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Title Hpaji rawng ai num kasha (The wise girl)
Description Maumwi a gabaw gaw hpaji rawng ai num kasha ngu ai re. Moi shawng de Hkawhkam langai mi nga ai dai Hkawhkam kaw kasha La kasha shi lahkawng hte num kasha langai mi nga ai, dai Hkawhkam gaw shi na madu jan dai ma ni na kanu gaw si mat ai hpang shi num langai bai la ai. Dai num dai gaw grai n kaja ai dai re majaw shi gaw dai Hkawhkam na kasha shi lahkawng la kasha shi lahkawng yan hpe shi gaw n kaja ai lam hku na i shi gaw dai ma dai la kasha shi lahkawng hpe U shatai kau ai. U shatai kau ti na dai num kasha langai sha nga ai num kasha hpe mung shi gaw sat na matu shi gyam taw ai i dai hku re ai hpe dai num kasha dai gaw chye ai. Re majaw shi gaw dai Hkawhkam wang kaw na hprawg pru mat na htaw nam de shi gaw wa rawng hprawg nga taw ai. Dai hku re na shi lani mi na aten hta dai num kasha dai gaw nam kaw nga taw ai ten hta htaw lamu de gaw U shi lahkawng wa baw kaw mung um.. shanhte na baw kaw mung Hkawhkam kasha re ngu masat da ai Hkawhkam kasha ngu ai hpe dai kaw mu lu ai. U dai shi lahkawng gaw pyen hkawm taw ai hpe shi mu ai ten hta ''Yi ndai U ndai ni gaw grai mau hpa re i'' ngu shi gaw yu taw ai aten hta dai U shi lahkawng wa ga de i ga kaw wa hkring ai ten hta wa masha bai byin mat na shi na kahpu shi lahkawng wa rai taw ai. Dai hpe wa mu ai ten hta ''Ha! nye kahpu ni she rai nga ai le'' nga nna shi gaw grai kabu ti na shi na kahpu ni hte hkrum ti na grai kabu ai ten hta kahpu ni hpe tsun ai i, ''Ngai ma nanhte ni nga ai kaw ngai ma hkan nang mayu ai ngai hpe ma woi sa rit ngai hpe ma woi nga rit'' ngu na tsun ai ten hta kahpu ni mung i langai hte langai san re ai shaloi ''Shi hpe woi mat na kun n woi wa na i'' ngu na shada da bawng ban ai ten hta ''Yi anhte kanau num kasha ndai langai sha nga ai shi hpe mung anhte woi mat ga'' nga nna shanhte yawng myit hkrum ai hte dai kanau num kasha hpe ma shanhte woi mat ai. Woi mat ai ten hta dai kanau num kasha gaw U n re nga yang gaw n lu pyen ai kahpu ni gaw pyen na nga yang gaw U bai byin mat ai i dai hku rai yang she kanau hpe shanhte ni gaw shi na ntsa kaw U langai na ntsa kaw tawn ti na shanhte dai hku na woi pyen ai ten hta dai num kasha dai gaw yup mang zawn zawn re na yup mang mu ai yup mang mu ai i.. dai hku pyen taw nga ai ten hta yup mang kaw hpa baw mu ai i nga yang she yup mang kaw she shi hpe sa tsun ai da. ''Nang nang na kahpu ni hpe masha bai byin shangun mayu ai i dai rai yang gaw nang namlap hte galaw ai palawng hpe shanhte hpe jahpun ra na re da, dai namlap hte galaw ai palawng hpe nang i galaw taw nga ai aten hta nang ga n mai shaga ai kadai hte ma nang ga n mai shaga na re lama na nang dai hku galaw taw dai palawng chywi taw nga ai ten hta nang ga shaga dat yang gaw nang na kahpu ni gaw masha galoi ma byin na nrai sai U hku na sha shanhte nga ra mat na re'' ngu na shi hpe tsun ai hpe yup mang kaw dai hku mu re dai hku na dat ai da. Shi gaw dum wa na she dai hku dum nna she (hpa baw i) shi na shi ma i mau taw yup mang i kaja i ''Ngai hpe hpa baw sun mayu ai i''nga nna shi mung myit ti na she dai hku re na she shi ma hkan nang mat na she shi na kahpu ni nga ai shara kaw shi du mat ai shaloi gaw shi gaw ''Aw ndai ngai hpe i ngai hpe tsun ai ga rai sai'' ngu na shi gaw dai shani kaw na dai kahpu ni na kahpu ni ma shi hpe garum ai hte maren shi gaw namlap ni shawng i namlap ni shawng shi hkan lahkawn ai, namlap ni hpe lahkawn na kahpu ni san ai ''Nang hpa baw galaw na matu namlap ni lahkawn taw ai ma'' ngu tsun tim shi gaw hpa ntsun ai i dai palawng a lam hpe shi n tsun ai. Dai na shi gaw namlap ni hpe sha mahkawng ai kahpu ni ma namlap ni di nna shi hpe jaw shi gaw mahkawng dai hku rai ti na shi gaw namlap grai law wa aten hta palawng ni galaw taw sai. Palawng chywi i palawng chywi re lani mi na aten hta shi palawng chywi na matu namlap ni hpe hkan di taw nga aten hta Hkawhkam kasha langai mi i laga mungdan na Hkawhkam kasha langai mi wa shi hpe mu mat ai. Mu mat na she dai num kasha dai hpe shi gaw myit shang sha na shi gaw tsawra ai nga tsun ai hte maren dai num kasha dai mung dai Hkawhkam kasha hpe shi mung tsawra ai hte maren dai Hkawhkam wa a kasha gaw i dai num kasha dai hpe shi na kawa nga ai Hkawhkam mung de Hkawhkam wang de woi mat ai. Rai tim mung dai num kasha dai gaw ga hkum mi ma nmai shaga ai re ai majaw shi gaw ga nshaga na she dai hku re na she shi gaw Hkawhkam kasha na hpang sha hkan nang mat ai. Dai hku re na shi htaw Hkawhkam wang kaw du ai ten hta rai tim mung shi gaw shi na kahpu ni na matu i shi na kahpu ni na matu palawng shi lahkawng dai namlap hte chywi ai. Dai ten hta Hkawhkam wa gaw i dai shi hpe woi mat ai Hkawhkam kasha na kawa ngu na Hkawhkam wa gaw grai mau ai,''Ndai num gaw ga mung nshaga i num kasha ndai gaw ga mung nshaga na namlap hte chyu chyu palawng chywi taw nga kade san tim mung hpa mung ntsun ai ndai wa gaw i n kaja ai n kaja ai num she rai sam ai i hpa baw wa mi she maw taw kun'' ngu ti na kawa Hkawhkam wa gaw grai mau ai da. Dai hku re na lani mi na aten hta gaw lani mi na aten hta wa she dai num kasha gaw shanhte wa dai num hpe i nau shanhte ni gaw nau nhten ti na she hkan yu ai aten hta dai num wa num kasha dai gaw htaw lup wa kawng i lup wa kawng kaw she shi gaw dai namlap ni hpe hkan la taw ai aten hta hkan la taw ai aten rai taw yang she ''Um ndai wa gaw gara hku mi nga nga i..ndai gaw masha kaja gaw n rai sai ndai wa gaw lama mi she rai sai'' nga nna kalang ta dai num kasha hpe shi na hpyen la ni hte rim kau shangun na shi hpe htawng kaw bang kau sai. Bang kau tim mung dai num kasha dai gaw htawng kaw mi rai tim shi gaw shi na kahpu ni na matu palawng hpe chywi dingyang rai taw ai. Dai hku na chywi re na chywi ngut ai aten hta wa she shi shinggan de i chyinghka hpaw ti na chyinghka shi hpe lawng bang tawn da ai dai htawng kaw na chyinghka hku na shi yu dat ai ten hta ntsa de wa shi na kahpu ni i U ni wa pyen ting na sa wa ai hpe she shi kalang ta shi na palawng shi chywi tawn da ai palawng hpe kahpu ni hpe kabai ya ai, kabai ya ai aten hta kahpu ni wa dai shanhte na hkum kaw i hpun dat ai hte wa kalang ta masha masha byin ai Dai hku re she dai masha byin mat ai yawng kahpu shi lahkawng mahkra yawng masha byin mat ai hpang she shi gaw dai Hkawhkam hte i Hkawhkam shi na shi hpe woi wa ai Hkawhkam kasha hpe ma ''Dai hku re ai majaw nanhte hpe ntsun dan ai ya she lu tsun dan ai re'' ngu na bai tsun dan ai aten hta i yawng mung chyena nna i ''Aw nang gaw kaja wa nang hpaji rawng ai num kasha rai nga ai kahpu ni hpe hkye ai num kasha nang re'' nga nna shi hpe ma yawng gaw bai grai ram ai num kasha re ngu na dai Hkawhkam kasha hte shanhte hkungran ya ti na dai Hkawhkam wang kaw sha shanhte grai pyaw let nga mat ai da.
Origination date 2016-12-16
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/0114
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Keita Kurabe
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Myanmar - MM
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Language as given Jinghpaw
Subject language(s)
Jingpho - kac
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Dialect Standard Jinghpaw
Region / village Northern Myanmar
Originating university Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
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Data Categories primary text
Data Types Sound
Discourse type narrative
Roles Keita Kurabe : depositor
G. Nu Tawng : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/5988908e99ee9
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), G. Nu Tawng (speaker), 2016. Hpaji rawng ai num kasha (The wise girl). EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-0114 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/5988908e99ee9
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Collection Information
Collection ID KK1
Collection title Kachin folktales told in Jinghpaw
Description Recordings of Kachin folktales and related narratives in Jinghpaw. These materials were collected by Keita Kurabe, Gumtung Lu Awng, Sumdu Ja Seng Roi, Hpauhkum Htu Bu, Labang Tu La, Gumtung Htu Nan, and Lashi Seng Nan as part of community-based collaborative fieldwork in northern Myanmar. A total of 2,491 stories with 2,481 ELAN files, 2,481 transcriptions, and 1,369 translations are currently available (March 25, 2024). Transcriptions were contributed by Gumtung Lu Awng, Pausa La Ring, Galang Lu Hkawng, Sumdu Ja Seng Roi, Hpauhkum Htu Bu, and Keita Kurabe. Stories were translated by Nbanpa Rita Seng Mai, Sumlut Gun Mai, Lazing Htoi San, Maran Seng Pan, Dumdaw Mike Tu Awng, Nhkum Htoi Awng, and Keita Kurabe.

Animated stories are available at:

https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/KK3
https://www.youtube.com/@kachinfolktales
https://www.facebook.com/KachinStories

Other Kachin culture and history are available at:

https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/KK2

Our research was made possible under the support of JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP17H04523, JP20K13024, JP20H01256, Linguistic Dynamics Science 3 (LingDy3) from Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), and JSPS Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers "A collaborative network for usage-based research on lesser-studied languages."
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Myanmar - MM
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Jingpho - kac
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Keita Kurabe
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