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KK1-1689
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Title Mara nnga ai hpaji chye wa (The boy who became a doctor) with English translation
Description Translation (Gun Mai)
Long long ago, there was a boy in a village. He studied medical education from another village and returned home. He studied medical education even for three years and returned with full medical knowledge. When he got to the village, a rich couple who abused his parents in the past came to him to get medical treatment. The boy thought to himself when he saw the couple that "They abused my parents so I lost my parents. What should I do with them? Should I kill and revenge them?" When he was thinking so, the rich couple came to him to get treatment. So, the boy took a cup of poison and gave the rich man. The boy also thought that "The man is going to die if he drinks this poison." But, when the rich man was about to drink the cup of poison, the boy thought to himself again that "I am an educated person. My medical knowledge is to save people and if I kill the people, my knowledge will be useless." Then, the boy grabbed and took the cup of poison from the rich man. And, he changed with a cup of medicine and gave the man. After the rich man received treatment from the boy for weeks, he recovered. After the couple recovered, they thanked the boy. The boy also satisfied himself for the fact that he treated well them with his medical knowledge.

Transcription (Lu Awng)
Moi shawng e da kahtawng langai mi kaw she da, lasha langai nga ai da. Dai lasha gaw da kaga mare de tsi hpaji wa sharin la na wa ai da. Hpaji hpe sharin na 3 ning tup wa sharin la na wa re shaloi she da shi gaw dai hpaji tsi hpaji yawng mahkawng di na wa re she dai kahtawng kaw she moi i shi nu shi wa ni hpe roi sha wa ai ja gumhpraw ni hte mung roi sha i, mayam hku na mung roi sha i, nga lai wa ai dai lauban yen wa she da shi kaw tsi wa tsi ai da. Tsi wa tsi hkrup re shaloi she shi gaw ninghku ngu ai da. Ninghku myit ai da, dai lauban e mung shi kalang ta chye, moi nye nu nye wa n kaja ai hku re na nye nu ni asak mung sum lai wa sai ngu ya gara hku di na ngai, ndai yen 2 hpe ngai sat kau ra na kun? ndai yen 2 hpe ngai bai matai htang na kun na myit ai da. Dai hku ngu myit ai, dai la wa gaw i dai hku ngu myit na she shi gaw dai la wa gaw dai yen hpe dai la wa kaw she ohra laban ni gaw tsi wa tsi ai da. Tsi wa tsi shi gaw myit sai da, tsi wa tsi ai shaloi she tsi kawk hpe she asak sum ai baw tsi kawk hpe she shi gaw dai lauban la wa na ta kaw sa jaw ai da, ta kaw sa jaw ai shaloi she ndai tsi gawm gaw lu jang si mat ai baw re ngu na dai hku myit na dai la wa kaw sa jaw ai da. Lata kaw sa jaw na dai la wa mung lu kau sai da, lu maw re she dai tsi jaw dai hpaji chye ai tsi sara wa gaw i da ngai hpaji gaw nchye da yang da masha asak hpe n hkye ai sha, asak hpe sum hkra ngai galaw jang gaw da ngai chye da ai tsi hpaji gaw alaga re mat na ra ai ngu na dai hku ngu bai kalang ta shi myit hta dum wa di na she dai la hpe jaw da ai tsi kawk hpe shi ret di sa la na she dai kaga tsi kawk gawm bai galai jaw lu ai da. Shaloi she tsi lu dat ai shaloi she kalang ta bat hku tsi tsi la na she mai wa sai da. Mai mat wa re shaloi she dai lauban la wa yen mung da tsi sara hpe chye ju dum di na di tsi sara mung shi chye da ai hpaji ni hpe lu tsi ai ngu na myit na myit shadik ai da.
Origination date 2017-03-09
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/1689
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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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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. Kai Ja : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/598c85c0bb7b0
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), L. Kai Ja (speaker), 2017. Mara nnga ai hpaji chye wa (The boy who became a doctor) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-1689 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/598c85c0bb7b0
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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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