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KK1-0295
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Title Du bawng maumwi (The old man with a lump) with English translation
Description Translation (Gun Mai)
It is a story about a man with a goitre. A long time ago, there was a man with a big goitre. It was very big. There were many people with goitre in the past although we don't see much now. One day, the man with goitre travelled but it got dark on the way so he slept in a cemetery. When he was sleeping in the cemetery, he had a dream. In the dream, a man was asking him that "Hi friend, can you borrow me the bottle?" He said that "Yes, OK. I will let you use." The man with goitre borrowed the man the bottle in the dream. When he woke up in the morning, his goitre was disappeared. He was very happy and when he backed from his journey, his friend asked that "Friend, you were with a very big goitre before you travel but you have nothing. Where did you leave it? How did you cure it?" The man said that "When I was travelling, as it got dark on the way, I slept in a cemetery. I dreamt there and in my dream, a man came to me and borrowed the bottle. So, I borrow him and it was cured when I woke up in the morning." There was another man who was also with a big goitre and he also heard what the first man said. So, he thought to himself that "Yeah... it is very good. I also really wanted to be cured of my goitre. No girl like me because of this goitre. Also difficult to go party." Thus, he intentionally went to the cemetery even though he did not need to travel and slept there. In the dream, a man said to the man that "Friend, I come to give back the bottle that I borrowed from you recently." When the man woke up in the morning, after he dreamt about the man returned the bottle, now he got even two big goitres although he only had one goitre before. It got worse for him.

Transcription (Lu Awng)
Du bawng maumwi rai na re. Ndai moi la langai mi du grai bawng ai da. Du bawng tit tit rai na anhte jinghpaw ni ya she du bawng n law wa ai. Moi gaw du bawng grai nga ai. Du bawng. Ndai du bawng wa hkrun lam hkawm na hkrum lam hkawm rai yang she jan gaw du mat. Wora mare de mung n du ram re majaw shi ganing ndi di lupwa kaw yup mat sai da. Lupwa kaw yup reng yang shana yup mang hta mu hku rai nga, E hkau e na hkintau chyawm ngai hpe shap ya rit law ngu yup mang mu ai daE shap ya na leLa kau u le ngu tsun ai da. Shap dat ya sai da. Shap dat ya rai yang jahpawt bai dum rai yang shi du bawng gaw asan da mye da. Grai kabu sam ai daShi grai kabu di dai hkrun lam hkawm ai kaw na wa rai na manang hpe mu. De hkau nang mani gaw hkrun lam n hkawm ai shaloi du bawng tit tit re wa deng ya gawYa dai du bawng gara de tawn da kau ai ma. Gara hku shamai kau ai ngu hku rai ngaAw ngai hkrun lam hkawm ai shaloi mare de mung n du mat. Re majaw ngai lupwa kawng kaw yup ai. Lupwa kawng kaw yup yang yup mang hta la langai mi ngai hpe hkintau shap ya rit nga di la langai mi sa ai yup mang mu nna shi hpe hkintau shap dat ya ai yup mang mu ai kaw na ngai du bawng ndai n nga mat ai. Mai mat ai. Ngai bai dum rai yang mai mat ai reLa langai mung rai sa deng gaw ngai mung du bawng ndai ram bawng ai ngai mung grai mai mayu rai sai. Ya ngai du bawng ndai nau bawng di mahkawn ni mung nra ngai hpe kade mung nra. Ya rai sai masha hpawng sa mung yak. Sa sai nga shi hkrunlam nhkawm ra ai hpe dasang galaw di lup wa kawng kaw sa yup sai da. Yup nga yup mang hta mu na hku nga Hkau! ngu na hku nga, oi, mani nang kaw shap da ai hkintau ya ndai bai sa jaw ai reNgu gaw le dai yup mang mu ai da. Jahpawt dum yu gaw myi gaw langai tit tit re di yup ai wa she, hkintau bai shabai ya ai yup mang mu di 2 bai tit tit re mat wa ai da.
Origination date 2017-01-30
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/0295
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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
W. La Tawng : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/598893369d6ca
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), W. La Tawng (speaker), 2017. Du bawng maumwi (The old man with a lump) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-0295 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/598893369d6ca
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KK1-0295-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 1.61 MB 00:01:45.272
KK1-0295-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 58.1 MB 00:01:45.248
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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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