted seeing lice on the fabric it was biting, so it stopped biting. It thought, "I won't bite it. I'd rather die than do it." The next morning, when the widow came to check the snare, she found the porcupine there. She said, "Oh, that's you! You ate my yams!" It said, "That's me. I ate them because I was hungry. Please, show mercy on me. Please don't kill me." It begged the widow, "Please, spare me. Don't kill me." She said, "Anyway, give my yams back." But the porcupine had already eaten them, so it could not return them. It said, "Grandma, instead, I will give you medicine to take when you are tired. Please spare my life." She asked it, "Fine. What kind of medicine is that? How do I use it?" It said, "Follow my footprints. My footprints are really tiny, so follow them carefully. Take all the roots I've bitten. Take the leaves I rolled over, too. Gather all those leaves and roots, dry them, and pound them. Use a bit of that medicinal powder, then you will get a really tasty drink that can relieve your tiredness." She said, "Okay. Then I will spare your life." She said, "Keep your promise." The porcupine replied, "I will, if you spare my life." Then she freed it from the snare. Now we use medicinal herbs from China. In the past, we gathered the roots and leaves shown by the porcupine and used them to make yeast for alcohol production. It is said that this is how we began brewing alcohol. Hkyet Kaw has marks on its legs from the sticks the widow used to bind it. The porcupine didn't bite through the rope because it was disgusted by the lice on it. Instead, it bit through its own legs to escape. The other species of mice bit through the rope to escape, but the porcupine didn't. Porcupines usually chew through their own legs to escape. They don't bite the rope. When we look at the origin of alcohol, we got the medicinal yeast used for brewing alcohol due to lice on the widow's belt. We have heard that the origin of how alcohol was brewed came from the widow's dirty fabric belt and the lice on it. That is why, in Christianity, we say alcohol is bad for people. In the past, we used to brew alcohol, but nowadays we don't do it often after learning about its origin. It is said that alcohol originated from lice. Transcription (La Ring) Daini anhte lu ai tsa le i e nkam nsham ai ni e bai na tinang a htunghking malu masha tsa gaw anhte a chyanun tsa re ngu nna daini hpa gaw hpa grai chye tsun ma ai le i. Dai hpe e moi tsa ngu ai nnan byin wa yang na e moi salang ni jahta ai maumwi ning nga mi nga ai. Mare langai mi hta.. e gaida jan langai mi nga ai.. da. Gaida jan dai gaw e yi galaw ai. Yi galaw re ten hta e shi gaw nai ni hkai ai dai yi kaw nai ni hkai re ai. Hkai.. rai yang gaw e nai kasha ni rawng wa ya gawt na mahka e shata jahku shata shi hkan ngu ga le. Dai aten hta e nai wa lani hte lani alap si ai da e alap si. Sa yu yang gaw nai sha hkang ai da e. Nai sha hkang.. rai yang gaw "Ga.. ngai dai daram ram ba nna galaw da ai ya dai hpabaw kadai wa ndai hpe sha kau i.." kadai re i ngu shi gyam na matu shi myit lu ai.. da. Myit lu.. rai yang gaw "Ah.. e.. yup sana re" ngu nna yi yup na matu shi gaw sa wa ai da. Sa wa.. rai yang gaw e shi wan wut di nga ai.. da wan yi wa kaw wan wut... di nga yang, e "Hkyen hkyen hkyen hkyen hkyen" nga yi wa makau kaw ya loi hkring hta mung "Hkyen hkyen hkyen hkyen" nga rai yang gaw anhte gaw dai nai kasha ni hpe e, hpyi malu ai hpe e hpyi hkyen ai ngu rai nga. Hpyi malu ai, ya hpyi malu ai nga lang ai le, anhte gaw hkyen ai ngu dai hpe nhtu e arut ai hpe e hkyen ai ngu rai nga. Rai yang gaw "Hkyen hkyen hkyen" nga, ya loi hkring wan dawng rai yang gaw e ndai wa she wan mang maga sa ai hku rai nga wan mang maga "Hpru.." rai di sa ai. Dai gaw hpabaw i ngu yang hkyet kaw ngu ai hkyet kanu e ya nang hkan grai nga ai le i yi galaw yang nga ai hkyet kaw ngu myi gaw bawng bawng re, le maidang de gaw nhtu si zawn rai sen sen re letma mi jan jan daram galu ai, letma mi daram galu ai e nhtu si sumla zawn san ai shi a mai tu nu ai. Dai kaw "Aw... nang re hka i nye a nai kanu, nai shama ya ai humm nang hpe ngai ndat sai, rai sai nang re" ngu nna hkyet kaw ngu dai hpe e rim ai da. Rim nna ndai ya daini gaw "Chyauk pauk" nga ai le i, moi gaw anhte "Shing leng" nga rai nga, shing leng matep ai nga, e ya chyauk pauk nga. Ndai hkyet kaw hpe she dai lahput lahta dai magyi lahput kaw e shing leng matep ai. Shi hpe e nginsup hkra di na lagaw lahkawng yen hpe e shawn di na matep kau ai.. da. Matep da.. rai yang gaw hkyet kaw gaw kawsi, lagaw gaw machyi yang gaw "E.. Dwi dinggai e dat rit lo.., na nai sha ai hpe e ngai tsun na" ngu yang "Um hu ndat ai" "Aw ngai nre law" da "Ngai nre naw na na nai sha ai ngai nre law" "Um hu nang re, nang kaw nhtu si mung lawm dai maidang de, nang re hkyen hkyen hkyen nga nang nai hkyen ai nsen ngai na ai ngai yi wa kaw kade nna yang nang, nang yi wa de pyen shang ai re nang, nang nan re" nga "Ngai nre law" ngu kade.. tsun tawngban tim nhkraw ai.. da. "Nang nre nga yang dai nai sha ai ngai nai sha ai hpe e tsun yu u" ngu nna tsun na hku rai nga hkyet kaw hpe. Rai yang gaw "Ga.. Dwi e ngai nre.., dumsi re.. na nai sha ai gaw yu dumsi she re, ngai nre ngai gaw kaning di sha na ma ngai nre" ngu "Kaja wa i" nga yang "Kaja wa re, yu re" "Dai yang kaning di na ma ndai hpe, ngai kaning di na" ngu yang "Dwi e na shingkyit sumri hte e hkam u, dai yang dai nai sha sa ai yu dumsi lu na re, dan di u" ngu ai da. Rai yang gaw shi gaw sumri tam yu, sumri tam yu nmu yang gaw e gaida nga yang gaw gara kaw na sumri shi nchye rit ai le i, nchye rit.. rai yang she hpang jahtum gaw shi na shingkyit e.. shingkyit la nna dai shingkyit hte e hkam da ai.. da. Shingkyit hte hkam da.. rai yang gaw kaja wa dai dumsi dai lu ai.. da. Lu yang gaw e ga.. dumsi dai lu rai yang gaw koi ..nang dumsi dai gaw e kade shaja tim sumri dai nlu dut ai da. Nlu di nlu di.. rai yang gaw jahtum e gaw shi gaw ndai, e sumri di na ngu makret yang she bai shi gaw shakrat kanu ngu ai shakrat ngu ai le i tsi zawn san ai moi gaw shakrat ngu grai nga rai nga e shakrep nre shakrat ngu dai tsi zawn zawn san ai dai palawng, palawng hkan, ndai kanu hpe she wawk da, koi matsat matsat wa grai.. matsat nna dai kaw shi gaw asum hkam nna "E.. si tim kaning ndi sai ngai sumri gaw ndi sana" nga na nga ai da. Rai yang gaw a jahpawt sa yu yang gaw ndai yup dumsi wa she dung di nga rai yang gaw "Gai.. nang i ngai na nai sha ai" "E re lo ngai grai kaw si nna sha ai re.. dai majaw raitim ngai hpe hkyam sa jaw rit, ngai asak hpe hkum hkra ya mi" ngu da. "Gai.. hpami raitim naw she hkyamsa jaw rit asak hpe gaw hkum hkra ya mi.." ngu alang lang tawngban, nhkraw ai da. "Hpami raitim nye nai shabai ya rit" ngu e shabai ya na gaw shi mung sha kau ai nga yang dai shi a nai pawt shabai na gaw nloi sai gaw. Rai yang gaw e "Dwi e.. nang grai.. ba yang lu na matu asak matut lu na matu tsi hkrung tsi nan ngu ai ngai nang hpe e jaw na. Dai majaw ngai hpe e asak hkyam sa jaw rit" ngu rai yang gaw "Gai.. hpabaw tsi hkrung tsi nan, kaning di ai baw" ngu nna tsun na hku rai nga. Tsun.. rai yang gaw "E.. hpami raitim nye a hkang kaw dai hku dingyang.. sha i kachyi sha i dai hku hkang nga ai, ndai kaw e nang atsawm sha hkan u. Ngai e makret da ai hpunru dai ni hpe e yawng hpe la u, ngai hpunlap ni lau di tawn da ai i hpunlap ning re lau re ndai ni hpe ma yawng nang e di mahkawng la u. Di mahkawng la nna dai hpe e dai hpe e jahkraw nna htu nna nang shat ndai shadu nna ndai tsi dai hpe e tsi hpe e mun u ngu" mun u ngu .."Dai hku di u" ngu mun u nga gaw loi loi sharam bang u nga ga rai nga. Rai yang gaw "Dai hku di u rai yang nang grai.. ba yang lu mai ai dwi sau ai namchyim ba hkoi ai namchyim nang hkam la na re" ngu nna yu dumsi e tsun ai da. Yu dumsi e dai hku tsun yang gaw "Aw.. dai rai yang gaw nang hpe ngai hkyam sa jaw na, mai sa" ngu ai da. Rai yang gaw "Ga dai gaw shateng u lu yaw" ngu na hku nga. "E mai sa nye asak she lawt na rai yang gaw shateng na" ngu nna dai yu hpe e atsawm sha hpyan nna dat dat ai da. Dat dat nna shi a u hkang ngu ai shi a lam hku dai hpawmi jan gaw sa.. nna shi makret da ai hpunru ni la, shi galau ai hpunlap ni la di nna ya daini ya chyawm gaw miwa tsi lang ai le i ya. Moi gaw anhte Jinghpaw myu sha ni dai yu dumsi e tsun ai hpunru hpunlap ni la nna tsi, tsa tsi di htu nna tsa tsi shatai ai rai nga. Dai ndai kaw na tsa ngu ai lu la ai.. nga nna tsun ai. Dai she ya du hkra dai a masat masa ngu na gaw hkyet kaw ngu ai ndai lahput kaw e hku hku ai. Ndai gaw gaida jan e matep da ai shing leng matep ai e chyauk pauk kaw e bang ai masat dingsat re da. Bai na yu dumsi ya du hkra shi gaw sumri hpe e ndi ai. Shi a lagaw hpe e makret nna shi a lagaw hpe e di kau nna hprawng ai. Ndai gaw dai shakrat kanu kawa ai matsat ai masat dingsat daini du hkra masat dingsat yu gaw, yu dumsi gaw dai sumri hpe nmakret ai, kaga yu ni gaw sumri makret nna hprawng ai. Rai nga yang yu dumsi, kadu ngu ai dai ni gaw ndai shi na lagaw hpe e makret nna hprawng ai hku re, sumri hpe gaw ndi ai hku re. Dai majaw tsa a ningpawt ninghpang hpe e yu ga nga yang dai gaida jan a shingkyet kaw na shakrat kanu kawa ai dai kaw e lu la ai tsi re majaw.. ya daini anhte Hkristan tai ai ni gaw e yuk jahtuk ngu gaw matsat shabat kaw na byin wa ai tsa, gaida jang shingkyet ngu ai shingkyit ngu ai dai shakrat kanu kawa ai ngu gaw dai nlu nsha mai ai, matsat shabat yuk jahtuk, yuk ai malu masha, shi lu yang nhkrak ai nkaja ai nga labau kaw e dai hku na lu ai hku re. Dai majaw daini du hkra dai moi lai wa sai ten hta gaw tsa lang ai ratim daini anhte Hkristan ya na prat hta gaw tsa ngu dai hpe dai lam ni hpe e chye nna nkaja ai ngu chye ai le i. Dai majaw ya gaw nau nlang ai le. Dai majaw tsa a labau gaw ndai shakrat kanu kawa ai kaw na hpang ai nga ai dai maumwi dan nga mi na ai hku re. . Language as given: Jinghpaw

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Title:		Tsa byin wa ai lam (The Origin of Alcohol) 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. Tsa byin wa ai lam (The Origin of Alcohol) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2320 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa17826163cb
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) There is a story our elders often tell us about the origin of alcohol. It is also our traditional drink. A long time ago, there was a widow in a village. She worked in a field. She planted yams in her field. The yam plants started to grow tubers. As harvest time approached in September and October, she saw the leaves drying. When she checked the yams, she saw bite marks and thought, "I have worked so hard to grow these plants, but who ate my yams?" She planned to find and catch the culprit. She thought of sleeping in the field. She lit a campfire in a hut. At that moment, she heard the sound "Hkyen Hkyen Hkyen" near the hut. A little later, she heard the same sound again. (In Jinghpaw, we say "Hpyi malu ai," which means "to peel." We can also say "Hpyi hkyen ai," which has the same meaning. "Hpyi" means skin.) Later, as the campfire was burning out, a creature flew toward the hut. It was "Hkyet Kaw," which can easily be found in the field. It has big eyes, and its tail is pointed like a knife. It is only about the length of a thumb. The widow said, "It's you! You eat my yams! I won't set you free!" She caught it. She tied the Hkyet Kaw's legs with sticks so it could not move. Hkyet Kaw was hungry, and at the same time it felt pain. It said, "Grandma, please release me. I will tell you who ate your yams." The widow said, "No, I won't set you free." It said, "No, it's not me." She insisted, "Yes, it is you! You ate my yams! You have a sharp, pointed tail. I heard the sound of peeling yams, and then you flew into the hut. It must be you!" It denied, "No, it is not me." It begged the woman to let it go, but she refused. The widow said to it, "If you say you didn't eat my yams, tell me who did?" Hkyet Kaw said, "Grandma, it's really not me. It's a porcupine. How could I eat yams? The porcupine ate your yams!" She asked it, "Really? Are you sure?" It answered, "I am sure." She asked, "What should I do then?" It said, "Grandma, use your rope to set a snare and catch the porcupine with it." Then she looked for a rope, but she couldn't find one. As she was just a widow, she didn't have any rope either. In the end, she used her fabric belt to set a snare. The porcupine was trapped in her snare. It was caught in the trap. It tried so hard to cut the belt, but the belt didn't break. While it was biting the belt to break it, it noticed many lice on it. The porcupine felt disgusted seeing lice on the fabric it was biting, so it stopped biting. It thought, "I won't bite it. I'd rather die than do it." The next morning, when the widow came to check the snare, she found the porcupine there. She said, "Oh, that's you! You ate my yams!" It said, "That's me. I ate them because I was hungry. Please, show mercy on me. Please don't kill me." It begged the widow, "Please, spare me. Don't kill me." She said, "Anyway, give my yams back." But the porcupine had already eaten them, so it could not return them. It said, "Grandma, instead, I will give you medicine to take when you are tired. Please spare my life." She asked it, "Fine. What kind of medicine is that? How do I use it?" It said, "Follow my footprints. My footprints are really tiny, so follow them carefully. Take all the roots I've bitten. Take the leaves I rolled over, too. Gather all those leaves and roots, dry them, and pound them. Use a bit of that medicinal powder, then you will get a really tasty drink that can relieve your tiredness." She said, "Okay. Then I will spare your life." She said, "Keep your promise." The porcupine replied, "I will, if you spare my life." Then she freed it from the snare. Now we use medicinal herbs from China. In the past, we gathered the roots and leaves shown by the porcupine and used them to make yeast for alcohol production. It is said that this is how we began brewing alcohol. Hkyet Kaw has marks on its legs from the sticks the widow used to bind it. The porcupine didn't bite through the rope because it was disgusted by the lice on it. Instead, it bit through its own legs to escape. The other species of mice bit through the rope to escape, but the porcupine didn't. Porcupines usually chew through their own legs to escape. They don't bite the rope. When we look at the origin of alcohol, we got the medicinal yeast used for brewing alcohol due to lice on the widow's belt. We have heard that the origin of how alcohol was brewed came from the widow's dirty fabric belt and the lice on it. That is why, in Christianity, we say alcohol is bad for people. In the past, we used to brew alcohol, but nowadays we don't do it often after learning about its origin. It is said that alcohol originated from lice. Transcription (La Ring) Daini anhte lu ai tsa le i e nkam nsham ai ni e bai na tinang a htunghking malu masha tsa gaw anhte a chyanun tsa re ngu nna daini hpa gaw hpa grai chye tsun ma ai le i. Dai hpe e moi tsa ngu ai nnan byin wa yang na e moi salang ni jahta ai maumwi ning nga mi nga ai. Mare langai mi hta.. e gaida jan langai mi nga ai.. da. Gaida jan dai gaw e yi galaw ai. Yi galaw re ten hta e shi gaw nai ni hkai ai dai yi kaw nai ni hkai re ai. Hkai.. rai yang gaw e nai kasha ni rawng wa ya gawt na mahka e shata jahku shata shi hkan ngu ga le. Dai aten hta e nai wa lani hte lani alap si ai da e alap si. Sa yu yang gaw nai sha hkang ai da e. Nai sha hkang.. rai yang gaw "Ga.. ngai dai daram ram ba nna galaw da ai ya dai hpabaw kadai wa ndai hpe sha kau i.." kadai re i ngu shi gyam na matu shi myit lu ai.. da. Myit lu.. rai yang gaw "Ah.. e.. yup sana re" ngu nna yi yup na matu shi gaw sa wa ai da. Sa wa.. rai yang gaw e shi wan wut di nga ai.. da wan yi wa kaw wan wut... di nga yang, e "Hkyen hkyen hkyen hkyen hkyen" nga yi wa makau kaw ya loi hkring hta mung "Hkyen hkyen hkyen hkyen" nga rai yang gaw anhte gaw dai nai kasha ni hpe e, hpyi malu ai hpe e hpyi hkyen ai ngu rai nga. Hpyi malu ai, ya hpyi malu ai nga lang ai le, anhte gaw hkyen ai ngu dai hpe nhtu e arut ai hpe e hkyen ai ngu rai nga. Rai yang gaw "Hkyen hkyen hkyen" nga, ya loi hkring wan dawng rai yang gaw e ndai wa she wan mang maga sa ai hku rai nga wan mang maga "Hpru.." rai di sa ai. Dai gaw hpabaw i ngu yang hkyet kaw ngu ai hkyet kanu e ya nang hkan grai nga ai le i yi galaw yang nga ai hkyet kaw ngu myi gaw bawng bawng re, le maidang de gaw nhtu si zawn rai sen sen re letma mi jan jan daram galu ai, letma mi daram galu ai e nhtu si sumla zawn san ai shi a mai tu nu ai. Dai kaw "Aw... nang re hka i nye a nai kanu, nai shama ya ai humm nang hpe ngai ndat sai, rai sai nang re" ngu nna hkyet kaw ngu dai hpe e rim ai da. Rim nna ndai ya daini gaw "Chyauk pauk" nga ai le i, moi gaw anhte "Shing leng" nga rai nga, shing leng matep ai nga, e ya chyauk pauk nga. Ndai hkyet kaw hpe she dai lahput lahta dai magyi lahput kaw e shing leng matep ai. Shi hpe e nginsup hkra di na lagaw lahkawng yen hpe e shawn di na matep kau ai.. da. Matep da.. rai yang gaw hkyet kaw gaw kawsi, lagaw gaw machyi yang gaw "E.. Dwi dinggai e dat rit lo.., na nai sha ai hpe e ngai tsun na" ngu yang "Um hu ndat ai" "Aw ngai nre law" da "Ngai nre naw na na nai sha ai ngai nre law" "Um hu nang re, nang kaw nhtu si mung lawm dai maidang de, nang re hkyen hkyen hkyen nga nang nai hkyen ai nsen ngai na ai ngai yi wa kaw kade nna yang nang, nang yi wa de pyen shang ai re nang, nang nan re" nga "Ngai nre law" ngu kade.. tsun tawngban tim nhkraw ai.. da. "Nang nre nga yang dai nai sha ai ngai nai sha ai hpe e tsun yu u" ngu nna tsun na hku rai nga hkyet kaw hpe. Rai yang gaw "Ga.. Dwi e ngai nre.., dumsi re.. na nai sha ai gaw yu dumsi she re, ngai nre ngai gaw kaning di sha na ma ngai nre" ngu "Kaja wa i" nga yang "Kaja wa re, yu re" "Dai yang kaning di na ma ndai hpe, ngai kaning di na" ngu yang "Dwi e na shingkyit sumri hte e hkam u, dai yang dai nai sha sa ai yu dumsi lu na re, dan di u" ngu ai da. Rai yang gaw shi gaw sumri tam yu, sumri tam yu nmu yang gaw e gaida nga yang gaw gara kaw na sumri shi nchye rit ai le i, nchye rit.. rai yang she hpang jahtum gaw shi na shingkyit e.. shingkyit la nna dai shingkyit hte e hkam da ai.. da. Shingkyit hte hkam da.. rai yang gaw kaja wa dai dumsi dai lu ai.. da. Lu yang gaw e ga.. dumsi dai lu rai yang gaw koi ..nang dumsi dai gaw e kade shaja tim sumri dai nlu dut ai da. Nlu di nlu di.. rai yang gaw jahtum e gaw shi gaw ndai, e sumri di na ngu makret yang she bai shi gaw shakrat kanu ngu ai shakrat ngu ai le i tsi zawn san ai moi gaw shakrat ngu grai nga rai nga e shakrep nre shakrat ngu dai tsi zawn zawn san ai dai palawng, palawng hkan, ndai kanu hpe she wawk da, koi matsat matsat wa grai.. matsat nna dai kaw shi gaw asum hkam nna "E.. si tim kaning ndi sai ngai sumri gaw ndi sana" nga na nga ai da. Rai yang gaw a jahpawt sa yu yang gaw ndai yup dumsi wa she dung di nga rai yang gaw "Gai.. nang i ngai na nai sha ai" "E re lo ngai grai kaw si nna sha ai re.. dai majaw raitim ngai hpe hkyam sa jaw rit, ngai asak hpe hkum hkra ya mi" ngu da. "Gai.. hpami raitim naw she hkyamsa jaw rit asak hpe gaw hkum hkra ya mi.." ngu alang lang tawngban, nhkraw ai da. "Hpami raitim nye nai shabai ya rit" ngu e shabai ya na gaw shi mung sha kau ai nga yang dai shi a nai pawt shabai na gaw nloi sai gaw. Rai yang gaw e "Dwi e.. nang grai.. ba yang lu na matu asak matut lu na matu tsi hkrung tsi nan ngu ai ngai nang hpe e jaw na. Dai majaw ngai hpe e asak hkyam sa jaw rit" ngu rai yang gaw "Gai.. hpabaw tsi hkrung tsi nan, kaning di ai baw" ngu nna tsun na hku rai nga. Tsun.. rai yang gaw "E.. hpami raitim nye a hkang kaw dai hku dingyang.. sha i kachyi sha i dai hku hkang nga ai, ndai kaw e nang atsawm sha hkan u. Ngai e makret da ai hpunru dai ni hpe e yawng hpe la u, ngai hpunlap ni lau di tawn da ai i hpunlap ning re lau re ndai ni hpe ma yawng nang e di mahkawng la u. Di mahkawng la nna dai hpe e dai hpe e jahkraw nna htu nna nang shat ndai shadu nna ndai tsi dai hpe e tsi hpe e mun u ngu" mun u ngu .."Dai hku di u" ngu mun u nga gaw loi loi sharam bang u nga ga rai nga. Rai yang gaw "Dai hku di u rai yang nang grai.. ba yang lu mai ai dwi sau ai namchyim ba hkoi ai namchyim nang hkam la na re" ngu nna yu dumsi e tsun ai da. Yu dumsi e dai hku tsun yang gaw "Aw.. dai rai yang gaw nang hpe ngai hkyam sa jaw na, mai sa" ngu ai da. Rai yang gaw "Ga dai gaw shateng u lu yaw" ngu na hku nga. "E mai sa nye asak she lawt na rai yang gaw shateng na" ngu nna dai yu hpe e atsawm sha hpyan nna dat dat ai da. Dat dat nna shi a u hkang ngu ai shi a lam hku dai hpawmi jan gaw sa.. nna shi makret da ai hpunru ni la, shi galau ai hpunlap ni la di nna ya daini ya chyawm gaw miwa tsi lang ai le i ya. Moi gaw anhte Jinghpaw myu sha ni dai yu dumsi e tsun ai hpunru hpunlap ni la nna tsi, tsa tsi di htu nna tsa tsi shatai ai rai nga. Dai ndai kaw na tsa ngu ai lu la ai.. nga nna tsun ai. Dai she ya du hkra dai a masat masa ngu na gaw hkyet kaw ngu ai ndai lahput kaw e hku hku ai. Ndai gaw gaida jan e matep da ai shing leng matep ai e chyauk pauk kaw e bang ai masat dingsat re da. Bai na yu dumsi ya du hkra shi gaw sumri hpe e ndi ai. Shi a lagaw hpe e makret nna shi a lagaw hpe e di kau nna hprawng ai. Ndai gaw dai shakrat kanu kawa ai matsat ai masat dingsat daini du hkra masat dingsat yu gaw, yu dumsi gaw dai sumri hpe nmakret ai, kaga yu ni gaw sumri makret nna hprawng ai. Rai nga yang yu dumsi, kadu ngu ai dai ni gaw ndai shi na lagaw hpe e makret nna hprawng ai hku re, sumri hpe gaw ndi ai hku re. Dai majaw tsa a ningpawt ninghpang hpe e yu ga nga yang dai gaida jan a shingkyet kaw na shakrat kanu kawa ai dai kaw e lu la ai tsi re majaw.. ya daini anhte Hkristan tai ai ni gaw e yuk jahtuk ngu gaw matsat shabat kaw na byin wa ai tsa, gaida jang shingkyet ngu ai shingkyit ngu ai dai shakrat kanu kawa ai ngu gaw dai nlu nsha mai ai, matsat shabat yuk jahtuk, yuk ai malu masha, shi lu yang nhkrak ai nkaja ai nga labau kaw e dai hku na lu ai hku re. Dai majaw daini du hkra dai moi lai wa sai ten hta gaw tsa lang ai ratim daini anhte Hkristan ya na prat hta gaw tsa ngu dai hpe dai lam ni hpe e chye nna nkaja ai ngu chye ai le i. Dai majaw ya gaw nau nlang ai le. Dai majaw tsa a labau gaw ndai shakrat kanu kawa ai kaw na hpang ai nga ai dai maumwi dan nga mi na ai hku re. . Language as given: Jinghpaw
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Identifier:		KK1-2320
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Language:		Kachin
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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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Country:		Myanmar
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