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Title Nai Lap Kaw Hka N Madi Ai Lam (Why Taro Leaves Repel Water) with English translation
Description Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
The story I am going to tell you is why the taro leaves repelled water. Once upon a time, there was a lady in a village. She grew many flowers in her garden. She carried water from the stream and poured it onto the flowers. The flowers she grew were growing fast. She weeded the flowers and poured water on them every day. One day, her father told her, "My daughter, don't you feel tired doing the same work every day? Take some rest." She said, "No, I am not tired at all." She kept doing her work without being tired. The flowers were growing much. So, the water from the stream was not enough for all the flowers. Then, she had to go to the river to carry the water. The spirit of the river fell in love with her. She went back home in the evening. The spirit appeared in her dream at night. The spirit told her in her dream, "I fell for you as soon as I saw you. Will you marry me?" She woke up shockingly. She kept doing her work as usual. She felt tired after working for some time, so she took a nap. At that time, she had a dream of him again. The spirit of the river said, "I love you. Will you marry me?" She wondered why she had the same dream all the time. She forgot about the dream when she carried the water in the evening. But she dreamt the same dream at night. The spirit told her in her dream, "Will you marry me?" She woke up suddenly and felt surprised. She quickly poured water on her flowers and went back home. When she slept at night, the spirit of water appeared in her dream again. And he told her, "I have told you to marry me many times. But you don't give me any answers. So, I will give you some time to think of me. I will give you 100 days. Think of me during these 100 days and give me an answer after 100 days. If you don't give me an answer, you will have to spend your life as a taro leaf." She was shocked after dreaming like that. She was scared. She couldn't sleep or eat well. She felt unhappy. She didn't know what to do, so she told her father about it. Her father comforted her, "Don't worry. It's just a dream. Don't think too much. It's just a dream. It will not happen truly." After 100 days, she went to the river. She stood near the river and shouted loudly. "I won't marry you!" said she. Then, the spirit of water appeared in front of her. He turned her to the taro plant. He said, "You will not feel the sense of water. You will have to live your life as the taro plant." Her father was angry and cried hard for her. He was so angry that he wanted to fill the soil on it. He felt pity for his daughter and thought, "My daughter still needs to survive." So, he poured the water onto the taro plant. But the plant was not wet at all. Since then, the water can't make the taro plant wet. The taro plant always repels the water. Even though the water is on the leaves, they can't be wet. When we throw the water, the leaves are not wet at all. When we don't listen to others or are against others, something bad might happen to us. This is the end of the story.

Transcription (La Ring)
Ngai tsun na lam gaw nhpa rai na nai lap kaw hka nmadi ai ngu ai tsun na nngai. Moi shawng de hkaw hkam kasha hkaw hkam shayi langai mi gaw e nampan ni hkai da rai na she nampan ni hkai da rai na shi na hka shi kaw hka wa ja ja re da. Wa ja ja rai jaw jaw nampan ni mung shi hkai jang grai kaba loi ai da. Grai kaba loi rai na she hka ni jaw rai na hpa ni jaw rai na e dai bungli sha shi galaw ai da. Lani mi na aten hta shi wa tsun ai da "E nye kasha e nang ndai bungli hpang shani shana galaw ai nba ai i naw hkring la u" ngu na ni tsun ai da. Raitim mung shi gaw "Nba ai" ngu ai da. Nba ai ngu rai na she e shi dai bungli sha galaw ai da. Nampan ni gaw law she law law she law rai wa na di na e nampan sun wa le hte le grai kaba wa ai da. Grai kaba wa rai na she dai nampan kaw jaw na matu hka wa dai hka shi kaw na hte sha nlaw mat ai da. Dai shaloi shi gaw htaw ashe kaw hka kaba hka kaba de sa ja ra ai da. Sa ja hka kaba de wa ja re ai shaloi dai hka kaba kaw hka kaba kaw ashe kaw sin ai nat gaw dai hkaw hkam shayi hpang yu na ra mat ai da. Ra mat rai na she e dai shana hkaw hkam shayi wa yup sai da. Yup re shaloi yup re shaloi ashe baw yup mang sa jaw ai da. Yup mang sa jaw rai yang e "Nang hpe ngai ra tsawra mat sai nang ngai hpe lu hkungran na i" ngu ai da. E shi gaw kajawng na rawt mat ai da. Rawt mat rai na she shi gaw shi galaw ding yang ria nga ai sun bungli bai wa galaw mat sai da. Wa galaw mat rai na dai sun kaw ba na shi jahkring mi yup mat timung dai yup mang sha bai mu ai da. "Nang hpe ngai tsawra ai nang ngai hpe hkungran lu na i" ngu dai sha bai mu rai na she e shana shana hka bai wa ja shana maga du wa na sun hka bai wa jaw na matu hka bai wa ja re shaloi mung e dai hka yang kaw du jang malap mat ai da. Malap mat rai dai yup mang kaw mung dai sha bai mu ai da. "Nang hpe ngai tsawra ai nang ngai hpe hkungran lu na i" nga ai dai sha bai mu na she shi gaw mau mat rai na she shi lawan wan hka ni jaw ngut rai na shi nta wa rai na yup rai na she dai shana gaw "Nang hpe ngai kade lang pa tsun sai nang ngai hpe mahtai nlu jaw ai nang hpe ngai shani masat ya na" ngu ai da. "Shani masat ya na nang latsa ya laman latsa ya laman nang ngai hpe myit ya rit" ngu ai da. "Ngai ngai hpe myit ya rit nang ngai hpe hkungran lu na i nhkungran lu na i ngai hpe myit ya, nmyit ya jang gaw nang hpe ngai e nailap nailap zawn nang nga ra na" ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi she shi gaw hkrit mat sai da. Hkrit mat rai na she shi gaw myit sai da yup nmu sha npyaw sha re da. Shi gaw e sha yang mung npyaw yup yang mung npyaw rai na she shi gaw kaning hku nchye di mat rai na she shi gaw kaning hku nan nan ndang di mat na shi latsa ya mung hpring wa rai na she shi wa hpe tsun dan ai da. "Awa dai hku dai hku yup mang mu ai" ngu tsun dan yang she shi wa gaw "Hpa nra ai dai yup mang she re" ngu ai da. "Hpa nra ai yaw" ngu ai da. "Dai yup mang hte nang nang kaja ja byin wa na gaw hpa nseng ai" ngu na dai hku shi wa gaw shi hpang myit shapyaw ya ai da. Shapyaw ya re shaloi she shi mung myit pyaw mat rai na she latsa ya du wa du ai hte kalang ta dai dai hka kaba de sa wa re shaloi dai hka kaba kaw du re hte ja ja marawn ai da. "Nang hpe ngai nlu hkungran ai" ngu na ja ja marawn re shaloi she dai kaw na nat wa pru wa rai na she nat shadang pru wa rai na she shi hpe nailap shatai kau ai da. "Nang gaw daini daina na katsi pyaw ai hka hpe mung nang nlu hkam sha na. Nang gaw daini daina na nailap hku sha nga ra na" ngu hku tsun rai na she nailap hku sha nga ra na ngu tsun rai na shatai kau rai na dai kaw shi wa gaw hkrap sai da. Hkrap rai na she dai hka hpe mung byin mai yang gaw pyi htawk kau na daram pawt mayu wa ai da. Pawt mayu wa rai na she dai shi wa gaw "Matsan shayen nye kasha sak naw hkrung ra ai" ngu na hka wa jahkrat jaw timung ga kaw sha madi da. Ding re nailap kaw nmadi rai na she e dai nailap kaw nmadi rai na dai kaw na dai shani kaw na hpang na ya du hkra nai lap kaw ngu gaw hka nmadi ai da. Hka ntsa kaw mara tim ru kau jang nmadi mat ai. Dai zawn zawn sha re e tinang tinang masha wa tsun ai hpe nhkap la jang gaw tinang kaw hkrat sum lam lama ma tinang kaw nkaja ai lam lama ma sha bai wa na. Dai gaw ndai maumwi ndai kaw ginchyum dat ai.
Origination date 2017-02-14
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/KK1/1055
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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. Htoi Hkarm : speaker
DOI 10.4225/72/598b320a2e277
Cite as Keita Kurabe (collector), Keita Kurabe (depositor), N. Htoi Hkarm (speaker), 2017. Nai Lap Kaw Hka N Madi Ai Lam (Why Taro Leaves Repel Water) with English translation. EAF+XML/MPEG/VND.WAV. KK1-1055 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/598b320a2e277
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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 1,426 translations are currently available (October 19, 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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Keita Kurabe
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