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KK1-1774
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Title Hkam Hkam u a lam (The Hkam Hkam bird)
Description Moi da u baw sumhpa ni nga nga ai da. Re yang she lani mi gaw u hka hte hkam hkam u ngu ai anhte hkahku ni gaw tawt hka nga hkam hkam u yen hkrum ma ai da. Dai ten hta u hka gaw a hpra san re u hka re da. Bai ndai hkam hkam u mung a hpraw san re hkam hkam u re da. Nsam bung ma ai da. Dai majaw shan gaw grai myit hkrum ai hte mung jahta nga ma ai da. Shaloi she u hka gaw hkau hkam hkam u e an u manang ni hte grau tsawm ai grai tsawm ai yen re ga ai. Ndai hta grau tsawm hkra e nsam chya la ga nga na bawng ma ai da. Mai ai le ngu hkam hkam u mung myit hkrum, gara kaw sa chya na ga ta nga she u hka gaw ngai mu ai. U chip yam daw ngu ai langai nga ai. Dai kaw sa chya ga ngu da. Re yang she kaja wa hkam hkam u hte u hka gaw lachyut hpun taw nga ai kaw sa du nna gai ndai kaw shatsawm la ga ngu shaloi gaw hkam hkam u gaw hkau u hka e ya ngai hpe shawng chya shatsawm ya rit, ngu ai shaloi kaja wa u hka gaw grai myit galu kaba ai hte hkam hkam u hpe tsawm tsawm ka ka kawk kawk i nsam hkum hkum di na chya dat ai da. Chya na ngut sai, grai tsawm sai nga jang she u hka gaw gai tsawm sai, hkau u e re yang gaw ya ngai hpe chya rit ngu shaloi hkam hkam u gaw myit magaw myit kachyi mi rawng mat ai da. Dai majaw u hka hpe hkau u hka e nang yam laing makau kaw wa dung rit ngai chya ya na ngu ai da. Kaja wa u hka gaw hkam hkam u a ga madat nna dai yam la-ing makau kaw dung nna gai ya ngai dung sai hkau chya ya rit ngu ai shaloi hkam hkam u gaw myit magaw rawng ai hte u hka hpe dai yam laing de kanawng bang kau dat na shi gaw pyen hprawng mat ai da. Pyen hprawng mat na gaw u hka hpe hkrit na pyen hprawng mat, u hka mung dai laing kaw na tsam mari lawt nna hkam hkam u hpe shachyut ndep kau dat. Dai kaw na gaw hkam hkam u gaw u hka hpe hkrit ai majaw shani n pru mat sai shana she lu sha tam sha ai da. E kade tsawm timmung kadai mung shi hpe nmu sai. Shana nsin gaw shi tam hkawm, shani gaw shi makoi nga re majaw kadai mung n mu ai. U hka gaw dai ni du hkra dai ni du hkra chyang ai gaw dai kaw na u hka chyang re nga. Hkam hkam u dai ni du hkra n htoi n pru na shana nsin she tam sha ai gaw dai u hka hpe hkrit nna re nga na dai gaw maumwi mungjun langai re.
Origination date 2017-03-10
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/1774
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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
N. Awng : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/598c87370ee45
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), N. Awng (speaker), 2017. Hkam Hkam u a lam (The Hkam Hkam bird). EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-1774 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/598c87370ee45
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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 a community-based collaborative fieldwork project in northern Myanmar. As of July 29, 2025, the collection includes 2,491 stories, 2,491 ELAN files, 2,481 transcriptions, and 1,606 translations.


Transcriptions were contributed by Gumtung Lu Awng, Pausa La Ring, Galang Lu Hkawng, Sumdu Ja Seng Roi, Hpauhkum Htu Bu, and Keita Kurabe. Translations were prepared by Nbanpa Rita Seng Mai, Sumlut Gun Mai, Lazing Htoi San, Maran Seng Pan, Dumdaw Mike Tu Awng, Nhkum Htoi Awng, and Keita Kurabe.

Related resources on Kachin culture and history are available at:

https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/KK2
https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/KK3
https://www.youtube.com/@kachinfolktales
https://www.facebook.com/KachinStories

This research was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Numbers JP17H04523, JP20K13024, JP20H01256, JP24K03887), Linguistic Dynamics Science 3 (LingDy3), Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa　(DDDLing), and TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo), all from the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), as well as the 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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Keita Kurabe
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