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KK1-1033
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Title N-gun ja wa (The strong man)
Description Ya ngai tsun na lam gaw n gun ja ai la langai a lam re nga ai. Moi shawng de da hkan la 2 nga ai da. Shan la 2 gaw ma nlu hkraw ai da. Re na she shanhte ma n lu hkraw na she grai yaw ai kanu gaw grai yawn ai da. Shani shana shat sha mung nmu dan re grai myit npyaw nga ai da. Dai shaloi she shan 2 kachyi mi dinggai wa ai shaloi she ma langai lu wa ai da. Dai wa la kasha re ai da. Dai ma gaw da n gun grai ja ai da, kanu kawa na ga mung grai madat grai myit su ai da. Re na she ma dai gaw kaji ten kaw na shaga mung grai madat ai da. Re na she kaba wa ai shaloi gaw da shi kanu ni hpe hpun ni hta ya re ai da. Hpun kaba ba law ni hpe mung shi hpai ai da. Masha ni gaw manawn ai da. Mare masha ni gaw manawn ai da. Na kasha gaw masha nre nat she re ai ngu tsun ai da. Re na she kanu gaw nkam ai da. Shanhte tsun hkrai tsun yang kam wa ai da. Re na she kasha hpe sat mayu ai da. Sat mayu na she machyi masu su ai da. Yi sa ai da, shan nu ni yi sa re shaloi she kanu gaw dai kaw ba na hkring taw na she hpun kaba law hpe shan wa 2 kahtam ai da. Kasha hpe gaw dai hpun hkrat na maga de nga shangun ai da. Kawa gaw da hpun kahtam let kasha hpe gaw hpun hkrat na maga de nga shangun ai da. Agying kahtam ai da, kahtam kahtam na daw wa ai shaloi kasha kaw hkra ai le i. Retim atsawm sha hpai kau ai da. Re na kanu ni gaw grai mau ai da. Bai tsun ai da, sat na lam bai tam ai le i. Re na she shi nu bai machyi masu ai da, shat mung n sha ma e nu grai machyi ai da. Nu na num la hpe nat ni la da sam ai ngu da. A nu grai baw grai machyi ai, nmai hkraw ai da. Re na she dai mungdan de sa shangun ai da, dai (lupu) nat ni nga ai de sa shangun ai da. Sa masha kadun ni nga ai mungdan i nat ni nga ai de sa shangun ai da. Sa shangun na kasha mung sa ai da, sa ai shaloi she hkrunglam kaw she la langai mi hpe mu ai da. Grai hkrap taw ai da. Hkrap taw she nang nye na manang tai na ngai hte rau hkawm ga le ngu da, dai shaloi she mai ai le ngu an dai wa mung sa wa ai da, hkan nang re na she, hpang e nyep hkyi grai shalau ja ai hte bai hkrum sai da. Ladi grai shalau ja na she dai wa mung shi na manang tai na hkrun lam bai rau hkawm. Rai na she lagat grai chyang ai wa bai da, lagat grai chyang ai wa mung bai sa na shanhte ni mung sa ai da. Shanhte 4 du mat sai da. Du na sa ai shaloi she nat ni na shara du sai da. Dai shaloi she nat ni e tsun ai da, nanhte nye nu na numla la da ai nga, ya jaw u ngu da. Dai shaloi majoi n lu ai ngu da, shanhte ni masu ai le i. Majoi nlu nanhte ni lama ma anhte tsun ai galaw ra ai ngu da. Hpa galaw na rai, anhte (pyaing) hkat na i ngu tsun ai da. (pyaing) na ngu na dai la wa tsun ai da. N gun grai ja ai la gaw grai re yang ngai shawng tsun na lagat shingjawng na i da, nanhte na grai byin ai hte anhte na grai byin ai, mai ai le ngu na shanhte gat shingjawng sai da. Re na she dai shanhte kaw na dai n gun ja ai (ahpoi) ni bai dang ai da. Re na masha kadun nat ni gaw bai sum ai da. Re na she hpang shani bai re yang gaw hkrap shingjawng na i ngu da, yam bu langai ngai la da na hkrap shingjawng ai da. Nat ni yawng nan hkrap ai le, shanhte (ahpoi) na langai mi sha hkrap ai da. Hkrap hkrai hkrap myi pri si hpring hkra hkrap, gabrep hkra hkrap na she dai kaw mung sum ai da, sum na she dai kaw mung bai sum ai da. Re na she hpang e gaw nyep hkyi shalau shingjawng na i ngu da, mai ai le ngu na shani tup shalau taw ai da. Shani tup shalau shingjawng taw re she dai kaw mung masha kadun nat ni mung bai sum ai da. Dai na she shanhte gaw dai kaw mung sum na she gaya ai le i. Gaya na she e rai yang rai sai da, mai wa sai da. Dai hku tsun dat ai majaw dai n gun ja ai la wa mung wa ai da. Nta de wa na she shi manang hpe mung grai chyeju dum ai yaw ngu tsun da na she shanhte ni mi na shara kaw bai nga ai da. Rai na shi nta de wa na shi kanu ni mung i kasha hpe chye na mat ai le i, nre hka masha ni manawn na tsun ai she re ngu chye na na shan nu 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/KK1/1033
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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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Content 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
L. Roi Ja : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/598b31a752dca
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), L. Roi Ja (speaker), 2017. N-gun ja wa (The strong man). EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-1033 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/598b31a752dca
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KK1-1033-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 4.14 MB 00:04:31.855
KK1-1033-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 150 MB 00:04:31.829
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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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