OLAC Record: Yu gamung (The Mice’s Meeting) with English translation

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Title: Yu gamung (The Mice’s Meeting) with English translation

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Bibliographic Citation: Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Gareng Magu Naw Awng (speaker), 2019. Yu gamung (The Mice’s Meeting) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2328 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa17842458bb

Contributor (compiler): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (depositor): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (speaker): Gareng Magu Naw Awng

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) This is about the mice's meeting (chat). One day, mice held a meeting. The king of mice called a meeting for all the mice because the cat was catching many of them, and many were dying. He said, "We should think of a way not to get eaten by the cat. What should we do? Let's find a solution. The number of mice is getting smaller and smaller. We must do something." One of the elder mice said, "It's impossible for us to kill the cat. Let's do it like this: we will hang a bell on his body while he is sleeping. We can run away when we hear the bell ringing. We can escape. Let's hang the bell on his body while he is sleeping." Then, in their meeting, they decided to secretly hang the bell on the cat's body while he was sleeping. The king asked them, "Who will hang the bell on the cat's neck while he is sleeping?" However, no mouse dared to do that. The king said to one mouse, "You do it." And he said to another one, "You hang the bell on the cat's neck!" But no one dared to do it. A lot of mice were attending the meeting, but no one dared to do the task. They also didn't know what to do. They were facing the crisis of their own species dying out. The meeting was not productive. The cat caught mice every day. One or two mice were eaten each day. Just like the mice's meeting, we also had an unproductive meeting like that. We kept discussing what to do in our meeting, but there was really no one who would actually complete the tasks. We also say that it's like the mice's meeting (chat). We also act like the mice. We keep chatting in meetings, saying exaggerated things, but when it's time to carry them out, there is no one. In our revolutionary journey, we say that we need independence and our own country, and that we must stand against the Burmese. However, no one really stands firmly against them in reality. We don't dare to serve in the army. We humans, have often been like mice. We usually remind each other by saying, "It's like the mice's chat." This is the end of the story. Thank you. Transcription (La Ring) Ya ndai maumwi gaw yu ni yu gamung re. E yu ni lani mi na nhtoi hta yu ni zuphpawng hpawng ma ai da. Yu ni hpe nyau ni shani shagu, shani shagu rim sha nna e yu ni manu mana si sum ra mat ai lam hpe shanhte e yu Hkaw Hkam wa gaw lani mi na nhtoi hta yu ni nga manga yawng hpe shaga nna zuphpawng hpawng ma ai da. Dai shaloi ndai yu e Hkaw Hkam wa e "Dai nyau dai hpe gara hku di na kaning di ga ngu na lam tam ga. Anhte amyu ni anhte yu amyu ni htum wa hkyen sai dai majaw ndai nyau e anhte yu ni hpe nlu sha hkra gaw anhte ladat shaw ra sai, ladat tam ra sai" nga nna yu Hkaw Hkam wa gaw dai hku shi a yu mung masha ni hpe shaga nna zuphpawng hpawng ai da. Dai shaloi yu salang langai mi gaw "E.. anhte gaw lanyau dai wa hpe e sat na matu gaw gara hku ma nmai byin ai, dai majaw shi yup nga ai aten hta e dingsi langai mi shakap da ga, noi da ga, dai dingsi ndai ngoi ai shaloi gaw anhte gaw lu hprawng mai ai, lawt mai ai. Dai majaw nyau dai hpe shi grai.. yup pyaw ai aten hta e dingsi wa noi ga" nga na zuphpawng hpawng ai da. Dai shaloi zuphpawng mung hpawng ngut sai da, rai yang gaw "Dingsi noi ga ndai nyau yup, yup taw nga ai ten hta shi ndum hkra dingsi langai mi wa noi ga" ngu na daw dan da sai da. E rai yang gaw "Gai ya ndai lanyau yup nga ai aten hta ya kadai sa noi na ndai dingsi hpe kadai sa shi na du kaw wa gali na" ngu ai shaloi kadai.. wa mung n-gwi mat ai da, n-gwi mat ai. Rai yang gaw nyau, nyau gaw yup taw nga ten hta, "Gai nang sa su gai nang gali u, gai nang sa na wa gali da su" ngu tim mung langai hte langai, langai hte langai hpe dai hku shangun dat tim mung dai yu Hkaw Hkam wa gaw shangun tim mung e gara mahtang mung n-gwi mat ai da n-gwi ai. E dai majaw dai yu ni gaw manu mana zuphpawng hpawng ai raitim mung ndai lanyau hpe dingsi nlu gali ya ai a majaw gara hku nchye di gara hku na shanhte amyu htum mat hkyen tim mung kaning nchye di, kaning maroi nni rai na shanhte na zuphpawng mung hpa lachyum npru rai na rai ma ai da. Dai na gaw dai lanyau gaw e dai hku galoi mung lani hte lani langai langai, lahkawng dai hku na yu ni hpe sha wa ai.. nga ai re nga. Raitim mung ndai yu ni a gamung hpa anhte shinggyim masha ni mung kalang lang zuphpawng hpawng wa ai shaloi zuphpawng kaw gaw aging agang nga nna hpa bungli nbyin ai, kaja nan tatut "Gai nang galaw u" ngu yang gaw e galaw n-gwi ai lam ni mung anhte law law nga saga ai. Ndai yu gamung ngu na anhte ga malai ma la lang lang rai ga ai ndai. Dai majaw anhte yu gamung ngu dai gaw anhte shinggyim masha ni mung ndai zawn re yu zawn zuphpawng hkan gaw la rai la zawn nga nna hpa ntai ai hpa nbyin ai ni nga ai. Dai hta dai sha n-ga anhte myu sha ni mung e shanglawt lu ra ai ndai myen ni hpe gaw e gasat ra sai mungdan lu ra sai nga tim mung kadai wa mung dai zawn re kaw gwi gwi tsap ai gwi gwi galaw ai gaw nnga ai i. Ap nawng n-gwi ai lam nga ai. Dai yu gamung hpa anhte shinggyim masha mung anhte e myu sha ni mung e dai zawn byin ai lam law law re. Dai majaw ndai yu gamung, yu gamung ngu nna ga malai ni mung e la lang lang di ai re ngu. Maumwi gaw dai kaw htum sai. Chyeju kaba sa. . Language as given: Jinghpaw

Format: Digitised: no Media: Audio

Identifier: KK1-2328

Identifier (URI): http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2328

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/KK1/2328/KK1-2328-A.eaf

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http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2328/KK1-2328-A.wav

Type (DCMI): Sound

Type (OLAC): primary_text

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Citation: Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Gareng Magu Naw Awng (speaker). 2019. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
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Title:		Yu gamung (The Mice’s Meeting) with English translation
Access Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:		Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Gareng Magu Naw Awng (speaker), 2019. Yu gamung (The Mice’s Meeting) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2328 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa17842458bb
Contributor (compiler):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (depositor):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (speaker):		Gareng Magu Naw Awng
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) This is about the mice's meeting (chat). One day, mice held a meeting. The king of mice called a meeting for all the mice because the cat was catching many of them, and many were dying. He said, "We should think of a way not to get eaten by the cat. What should we do? Let's find a solution. The number of mice is getting smaller and smaller. We must do something." One of the elder mice said, "It's impossible for us to kill the cat. Let's do it like this: we will hang a bell on his body while he is sleeping. We can run away when we hear the bell ringing. We can escape. Let's hang the bell on his body while he is sleeping." Then, in their meeting, they decided to secretly hang the bell on the cat's body while he was sleeping. The king asked them, "Who will hang the bell on the cat's neck while he is sleeping?" However, no mouse dared to do that. The king said to one mouse, "You do it." And he said to another one, "You hang the bell on the cat's neck!" But no one dared to do it. A lot of mice were attending the meeting, but no one dared to do the task. They also didn't know what to do. They were facing the crisis of their own species dying out. The meeting was not productive. The cat caught mice every day. One or two mice were eaten each day. Just like the mice's meeting, we also had an unproductive meeting like that. We kept discussing what to do in our meeting, but there was really no one who would actually complete the tasks. We also say that it's like the mice's meeting (chat). We also act like the mice. We keep chatting in meetings, saying exaggerated things, but when it's time to carry them out, there is no one. In our revolutionary journey, we say that we need independence and our own country, and that we must stand against the Burmese. However, no one really stands firmly against them in reality. We don't dare to serve in the army. We humans, have often been like mice. We usually remind each other by saying, "It's like the mice's chat." This is the end of the story. Thank you. Transcription (La Ring) Ya ndai maumwi gaw yu ni yu gamung re. E yu ni lani mi na nhtoi hta yu ni zuphpawng hpawng ma ai da. Yu ni hpe nyau ni shani shagu, shani shagu rim sha nna e yu ni manu mana si sum ra mat ai lam hpe shanhte e yu Hkaw Hkam wa gaw lani mi na nhtoi hta yu ni nga manga yawng hpe shaga nna zuphpawng hpawng ma ai da. Dai shaloi ndai yu e Hkaw Hkam wa e "Dai nyau dai hpe gara hku di na kaning di ga ngu na lam tam ga. Anhte amyu ni anhte yu amyu ni htum wa hkyen sai dai majaw ndai nyau e anhte yu ni hpe nlu sha hkra gaw anhte ladat shaw ra sai, ladat tam ra sai" nga nna yu Hkaw Hkam wa gaw dai hku shi a yu mung masha ni hpe shaga nna zuphpawng hpawng ai da. Dai shaloi yu salang langai mi gaw "E.. anhte gaw lanyau dai wa hpe e sat na matu gaw gara hku ma nmai byin ai, dai majaw shi yup nga ai aten hta e dingsi langai mi shakap da ga, noi da ga, dai dingsi ndai ngoi ai shaloi gaw anhte gaw lu hprawng mai ai, lawt mai ai. Dai majaw nyau dai hpe shi grai.. yup pyaw ai aten hta e dingsi wa noi ga" nga na zuphpawng hpawng ai da. Dai shaloi zuphpawng mung hpawng ngut sai da, rai yang gaw "Dingsi noi ga ndai nyau yup, yup taw nga ai ten hta shi ndum hkra dingsi langai mi wa noi ga" ngu na daw dan da sai da. E rai yang gaw "Gai ya ndai lanyau yup nga ai aten hta ya kadai sa noi na ndai dingsi hpe kadai sa shi na du kaw wa gali na" ngu ai shaloi kadai.. wa mung n-gwi mat ai da, n-gwi mat ai. Rai yang gaw nyau, nyau gaw yup taw nga ten hta, "Gai nang sa su gai nang gali u, gai nang sa na wa gali da su" ngu tim mung langai hte langai, langai hte langai hpe dai hku shangun dat tim mung dai yu Hkaw Hkam wa gaw shangun tim mung e gara mahtang mung n-gwi mat ai da n-gwi ai. E dai majaw dai yu ni gaw manu mana zuphpawng hpawng ai raitim mung ndai lanyau hpe dingsi nlu gali ya ai a majaw gara hku nchye di gara hku na shanhte amyu htum mat hkyen tim mung kaning nchye di, kaning maroi nni rai na shanhte na zuphpawng mung hpa lachyum npru rai na rai ma ai da. Dai na gaw dai lanyau gaw e dai hku galoi mung lani hte lani langai langai, lahkawng dai hku na yu ni hpe sha wa ai.. nga ai re nga. Raitim mung ndai yu ni a gamung hpa anhte shinggyim masha ni mung kalang lang zuphpawng hpawng wa ai shaloi zuphpawng kaw gaw aging agang nga nna hpa bungli nbyin ai, kaja nan tatut "Gai nang galaw u" ngu yang gaw e galaw n-gwi ai lam ni mung anhte law law nga saga ai. Ndai yu gamung ngu na anhte ga malai ma la lang lang rai ga ai ndai. Dai majaw anhte yu gamung ngu dai gaw anhte shinggyim masha ni mung ndai zawn re yu zawn zuphpawng hkan gaw la rai la zawn nga nna hpa ntai ai hpa nbyin ai ni nga ai. Dai hta dai sha n-ga anhte myu sha ni mung e shanglawt lu ra ai ndai myen ni hpe gaw e gasat ra sai mungdan lu ra sai nga tim mung kadai wa mung dai zawn re kaw gwi gwi tsap ai gwi gwi galaw ai gaw nnga ai i. Ap nawng n-gwi ai lam nga ai. Dai yu gamung hpa anhte shinggyim masha mung anhte e myu sha ni mung e dai zawn byin ai lam law law re. Dai majaw ndai yu gamung, yu gamung ngu nna ga malai ni mung e la lang lang di ai re ngu. Maumwi gaw dai kaw htum sai. Chyeju kaba sa. . Language as given: Jinghpaw
Format:		Digitised: no Media: Audio
Identifier:		KK1-2328
Identifier (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2328
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/KK1/2328/KK1-2328-A.eaf
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2328/KK1-2328-A.mp3
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2328/KK1-2328-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
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:paradisec.org.au:KK1-2328
DateStamp:		2026-05-08
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
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Citation:		Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Gareng Magu Naw Awng (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