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KK1-0774
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Title Ja hpai mi sha (The lazy mother) with English translation
Description Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
Once upon a time, there was a lazy woman in a village. One day, she gave birth to a child. When her family called her to go to the field to work, she always said, "I can't leave my child alone. He is naughty." Actually, she just gave a reason because she was too lazy to work. She just said it, although her son was well-behaved. Whatever her family ordered her to do, she never did and just used her child as a reason. Her family thought that her child was really naughty, so they didn't let her do any work. She just needed to look after her child. God couldn't bear hearing her say that her child was naughty. One day, the child was dead. God took the child's life back. She was sorrowful and cried when her child was dead. She was crying by saying, "My lovely baby, you are my sweetheart. I have always used you to give reasons when I don't want to work. I don't have anyone to use as a reason now." Then her husband and family knew that she was just using her baby because she was super lazy and didn't want to work. She regretted too. That's why we can't lie and be false.

Transcription (Lu Awng)
Ya ngai tsun na gaw jahpai mai sha ai lam re, moi shawng de da mare langai mi kaw gaw da num langai grai lagawn ai num langai nga ai da. Dai num gaw da lani mi shi kasha langai mi lu ai da. Kasha langai mi lu rai yang gaw da shanhte nta dum nta masha ni dum nta masha ni, kagu ni yi sa ga, yi galaw ga ngu na tsun ai da, retim mung shi gaw n kam na i ngai gaw ma grai yak ai, ma grai yak ai ngu na chyu jahpai ai da. Ma nyak tim yak ai nga, ya shat shadu u nga yang, ngai ma yak ai, hka ja u nga tim ma yak ai, rai hkrut u nga tim may ai ngu na dai ma hpe sha jahpai ai da. Shanhte nta masha ni gaw da shi hpe kaja wa yak na she re na re ndai ma kanu gaw ngu na galoi mung hpa ma n shangun na i tawn da na ma sha mahkaw na ma sha rem na me nga shangun ai da. Re na she dai hpe karai kasang gaw nna ra ai le i, nna ra jang lani mi ma dai hpe gaw ma dai si mat ai le. Karai kasang gaw (yoke tain) kau ya ai ga rai nga, e dai ma dai hpe wa she lani mi si mat ai le i. Si mat wa re yang gaw dai si ai shani she shi gaw kaning nga hkrap ai i nga yang she ma e nu na jahpai mai kasha e ya nu dai ni kaw na hpa baw jahpai na nga na kun, nang nu a grai jahpai mai sha re wa da, ya nang nnga jang da ngai n nu jahpai na nnga ai majaw bungli galaw sha ra na sai ngu na grai hkrap ai da. Dai di she da madu wa ni gaw da aw ma ndai hpe shi jahpai nga ai rai nga hka, shi bungli nkam galaw ai, lagawn ai jan re hka ngu na me dai shani chye ai kaw na she da shi hpe shi mung dai shani rai yang gaw shi mung myit malai ai le, dai majaw anhte ni mung nre ai ga hpe i, masu na n mai jahpai ai da.
Origination date 2017-02-11
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/0774
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Collector
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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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
L. Ja Tawp : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/5989e45c3c0b5
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), L. Ja Tawp (speaker), 2017. Ja hpai mi sha (The lazy mother) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-0774 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/5989e45c3c0b5
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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."
Countries
Myanmar - MM
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Languages
Jingpho - kac
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