Item details
Item ID
KK1-2174
Title Woi byin mat ai la (Man who became a monkey)
Description Transcription (Htu Bu)
Ya ngai hkai na maumwi gaw Woi A Maumwi, Jinghpaw kasha woi tai mat ai maumwi re. Moi shawng de da, ma langai mi, gaida shan nu nga ai da. Dai ma gaw mala la ju na, kashun kashe rai na kanu hpa galaw mung n mai. Hpa rai yang mung n mai rai na ju chyu ju rai na she lani mi na n'htoi gaw da, hkan nu oh langu sun de sa ai da. Langu sun de sa yang gaw, kanu gaw shi hpe e matsan dum na she, "E, ma langu si n sha na i?" ngu yang mung, "Nu yen tawn chyalu i?" ngu na tsun ai da. Rai yang gaw, kanu gaw, "Ma mung dairam ram, lagawn ai gaw. Langu si n sha i, ngu yang mi, yen tawn chyalu i, nga gaw!" ngu na, Kanu mung dai shaloi mung shi hpe yen na gaw jaw sha rai yang she, hpang e gaw bai kanu bai shat bai wa shadu sha ai shaloi she, shan nu lahkawng gaw shat bai shadu yang she, shan nu lahkawng gaw shat bai shadu yang she, kanu shalau nga ai kaw mung shi sa kashun sha wa rai jang she, "Ma nang gaw dairam ram ju ai ma gaw, kaning rai na me, n mu sha yu la ai n're re ta e! Nau nan ju ndai law!" ngu na she, kanu she dai lakung hte wa dai ma hpe kawk di dat yang wa she, kanu kaw na lakung dai wa ret di na she, shi gaw ndai maidang kaw chyawp di na, dai shani kaw na shi oh nam de sa mat wa na, a Woi tai mat ai da. Dai ma dai grai ju ai majaw mala la ju ai a marang e kanu kayet dat ai nga yang, Jinghpaw gaw raitim mung ya daini a Woi tai mat ai. Dai majaw a Woi gaw masha zawn zawn rai lata mung masha, lagaw ni mung masha, a man ni mung masha kalang lang oh yi hkan e mu tim pyi, yu tim pyi gaw masha hpe pyi ga shi n chye hkrit ai, a Woi gaw masha hte tai ai da.
Origination date 2017-04-13
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/2174
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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
Lasang Mahta : speaker
DOI 10.26278/5fa1760022378
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), Lasang Mahta (speaker), 2017. Woi byin mat ai la (Man who became a monkey). EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-2174 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5fa1760022378
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KK1-2174-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 1.73 MB 00:01:53.66
KK1-2174-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 62.1 MB 00:01:53.45
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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
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Keita Kurabe
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Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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