OLAC Record: Hkrit ai wa a lam (The Coward Who Became a Hero) with English translation

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oai:paradisec.org.au:KK1-2350

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Title: Hkrit ai wa a lam (The Coward Who Became a Hero) with English translation

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

Bibliographic Citation: Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Chyamai Min Gam (speaker), 2019. Hkrit ai wa a lam (The Coward Who Became a Hero) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2350 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa17875326de

Contributor (compiler): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (depositor): Keita Kurabe

Contributor (speaker): Chyamai Min Gam

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

Coverage (ISO3166): MM

Date (W3CDTF): 2019-01-31

Date Created (W3CDTF): 2019-01-31

Description: Translation (Rita Seng Mai) Once upon a time, there was a man who was easily scared. He went to his wife's house with her. On their way, they encountered a deer. Then the wife killed it. He said to her, "Let's just say I caught this deer. If you don't say that I caught it, I won't go to your parents' house. I will just return home." She said, "Okay. Let's say you caught it." They carried the deer and went to her parents' house. When they arrived there, the wife said to her parents, "Here, this is the deer your son-in-law caught on our way." A boar usually came to the parents' field. They said, "The boar usually comes to our field. Our son-in-law knows how to catch it, doesn't he?" He said, "Yes, I know how to catch it. I will catch it." They said to him, "That's great. Catch it." That night, he went to the field and stayed in a hut. When the boar came close to the field, he was so scared that he trembled a lot. The hut didn't seem strong enough, and it fell down. The boar got startled and ran away, then got stuck in the marsh. He went back home and said, "I caught the boar." When they went to the field to check on the boar, they saw that it was at the edge of the field, stuck in the marsh. Then they took it home. People heard about that news. At that time, there was a tiger that usually attacked the villagers. They told him, "Please catch the tiger." He agreed, "Okay, I will catch it." Actually, he was scared, but he acted brave. He made small bamboo strips while sitting in a stand of bamboo. The tiger approached him and tried to catch him with its tail. He quickly grabbed its tail and tied it tightly to the bamboo. And he shouted, "I caught the tiger! Come!" The villagers saw that he tied the tiger to the bamboo. Later, a war broke out in their village. The chief said to him, "You are such a brave and strong man. Help us fight in the war." He thought, "How should I do?" Then he sat in a tree along the path of their enemies. When a troop of enemies came near, he was so scared that he cried out loud. The enemies heard the sound and said, "They might have a large force of men. We can even hear someone in the trees." Then they just turned back. In the end, the man won the war in that way. This is the story about a cowardly man that our elders used to tell. Transcription (La Ring) Moi shawng de hkrit, hkrit ai wa she hkrit wa ngu ai hte shi a madu jan hte mayu ga de sa wa ai da. Rai yang gaw wo mayu ga sa yang she madu jan hte rau sa yang she chyahkyi kagat ai hku rai nga. Rai yang gaw madu jan e chyahkyi ndai hpe kahtam nna hprek.. di lu tawn da ai da. Rai yang gaw e dai madu wa nga gaw "Ngai lu ai she ngu ga law ngai lu ai nngu yang gaw ngai mayu ga nsa na re bai wa na re" nga ai da. Dai majaw e madu jan gaw "E mai sa nang lu ai ngu ga" ngu nna she ndai chyahkyi hpe hpai nna she mayu ga de du ai hku rai nga. Rai yang gaw mayu ni hpe gaw "E.. maw ndai chyahkyi mi htaw lam kaw nhkri e kahtam ai rai nu" ngu na jaw ai.. da. Rai yang gaw ndai mayu ni a yi kaw wa du bai sha da e. "Ah.. anhte yi kaw she wa du grai sha, anhte kahkri mung shan lu chye a hka i" ngu ai hku rai nga. Dai majaw she "E chye ai lo" nga yang gaw "Wa sin na ngu wa sin na" nga ai hku rai nga. "E wa sin u" ngu yang she kanu... wa sin ndai yi de wa sin yup yang wa she kaja wa she yi wa kaw ndai yi pun re nga yang she ndai yi wa gaw atsawm nnngang rai yang she wa du sa yang wa she shi gaw nau hkrit nna kanga nna she yi wa e ngat.. yi wa daw nna wa gaw kajawng nna le.. yi shingnawm na hpung ninghpaw hpungyang maga rut.. rai na hpungyang kaw mara taw. Rai yang "E wa rim tawn da sai" lo ng anna nta de wa ai da. Rai yang gaw kaja wa sa wa yang gaw le.. shingnawm ninghpawm ngu kaw yi de hpun maring marawng kaw mara nna wa nga rai nna lu ai da. Rai yang gaw dai lu ai lam hpe bai nkau mi bai na sa. Dai aten she bai e sharaw mung grai ju ai hku rai nga moi gaw. Sharaw grai ju ai e re majaw she "Ah.. sharaw ju ai lo, sharaw rim u lo" nga majaw she "Mai ai le" ngu nna she kade hkrit ai raitim mung gaw shakut ai hku rai nga. Dai yang gaw kawa nhpang kaba.. ka-ang kaw she shi gaw pali ni shit nna dung nna she sin di nga rai yang gaw sharaw gaw dai kaw sa na mai hte sa shalut ai hku rai nga. Dai majaw she dai mai hpe kalang ta kawa kaw hkang kap di hkra, e mai hpe shangang di hkra di na she nta de wa "Oh.. sharaw rim da sa" sa yu mu ngu yang gaw kaja wa dai zawn rai na sharaw hkang tawng da ai hpe lu la ai da. Dai yang gaw bai majan bai nga ai da e. Masha majan bai nga "Ahh... nang dai ram magrau grang ai gaw ya majan she gasat karum rit" ngu ai hku rai nga. Shada gasat ai majan rai jang gaw shi gaw "Aga... ya kaning di kaning rai na i" nga na she htaw... hpyen sa na lam de she hpun ntsa de dung lung dung ai da e. Hpun ntsa de lung dung rai yang gaw hpyen luk suk yan rai yang mung shi gaw hkrit nna ntsa kaw na hkrat ai hku rai goi. Dai majaw she hpyen ni gaw "Ga.. hpun ntsa kaw na she run ai gaw ya masha" nga nna she hpyen luk suk ni gaw yawng.. bai wa ai da. Rai na majang dang ai da. Hkrit wa maumwi e dai hku na majan dang ai lam jahtum e dai hku nna hkai nga ma ai moi na ni. . Language as given: Jinghpaw

Format: Digitised: no Media: Audio

Identifier: KK1-2350

Identifier (URI): http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2350

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/KK1/2350/KK1-2350-A.eaf

http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2350/KK1-2350-A.mp3

http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2350/KK1-2350-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:KK1-2350

DateStamp: 2026-04-29

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Citation: Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Chyamai Min Gam (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:		Hkrit ai wa a lam (The Coward Who Became a Hero) with English translation
Access Rights:		Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Bibliographic Citation:		Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Chyamai Min Gam (speaker), 2019. Hkrit ai wa a lam (The Coward Who Became a Hero) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV. KK1-2350 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa17875326de
Contributor (compiler):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (depositor):		Keita Kurabe
Contributor (speaker):		Chyamai Min Gam
Coverage (Box):		northlimit=27.331; southlimit=23.137; westlimit=95.335; eastlimit=98.498
Coverage (ISO3166):		MM
Date (W3CDTF):		2019-01-31
Date Created (W3CDTF):		2019-01-31
Description:		Translation (Rita Seng Mai) Once upon a time, there was a man who was easily scared. He went to his wife's house with her. On their way, they encountered a deer. Then the wife killed it. He said to her, "Let's just say I caught this deer. If you don't say that I caught it, I won't go to your parents' house. I will just return home." She said, "Okay. Let's say you caught it." They carried the deer and went to her parents' house. When they arrived there, the wife said to her parents, "Here, this is the deer your son-in-law caught on our way." A boar usually came to the parents' field. They said, "The boar usually comes to our field. Our son-in-law knows how to catch it, doesn't he?" He said, "Yes, I know how to catch it. I will catch it." They said to him, "That's great. Catch it." That night, he went to the field and stayed in a hut. When the boar came close to the field, he was so scared that he trembled a lot. The hut didn't seem strong enough, and it fell down. The boar got startled and ran away, then got stuck in the marsh. He went back home and said, "I caught the boar." When they went to the field to check on the boar, they saw that it was at the edge of the field, stuck in the marsh. Then they took it home. People heard about that news. At that time, there was a tiger that usually attacked the villagers. They told him, "Please catch the tiger." He agreed, "Okay, I will catch it." Actually, he was scared, but he acted brave. He made small bamboo strips while sitting in a stand of bamboo. The tiger approached him and tried to catch him with its tail. He quickly grabbed its tail and tied it tightly to the bamboo. And he shouted, "I caught the tiger! Come!" The villagers saw that he tied the tiger to the bamboo. Later, a war broke out in their village. The chief said to him, "You are such a brave and strong man. Help us fight in the war." He thought, "How should I do?" Then he sat in a tree along the path of their enemies. When a troop of enemies came near, he was so scared that he cried out loud. The enemies heard the sound and said, "They might have a large force of men. We can even hear someone in the trees." Then they just turned back. In the end, the man won the war in that way. This is the story about a cowardly man that our elders used to tell. Transcription (La Ring) Moi shawng de hkrit, hkrit ai wa she hkrit wa ngu ai hte shi a madu jan hte mayu ga de sa wa ai da. Rai yang gaw wo mayu ga sa yang she madu jan hte rau sa yang she chyahkyi kagat ai hku rai nga. Rai yang gaw madu jan e chyahkyi ndai hpe kahtam nna hprek.. di lu tawn da ai da. Rai yang gaw e dai madu wa nga gaw "Ngai lu ai she ngu ga law ngai lu ai nngu yang gaw ngai mayu ga nsa na re bai wa na re" nga ai da. Dai majaw e madu jan gaw "E mai sa nang lu ai ngu ga" ngu nna she ndai chyahkyi hpe hpai nna she mayu ga de du ai hku rai nga. Rai yang gaw mayu ni hpe gaw "E.. maw ndai chyahkyi mi htaw lam kaw nhkri e kahtam ai rai nu" ngu na jaw ai.. da. Rai yang gaw ndai mayu ni a yi kaw wa du bai sha da e. "Ah.. anhte yi kaw she wa du grai sha, anhte kahkri mung shan lu chye a hka i" ngu ai hku rai nga. Dai majaw she "E chye ai lo" nga yang gaw "Wa sin na ngu wa sin na" nga ai hku rai nga. "E wa sin u" ngu yang she kanu... wa sin ndai yi de wa sin yup yang wa she kaja wa she yi wa kaw ndai yi pun re nga yang she ndai yi wa gaw atsawm nnngang rai yang she wa du sa yang wa she shi gaw nau hkrit nna kanga nna she yi wa e ngat.. yi wa daw nna wa gaw kajawng nna le.. yi shingnawm na hpung ninghpaw hpungyang maga rut.. rai na hpungyang kaw mara taw. Rai yang "E wa rim tawn da sai" lo ng anna nta de wa ai da. Rai yang gaw kaja wa sa wa yang gaw le.. shingnawm ninghpawm ngu kaw yi de hpun maring marawng kaw mara nna wa nga rai nna lu ai da. Rai yang gaw dai lu ai lam hpe bai nkau mi bai na sa. Dai aten she bai e sharaw mung grai ju ai hku rai nga moi gaw. Sharaw grai ju ai e re majaw she "Ah.. sharaw ju ai lo, sharaw rim u lo" nga majaw she "Mai ai le" ngu nna she kade hkrit ai raitim mung gaw shakut ai hku rai nga. Dai yang gaw kawa nhpang kaba.. ka-ang kaw she shi gaw pali ni shit nna dung nna she sin di nga rai yang gaw sharaw gaw dai kaw sa na mai hte sa shalut ai hku rai nga. Dai majaw she dai mai hpe kalang ta kawa kaw hkang kap di hkra, e mai hpe shangang di hkra di na she nta de wa "Oh.. sharaw rim da sa" sa yu mu ngu yang gaw kaja wa dai zawn rai na sharaw hkang tawng da ai hpe lu la ai da. Dai yang gaw bai majan bai nga ai da e. Masha majan bai nga "Ahh... nang dai ram magrau grang ai gaw ya majan she gasat karum rit" ngu ai hku rai nga. Shada gasat ai majan rai jang gaw shi gaw "Aga... ya kaning di kaning rai na i" nga na she htaw... hpyen sa na lam de she hpun ntsa de dung lung dung ai da e. Hpun ntsa de lung dung rai yang gaw hpyen luk suk yan rai yang mung shi gaw hkrit nna ntsa kaw na hkrat ai hku rai goi. Dai majaw she hpyen ni gaw "Ga.. hpun ntsa kaw na she run ai gaw ya masha" nga nna she hpyen luk suk ni gaw yawng.. bai wa ai da. Rai na majang dang ai da. Hkrit wa maumwi e dai hku na majan dang ai lam jahtum e dai hku nna hkai nga ma ai moi na ni. . Language as given: Jinghpaw
Format:		Digitised: no Media: Audio
Identifier:		KK1-2350
Identifier (URI):		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2350
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/KK1/2350/KK1-2350-A.eaf
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2350/KK1-2350-A.mp3
		http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2350/KK1-2350-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:KK1-2350
DateStamp:		2026-04-29
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Keita Kurabe (compiler); Keita Kurabe (depositor); Chyamai Min Gam (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