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KK1-1181
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Title Jawgu shinggyim masha ni asak hkye la ai lam (The Kawgu that helped a man) with English translation
Description Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
The story I am going to tell you is about a millipede saving our lives. A long time ago, the evil nat spirit tried to catch people to eat. It chased people. At that time, the millipede asked the evil nat, "Who are you chasing?" It said, "I am catching humans to eat." Then the millipede said, "If you are going to eat humans, you must count my hands and legs. If you can't finish counting my hands and legs, you can't eat humans." The nat started counting them. While it was counting, it forgot the number that it had already finished counting. It had to start counting the hands and legs again. While the evil nat was counting, the millipede moved its legs to make it confused. While they were busy with counting, humans had already run away. The millipede said to the evil nat, "Since today, you can't eat humans." Humans could escape successfully from the evil. Therefore, our elders said not to kill the millipede whenever we see them. They said, "Don't kill the millipede. They are our saviors."

Transcription (Lu Hkawng)
Ya hkai na gaw jawgu anhte shinggyim masha ni a asak hkap hkye ai lam rai na re. moi lani mi she nat wa gaw anhte shinggyim masha ni hpe sha na matu sha chyut ai da. Sha chyut yang she sha chyut ai shaloi she jawgu wa she "Ya nang kadai hpe sha chyut ai" nga "Shinggyim masha ni hpe sha na ngu na sha chyut nga ai le" ngu yang she "Aw nang shinggyim masha ni hpe sha na rai yang gaw ngai nye a lagaw lata naw hti u" ngu ai da. shaloi she nang ndai nye lagaw lata n ma hti yang gaw shinggyim masha ni hpe n lu sha ai ngu tsun ai hku rai re nga ai, shaloi she kaja wa she hti sai da. Hti yang she ga-ang kaw bai du wa yang she shi brawng di kau "Ke ya bai malap kau sai" bai ngu "Bai hti nga yang gaw" bai hti htaw ga-ang kaw du wa jang she bai brawng di marawng kau sai da, shaloi she bai malap kau rai yang she jawgu ga hti chyai nga yang she shinggyim masha ni gaw hprawng lawt mat wa ai da. "Dai ni kawn na gaw nang ngai hpe n lu sha ai yaw" ngu na she dai kaw ga shaka la kau ai hku rai re nga anhte hpe n lu sha mat ai, dai majaw dai ni du hkra ma ni hpe "Dai jawgu n sat ma ai law anhte shinggyim masha asak hkye ai re ai law" ngu dai ni du hkra matsing sumhting ra ai da.
Origination date 2017-02-17
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/1181
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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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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
D. Tu Ja : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/598b34116c77c
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), D. Tu Ja (speaker), 2017. Jawgu shinggyim masha ni asak hkye la ai lam (The Kawgu that helped a man) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-1181 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/598b34116c77c
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KK1-1181-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 41.9 MB 00:01:15.888
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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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