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Title Ga hta ja (Good words) with English translation
Description Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
I would like to tell that there is a proverb 'be right after the word'. In that proverb, there is God's word too. According to John 1:1, the action will happen exactly after you have said those words. In Kachin, those kinds of actions really happened. People from the place called 'Kyin-ra' ,where I live, may know about this. In the past, English built a road from Sumpra Bum to Putao through Hka Mum Bum (mountain). The road is still used now. There is an old road which English had built. They built it through hills and mountains. There is a stream called 'Hpung Ing' in the up area of Sumpra Bum. 'Hpung Ing' stream flows under the base of 'Hka Mum Bum'. There is a village at the base of 'Hka Mum Bum'. And there is a pond too. That is the village where many girls from 'Marip Lamawn' clan lived. One day, one woman put her baby on a slab while she was washing her hair. After she had washed her hair and when she looked at her baby, the baby was gone. Only the baby carrier was on the slab. The baby was eaten by a dragon which lived under the slab. The mother was weeping sadly. "Please kill the dragon which ate my baby! Split that slab into pieces too! The dragon ate my baby. If you split the slab into pieces and kill the dragon, I will offer you a buffalo," shouted the mother. Then, the thunder struck at the pond where the dragon lived. The dragon was trying so hard to avoid the strikes. It went under the slab beside the mountain. Then, the god of thunder pulled the dragon out from there and put it on the slab. As Kachin people worshipped nat spirits in the past, she had to give offerings to that nat since she gave her words. That is true event, and the slab is still there. That's why if someone sadly and angrily calls upon a deity or god, Mighty God could hear him or her. And guardians nats who take care of a family or a clan could hear one's voice too. When someone really means it and says the words, then the action really happens. So, we shouldn't say a word irresponsibly although we are in the situation of getting angry. The good thing can happen only when we say good words. (I will tell two stories relating with 'word'.)

Transcription (Lu Hkawng)
Ya langai mi gaw ndai ga hta ja ngu ai ga hta Karai Kasang mung lawm ai lachyum hpe tsun dan na yaw rai jang gaw ndai Yawhan laika daw kaba 1, kaji 1 hta tsun ai hte maren tinang myit shadik nna tsun dan ai ga hta Karai Kasang mung lawm nga ai tsun shaga ai ga kaw nan byin wa ai ngu ai lachyum re. Dai kaw hpa baw i nga jang ndai gaw tatut byin ai lam moi anhte jinghpaw wunpawng sha ni hta grai nga ai. Ya ngai nga ai Kyin-ra buga hta masha yawng mung na na masai ndai moi (English) ni e sumpra bum kaw na putoa lam de lam waw ai kaw ndai htaw hka mum bum ngu ai bum nga ai lam de waw ai lam rai ma lu ai, ya mung nga ai. Dai bum lam dingsa ni nga ai Engilsh ni waw ai. Kawng marawn hkan nna waw ai. Ndai kaw Hpung-Ing hka ngu ai nga ai dai sumpra bum lahta de, Dai Hpung-ing hka ngu ai kaw ndai Hka mum bum lagaw kaw lai ai rai nga, Dai Hka mum bum lagaw kaw gaw ndai kahtawng langai mi nga ai dai Hka mum bum lagaw kaw la-ing mung langai mi nga ai dai kahtawng kaw Ndai dai kaw kahtawng dai kaw gaw ndai Marip Lamawn amyu num kasha num ni nga ai shara re. Re ai kaw dai kaw lung byen kaw ma chya ngai hpe ma gum rawt chye ai ma hpe sharawng tawn nna shi gaw dai lahta e baw hkrut nna ndai baw kara masit nna ngum dagup nna nga ai da. Nga jang gaw dai ma shi sharawng tawn ai gaw shi baw kashin ngut nna mada yu jang gaw kasha gaw n nga sai, Le la-ing maga de dai nlung lung byen de nbat gaw dai maga ning re yawng wa htaw kata de na lapu e wa she hta sha Baren wa hta sha nna she ding di kau ya dai kanu gaw mana maka hkrap nna she ndai mu hpe jahtau dat ai. ''E ning san ma la e yu rit law ndai nye a kasha hpe hta sha kau ya ai ningka nawng Baren hpe shaw u law'' ''Hka mum lung tawn ngu ai n lung lung tawn de mung daw kau u law ngai nang she sharawng tawn ai wa mi ning di sha kau ya ai law'' ngu na hkrap di ''Ngai ndai Hka mum ning tawn daw nna nye kasha hta sha ya ai ningka nawng Baren shaw yang gaw ngai nang hpe ladawn tu Nga la ya dik ga law Nga daw jau dik ga law'' ngu na hkrap ning-int nna she mu hpe jahtau dat ai. Jahtau dat jang gaw kaja wa mu gaw ngoi gadu nna dai la-ing de htim bang wa ai. Dai la-ing de mu htim bang jang gaw Lapu wa gaw grai hprawng ai da, hprawng na she bai la-ing de dai Hka mum ningtawn ning pu kata de ning re lung byen kata de shang wa ai. Dai hpe daw ayai nna kata na lapu hpe shaw nna dai lung byen kaw yan di nna lapu Baren kaba hpe tawn da ya ai da. Dai tawn da ai hte maren shi mung moi gaw nat jaw prat le i anhte jinghpaw wunpawng sha ni, shi a ga shadik shatup nna ndai hpe nat kaw jaw jau na ding di ai, ya du hkra dai majung labau ni nlung dai ni daw ai ya du nga ai. Dai majaw masha hpe masha shada rai rai hpa hku mi rai rai mana maka myit n pyaw ai hku myit n dik ai hku na tsun dat jahtau dat jang gaw Karai Kasang mung na ya ai, bai moi na nat jaw prat hta tinang a kumbu kumhpai mu ning tsaw ningtsa nat mung na ya ai. Dai majaw myit shadik shatup nna ga ngu ai hpe tsun dat jang gaw teng sha byin lu ai. Re ai majaw gaw matsa mawa lam hta mung n kaja ai lam hta mung majoi n mai tsun ai i, Kaja ai mai kaja ai ga tsun yang gaw tinang a ga ni mung manu dan wa ai ngu ai, ndai ga maumwi lahkawng hkai dan na yaw. (Mani nsen)
Origination date 2017-02-01
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/0357
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Keita Kurabe
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Myanmar - MM
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Language as given Jinghpaw
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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
N. La Pa : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/5988943e9310f
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), N. La Pa (speaker), 2017. Ga hta ja (Good words) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-0357 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/5988943e9310f
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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 1,437 translations are currently available (November 23, 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, JP24K03887, 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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Myanmar - MM
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Jingpho - kac
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