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KK1-0437
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Title Law hpa ai num (An old woman who was too greedy to be a baby) with English translation
Description Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
Once upon a time, there was an old couple in a village. They two sold some woods to make a living. And they hadn't got any children. One day, the old man went into the forest to collect some woods. But he couldn't come back home at that night. He returned home in the next morning as a young man. It was because he drank some water from the stream in the forest. When the old man came back home after he had become young again, his old wife thought to herself, "Now, he is young and I am still old. We can't be the best match. I should drink that water too." And she asked him, "Where is the water that you drank?" The next day, she went there to drink water. She was greedy and drank a lot of water to be young. Since she drank a lot of water, she became a baby. And she couldn't go back home. I want to tell that women are always a bit greedy in any condition.

Transcription (Lu Awng)
Moi shawng de dinggai yan dingla hkawng nga ai dai hkawg yan gaw kasha ma nlu rai hpun sha hta dut sha re kaw na dingla wa lani mi na ten hta nwa mat nna hpang jahpawt she wa ai dai nam maling hka langai mu na hka shi sa lu hkrup ai hte shabrang tai mat ai da. Dai rai nna dai shabrang tai na bai wa ai shaloi dinggai jan gaw dingla wa hte ngai nhtuk sai ngai gaw grai dinggai shi gaw shabrang mat sai nga jang gaw shi mung " Gara kaw na hpa lu hkrup a ta" ngu na san nna hpang shani shi bai sa nna ( lawba gyi ) na shi hte grai bung hkra nga nna,dingala wa hte grai bung hkra nna hka law wa lu kau ai kaw na shi gaw mangai tai mat,num jan, dinggai jan gaw mangai tai mat na nlu wa mat ai da. Dai majaw num ni gaw gara kaw raitim loi mi (lawba gyi) ai ngu hpe tsun mayu ai ga re.
Origination date 2017-02-04
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/0437
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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
L. Bawk Nu : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/59889592ba55c
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), L. Bawk Nu (speaker), 2017. Law hpa ai num (An old woman who was too greedy to be a baby) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-0437 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/59889592ba55c
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KK1-0437-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 718 KB 00:00:45.948
KK1-0437-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 25.5 MB 00:00:45.936
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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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