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KK1-0805
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Title U nhpye da ai lam (The weaver bird) with English translation
Description Translation (Sarama Lazing Htoi San)
The title is "The weaver bird." Once upon a time, there was an old lady who lived for bag weaving. All the bags she made were so ugly. Even though her bags were not pretty, she was still making them. She also put a trap for birds. One day a clever bird fell in a trap. Her first plan was to cook and eat that bird. The bird knew about that and requested, "Please don't eat me. I will do whatever that you want." That old lady was so poor and she could not make money from selling bags as no one wanted her bags to buy. So the bird told her, "I will weave for you." It also asked one promise to keep. "While I am weaving, you cannot peep." The old lady promised, "E, I won't come and see you. I promise." "While I am weaving, you cannot peep." The old lady promised, "E, I won't come and see you. I promise." The bird weaved during the daytime, and all its weavings were so lovely and attractive. People bought those beautiful bags woven by the bird. Those bags were so gorgeous that many people bought them, and the old lady became very rich. That old lady wanted to know so much about how the bird was weaving those nice-looking bags, and we became rich. She peeped curiously from the hole while the bird was making. The bird caught the peeping and saiid, "Why don't you keep the promise?" The lady answered, "I just seriously wanted to know how you are doing." The bird was so angry that the lady broke her promise so that it flew away very far away from that old lady.

Transcription (Lu Awng)
Gabaw gaw u nhpye da ai re. Moi shawng de da grai dinggai ai dai wa gaw da shi gaw nhpye da sha ai da, shi na nhpye gaw da grai ntsawm ai hku nga. Ntsawm na she shi gaw da nga ai da, u hkam ma hkam da ai da, dai she i dai myitsu wa dai uhkam kaw (mi ) ai da. Myi gaw shi shadu sha na ngu wa i ngai hpe hkum shadu sha nanhte ra ai di ya na ngu tsun ai da. Dai num gaw grai matsan ai da, dai dinggai grai matsan ai shi gaw grai matsan ai shaloi she shi na da ai nhpye kadai nla ya ai da. Nla ya na dai u wa gaw da i, ngai da ya na ngu tsun ai da, dai u wa shi (gadi) langai jaw ai da. Nang ngai ndai da taw ai shaloi i nmai wa lagu yu ai ngu tsun ai da, dai dinggai mung e nwa yu ai ngu na dai dinggai gaw i shani rai yang u gaw da da ai da, da da yang gaw dai num na u da ai gaw grai tsawm ai hku nga. Grai tsawm ai hku nga masha ni grai la ya ai da. Grai la yang gaw i dai shanhte mari she mari na shanhte gaw grai lawban mat ai da. Re na dai da ai gaw dinggai grai chye mayu wa na hku nga, shi gara hku na da na i anhte gara hku na lauban ai nga anhte nchye ai ngu na dai u da da ai shaloi shi gaw ( ah pauk) kaw na lagu yu ai da. (Ah pauk) kaw na lagu yu da i, u wa (mi) kau ai da, u wa (mi) kau ya na she i nang da i hpa na ngai (gadi n ti) ai rai ngu na tsun ai da. Dinggai gaw i nang gara hku da ai re chye mayu na ngu na tsun ai da i. U gaw i grai pawt mayu ai i shi na ntsa ga sadi n dung ai nga na pawt mayu na shi gaw i dai u wa da grai tsan ai de bai hprawng mat ai da.
Origination date 2017-02-11
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/0805
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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
S. Seng Mun Mai : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/5989e4dd35b72
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), S. Seng Mun Mai (speaker), 2017. U nhpye da ai lam (The weaver bird) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-0805 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/5989e4dd35b72
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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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