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Item ID
KK1-1297
Title Grai nda ai kadu hka a lam (The tree squirrel)
Description Grai nda ai kadu hkra, moi shawng de kadu hka langai mi nga ai da. Kadu hka dai gaw kei grai kadap ai da lu, grai nda ai da. Dai she shi gaw oh ra wa du ni gaw dai hku nga taw ai da. Wa du na i shi na rai lang ai dai hpan ni sa makoi kau ya da. Sa makoi kau ya, wa du gaw oh ra chyoi taw nga ai da. Da da taw nga she dai mung sa la makoi ya ai da. E wa du gaw tam she tam, tam she tam rai, retim shi gaw bai n htang sa, hpa baw tam ai rai ngu nang ngai da da ai shingna mat mat nga ai law ngu tsun ai she, Dai she ngai mu ai, ngai tam ya na ngai hpe kade jaw na rai ngu tsun ai da. Wa du wa mung nang hpe ngai lap mi jaw na ngu tsun ai da, mai ai ngu na she bai sa tam masu na she dai lap mi lu. E ngai ndai galaw yang chyaw gaw grai kike sha nga ai, ngai kaw ma i gumhpraw mung lu, akyu mung lu she re nga hka, shi gaw grai kabu na she re mat wa da. Tsap bai nga taw ai da. Tsap gaw lagat oh ra hpan di sha taw ai da. Oh ra lagat pa di sha taw i, dai hku yup malap mat na she dai wa bai sa makoi kau ya da. Dai du hkra bai sa makoi kau ya da, e tsap gaw bai tam masu, shi yup hprang wa bai tam tam tam n mu tam ai da. Ya nang hpa baw tam ai rai ngai i ngai sha taw ai lagat pa dai mat mat ai ngu tsun ai da. Dai tam taw nga ai ngu da, ngai tam ya na nang ngai hpe kade jaw na rai ngu tsun ai da, nang hpyi ai ram jaw na ngu da, lap mi sha jaw ngu tsun ai da. Dai she jaw na jaw na ngu n she kaja sha kadu hka dai bai tam ya she lap mi bai jaw sai da. Shi mung grai bai kabu, i ndai hku she re yang ngai (sipwaryay) grai byin sa ngu na shi dai hku lagu myit na lana mi na n htoi hta ndai kadu hka oh ra mungdan hkawhkam kasha re na hku nga, hkawhkam shayi re na hku nga, dai hte nam kaw e le hkawhkam shayi le. Hkawhkam shayi dai wa she shanhte kaw sa manam ai da. Sa manam she i hkawhkam shayi dai gaw i, hpa baw ngu na i rai ni ma ja rai ni ma grai lang na she yup ten du yang dai kaw raw tawn da da, kadu hka wa sa mu ai da. Sa mu she ndai ma ba sa makoi hpawt de shi yup rawt yang bai tam, ngai bai tam yang ngai gumhpraw grau lu sa ngu dai ngu na lagu myit na hkawhkam wa hkawhkam kasha raw da ai hpe she sa lagu makoi kau ai da. Sa lagu makoi ai da, shana she sa makoi kau da re na she dai sa makoi da she shi gaw n dum ndam re mat yup mat na she yup taw nga she ndai hkawhkam wa hkawhkam kasha gaw ngai na ja rai ni mat mat ai gara hku, kadai hta la kau ai kun ngu na she shi gaw a gying marawn, ndai shi na hpyen ma ni mung a gying hkan tam ai da. Hpang e nhtoi san, jan pru wa re kaw she dai shana dai kadu hka sa makoi da ai n hkun wa mi she mati tu wa ai da. Mati tu wa, dai mati kaw wa mi she ja rai ni wa she prut she prut pru wa da, sa ai ni yawng mau ai da. Kei ndai mati kaw ja rai ni grai pru wa ai ngu na mau nga, retim hkawhkam shayi gaw shi na re na re shi tsun dan ai da. Dai hku nga sa la na re ngu na shi sa la maw she ndai tsap wa chye ai da. Hkum sa la ndai lagu makoi koi re wa galoi ma shi lagu makoi ai. Dai wa hpe rim ga dai ni. Ya anhte ni gaw ngu tsun ai da. Dai ngu na she shanhte ni yawng hkra lagu yu taw, lagu yu taw re she oh ra kadu hka mung i mana ngai makoi da ai dai naw sa yu na re. Dai hpawt gaw ngai ndai sa jaw yang gaw ngai gaw ndai kaw na kumhpa ni lu jang ngai grai lauban sai ngu na dan ngu na lagu myit la na she shi gaw shi rawt ai hte sa yu ai da. Sa yu she kaja wa i shi mung sa mau taw ai da. Mati ni wa tu wa na shi mau taw ai da. Shi tawn da ai shi na shi makoi da ai kaw she mati dai gaw i ngai ndai makoi da ai wa kadai n mu ya ai pyi re sai. Lamana she mu yang gaw shi mung mat jang gaw shi mung si hkrum ra na re ngu na shi gaw grai masha n mu ya na grai kabu di na shi hta la maw ai da. Dai shaloi tsap ni sa wa ai da. Nang galoi ma masha ni na rai makoi koi re. Ndai gaw hkawhkam ni kasha na re majaw nang gaw mara lu ai ngu na dai kadu hka hpe shaga rim la na shi hpe wa sharin shaga ai da. Dai kaw na kadu hka gaw myit malai na ya du hkra i manang ni na rai ma n makoi, dai hku a pyaw re na nga mat ai da, shi na shi hkrai.
Origination date 2017-02-18
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/1297
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Collector
Keita Kurabe
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Language as given Jinghpaw
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Dialect Standard Jinghpaw
Region / village Northern Myanmar
Originating university Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Operator
Data Categories primary text
Data Types Sound
Discourse type narrative
Roles Keita Kurabe : depositor
H. Htu Nan : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/598b36012b19b
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), H. Htu Nan (speaker), 2017. Grai nda ai kadu hka a lam (The tree squirrel). EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-1297 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/598b36012b19b
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KK1-1297-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 131 MB 00:03:57.860
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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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Access Information
Edit access Nick Thieberger
Keita Kurabe
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Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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