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KK1-1032
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Title Lapu la a lam (The snake man)
Description Ya ngai tsun na lam gaw lapu la a lam re. Moi shawng de da mare langai mi kaw da shan nu sha wa ni nga ai da. Shan nu sha wa ni gaw da hkauna galaw ai da. Lani mi na aten hta shan nu shan wa ni gaw da hkauna de sa ai da. Hkauna de sa wa ai shaloi she hka shi langai kaw ka ni sa kashin ai da. Sa kashin na dai kaw na hka kaw na namsi langai mu hta la ai da, re na shanhte ni gaw nta de la wa ai da. Nta de la wa na ga sha ai da. Dai she hpang jahpawt de gaw n gu shi nu gaw shat shadu hkyen ai shaloi n gu pung kaw lapu dai rawng taw nga ai da. Lapu dai rawng taw nga na shi kanu hpe 4 lang makyit ai da, 4 lang bat da ai da. Re na she shi kanu gaw marawn ai da, hkye la mit loh ngu, lapu ngai hpe sa makyit da na ngai hpe hkye la myit loh ngu marawn ai shaloi shi kasha ni hte shi madu wa gaw sa wa na she lapu e ngu da, ngai hpe hpa hkum di ngu da, nang hpe nye kasha hte jaw sha na ngu da. Re na she makaw hpe jaw sha na ngu shaloi she lapu wa gaw kalang mi hpyen ai da. Re na she makaw wa hpe makaw e nu hpe naw matsan dum la rit. Lapu la wa hte naw hkungran ya rit ngu tsun ai shaloi she makaw wa gaw n hkraw ai da. Lapu la hte me nhkrungran ai ngu da. Dan ngu tsun na she malu e nu hpe matsan dum la rit. Nu ndai lapu la na ta kaw na lawt mayu sai. Ndai lapu la hte hkungran ya u ngu tsun ai da, dai shaloi nkam ai n kam ai ngu da. Dan re lapu la hte kadai wa n hkungran ai ngu tsun ai da, maroi hpe re yang gaw bat mi bai shayawm raw ya na she maroi wa hpe maroi e nang kaji htum re sai nu hpe naw matsan dum rit ngu da. Maroi wa gaw grai kanu kawa hpe matsan dum chye ai kanu kawa hpe kanu kawa tsun ai ga madat ai da. Re na she mai ai ngu tsun ai shaloi lapu wa gaw raw kau ai da. Raw kau na she hpang shani hkan ne gaw lapu wa hte hkungran ai da, dai she hkungran na she shi kana shawng ni gaw a kyang n kaja ai da, shi hpe lapu la hte hkungran ai ngu na grai chye tsun ai da. Grai tsun ya ma ai da. Dai hku re shaloi she hpang shani hta gaw da lapu la wa gaw (tinbaw) hte sanghpaw hte rai mari ai da. Rai mari na she wa dut ai da, laga mungdan de wa dut ai da. Re na she wa dut na she dai hku bungli galaw hkawm taw ai shaloi shi kana shawng ni gaw lapu la wa gaw i masha galai mat ai le. Lamu n tsa de lung na shanhte na lapu poi de sa na she dai kaw na (paung) mat ai da. Re na she masha galai mat ai da. Re na she shi kana shawng ni shi hpe grai manawn ai da, grai tsawm ai lapu la hpe lu la da ai nga nga grai manawn ai da. Re na she lapu la wa sanghpaw li hte rai dut sa ai shaloi da maroi wa hpe a roi e an nau ni kaji ten hta jawn hkawm ai singgoi hpe grai dum wa ai da. Dai majaw dai maga de sa jawn ga ngu da. Mai ai le a shawng ngu na maroi wa ma gun taw ai re na sa ai da. Sa na she shan nau ni jawn ai da. Jawn taw re shaloi she a roi shawn jawn u yaw ngu na shan nau 2 malu hte makaw gaw ja ja (tun) na karaw de i singgoi da ai gaw karaw de re da nam sum-up kata de re da. Re na she dai de (tun) bang kau da ai da, grai ja hkra (tun) bang dat ai shaloi she dai de hkrat bang mat ai da, dai shaloi u langai mi sa wa na wa woi la kau ai da. U kaba langai mi sa wa na woi la kau na shi na tsip de woi wa ai da. Re na maroi wa gaw mahkum re majaw ma shangai ai da. Shangai na hpang shani hkan ne lapu la wa gaw da sanghpaw li kaw na shanhte na nta de wa ai da. Dut ai rai ngut na nta de wa ai da. Dai shaloi she maroi wa gaw i ndai nye madu wa na sanghpaw li re nga ai ngu da. Re na she nye madu la na sanghpaw li re nga ai, ngut na shi namlap hte duk kaw chyawp na saga ai da, sanghpaw hpe shaga ai da. Sanghpaw mung hkring ya ai da, shi madu wa mung shi madu wa na shanghpaw kaw du ai majaw madu wa mung woi la mat na nta de woi wa ai da. Re na she yawng san ai da, gara hku byin mat wa ai ni yawng san, maroi hpe mung san maroi mung tsun dan ai da. Maroi wa mung tsun dan na ya nang ndai shanhte gaw ndai kawa hte i rai bang na hku nga. Galu law le kachyi mi galu law re dai kaw shang da shangun ai da, ndai kaw shang u yaw na na kana ni kaning nga na kun ngu da. Re na she woi wa na shi dai hpai na woi wa she nta du ai shaloi maroi wa hpe oh ra ni mung hkap tau la ai da, makaw hte malu hkap tau la na she lapu la dai gaw tsun masu ai da. Maroi hpe nmu nga ai le ngu da. Maroi wa i ngu na hkrap na tsun ai da, maroi wa an nau ni singgoi jawn ai shaloi karaw de hkrat bang mat sai ngu da. Dai shaloi lapu la dai mung hkrat bang mat jang re sai le ngu tsun ai da. Re sai le, re sa nu ga ngu tsun ai da, re na she dai hku ngu tsun ai da, re na hpang e da dai kawa hpe hpaw ai shaloi bai mani ai da, shanhte ni rau bai hkrum sai ngu na mani na she shi kana shawng mung bai kaja mat ai da. Kaja mat na she hpang e shanhte ni a ngwi a pyaw nga mat ai da.
Origination date 2017-02-14
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/1032
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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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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. Roi Ja : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/598b31a2e2000
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), L. Roi Ja (speaker), 2017. Lapu la a lam (The snake man). EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-1032 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/598b31a2e2000
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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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Keita Kurabe
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