The Tailorbird and the Monitor

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Ŋunkʰɨŋ Kelɨm telling the folktale of the tailorbird /βu₁ʨɨn₃lɨk₄/ and monitor lizard /ʦauŋ₂kʰɨu₂/.

Recorded evening of 2020/01/30 in Nongtan (Neotan), Arunachal Pradesh on a 2019 MBP internal microphone.

Wanglung, Likro and Tsantu Kelim were also present.

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Recorded on 2020/01/30

Contributed by Kellen Parker Van Dam on 2020/01/30

Language variety: Muishaung


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<> ngvyz muingc kuex Ngunxkhuingz
az-ruex Noc– Niuctvnx kv-ruex ghaq wuinz
ez-ruex mvnz-phvnc kv-ruex kuex.. v-khoc ngoz tueq ngoz yaq
m...
tsaungx-khuiux nhuiyc .. wuz-juinc-luik ix-kuex-ruex mvnz-phvnc
ah, wuz-juinc-luik ruex kv-ruex, raungx-nhuiyc-shiz kuex
v-tiz kuex, tiz waung, tiz waungx hvt-maq-lec kuex
raungx-yac tiz waungx v-teuq, raungx-nvp shez waungx koq-lec, v-tiz kax v-ghuex
v-tiz kuex, mvyz-kaz mvyz-kaz ez-kuex ningz-khvnc nuex
raungx-nhuiyc-shiz shez wuz-juinc-luik kuiux ruex
ngvyz tiz kuex yamx raq lac saq iz-yaq nguinx nga rueq v-bvmc raungz... ngoz-tueq iz-kuex...
raungx-nhuiyc-shiz shez ez-kuex kv-httuiyq=maq kv-ruex bvm-teuq, ez-kuex-ruex kaq
az, kv-httuiyq v-tueq bvm-koq
tsaungx-khuiux.kuiux kuex waungx thuiyc-yaq
v-jez nuex waungx-thuiyc-yaq tueq kv-ruex kaq shez
apiq rueq ngoz-tueq
ngvyz tiz v-ruex kuex yamx raq lez mvyz kaz tvnx v-ngoz
arue
mz-naung jix doc tsaungx-khuiux, mz-naung jix doc khoc-naz saq-toan
ez-kuex ningz-khvn nuex
nga rueq kuex mvyz-juiuc kuex
mz-naung-muex kuex map kuq-mauk
ngaz-rueq iz-phvnx-iz-maq kuex shunz-shaungx
mz-naung rueq ngvyz tiz saq-toq ningz-khvnc nuex nz-tueq ez-khoc ngoz-tueq rv-koq-tueq
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tsaungx-khuiux rueq ngoz
nga muinz-lex iz-phvnx-iz-maq v-httax, nga rueq muinz shunz-shaungx
nga rueq muinz kuex iz-phvnx-iz-maq muex kuex jungx-shaungx
tsuingc-nhuiyc iz-kuex ex-khoc shex rv-ngoc wvn-tueq ngoz wax tueq kv-kaq
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wuz-juinc-luik ez-kuex raq kuex...
apiq ralx ez-kv-ruex mz-tanc lac
az-piq phvnx v-maq pex-shuip wuz-shawx v-yungx v-ruinx
mz-juc lac wuz-yungx wuz-rawx kv-maq v-tueq
v-yungx v-ruinx htumx htumx kuex ghvlz-koq
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muinx-jungx jungx v-shiz kv-yuq
tv-mvrc tak ex-kv-ruex wuz-shawx kue mvrx tueq ngoz-wax
v-tueq tsaungx-khuiux rueq hux-lawx kuex
htvmx v-shiz ez-kv-ruex yuq
mz-tanc lac mungx-kawx ghaq-wawc ez-kv-ruex puiuc-v-nyaq
puiuc-saz puiuc-yungx ngoz-ix phvnx-v-phvnx ex-kv-ruex
ex-kv-ruex htvmx-shiz ex-kuex mvrx-tueq
ex-khoc ngoz-yaq rv-tueq ex-kv-ruex kaq shex
tsuingc-hez kv-ruex kuex rex wvn-tueq
ex-kv-ruex wuz-shawx-hez kv-ruex, v-hvlx mvyz-juiuc kuex
naungz-hez kuex v-rv-thvyz shex
mz-naungz rueq ex-kv-ruex miq
nuiyz-shiq ex-kv-ruex tiz kuex saq wvnc-toq, ex-kuex ningz-khvnc nuex
<> wuz-juinc-luik kuiux rueq ngoz-tueq vtiz saq-wvnc toq ningz-khvnc nuex mvyz-juiuc kuex v-ruex thvyz shex naungz-hez kax mvyz-juiuc raungx nhuiyq kax ngoz-tueq iz-khoc ngoz-tueq tueq...
az, wuz-shawx-hez kv-ruex....
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kv-ruex tsaungx-khuiux
nhuiyz ex-kv-ruex puiuc-v-nyaq htenz ex-kv-ruex mz-tanc lac puiuc htungz tueq kv-ruex
v-shiz shiz maq
raungx nuix pix-wvnc v-tueq pulx noz nuex hut-hut buiuq tueq ex-kuex
tuip vyz tsuiyc tueq
puiuc mz-tanc la v-ruinx v-ruinx kuex htumx htumx kuex thvt wvnc tueq hut-maq
last (vtsuip) nuex kuex
puiuc ngix ex-kv-dvyx shex tsuiyc-laz htauk nuex v-yungx ex-kuex ningz-khvnc nuex tsuingc-hez rueq thvt loat muq shex
ex-kuex ningz-khvnc nuex tsuingc hez shex — jungc-tueq
v-ruex kuex mz-khoc tueq lac thvt shix naungz hez rueq kuex, v-kuex thvt loat miq shex kuex ngoz-tueq
kv-kaq ex-kuex wuz-rawx rueq kuex ngoz-tueq
ueyx, naungz-jix layz mz-muik wauk suingz-kez ex-kv-ruex
lumx kuq ix ngoz-tueq
nuimz-hez ruiq vmuik ex-kv-ruex kuex jvt vyz shuinz
ex-kv-ruex jix naungz-shiq rueq kuex thut loat-shix ngoz-tueq kv-kuex kaq shex
v-suingz suingz kuex ex-naungz-jix mz-muik wawc
suingz-kez ex-kv-ruex lumz kuq ix ngoz v-tueq muik kox kuex jvt vyz muik kox kuex jvt vyz
muik nhuiyc taungx ex-kv-ruex jvt lumz vyz ruiux
kv-kaq shex tsuingc hez rueq v-khuix kv-shex kok wvnc tueq ex htep khoc naz
v-wuiyq hvlc-hvlc v-ruex
naungz-hez rueq khux-phuk muex ex-kv-ruex ghuirc muex
naungz-hez rueq v-ruex v-khuix v-ruex kok ix nz-tueq tsuingc hez rueq
v-khuix kuex kok v-tueq
kuex phuk ez-kv-mac shex kv-ruex puiuc ngix khuix kv-ruex kuex
thuirx tueq ngoz-wax v-tueq
mz-tanc lac ex-kv-ruex wuz-shawx-hez muex
v-shiz muex tv-phuk v-shiz muex tv-phuk koq muinz v-khuc saz muinz v-svp kuex v-ghuez
kv-ruex ningz-khvnc nuex last nuex shex ex
v-ruex naungz-phuz yungx v-ruex
v-piq nuex jix wuz-rawx muex jix ex-kv-ruex svp tuex shvmx vmac jix htaungx tuex
nyuiuz waz kvjac maq kuex
v-tv-htaungx ngoz-yaq naungz-shiq rueq kuex vsvp ngoz tueq ngoz yaq
v-ruex wuz-rawx muex htaungx tuex yox v-ruex wuz-rawx muex
ex-kuex tvphuk raungz ngoz-tueq tsuingz hez rueq shex
ex-kuex wuz-rawx nuex yv-phuk koq svp hvlc yaungx tueq ngoz wax
koq tueq tsuingc-hez kuex ruex-tueq ex v-ruex
wuz-rawx nuex jix htep yox svp hvlc nz-tueq ngoz koq shex
wuz-rawx kuex baz wvnc-tueq
jungx-shiz nuex htamc laq htam laq koq tueq shex
ex!
wuz-juinc-luik tueq ngoz-tueq ngvyz khux-phuk shex lvmz-laq v-shuex
v-ruex kuez ngoz rueq lvp raungz v-ruex ngoz koq wuz-khuiuq rueq ngoc
naungz-nhuiyc yurc kaz ix iz-khoc yuq-lex ngoz tueq shex
wuz-khuiuq tsuingc nhuiyc shex kaz v-tueq
wuz-juinc-luik tueq ngoz tueq mz-naungz nauk kv-jak kaz mz-naungz kuiq-shuik kuiuz
naungz-nhuiyc khux-phuk kuex v-lvp raungz shex nz-tueq ngoz koq lec
wuz-khuiuq kuex gurrrrc ngoz-tueq ex-khoc thuiz yaq ngoz wax
wuz-khuiuq kuex thuiz ngvyz ngvyx koq lec wuz-rawx kuex baz-waungz waungz
kv-thoat laq kv-htoat laq ex khoc
koq tueq muinz nauk kv-jak kaz lawz naungz-nguiyc khux-phuk kuex v-lvp raungz shex
ngoz-tueq tumc-nhuiyc tumc-thuimx ngoz koq muinz
wuz-khuiuq kv-kuex v-rulx kox nuex kaz-laq thuiz-laq ex-khoc rv-koq tueq wuz-rawx kuex
pux-rax baz tv-lanc shex kuex yalc hvlc nuex ngoz muex kuex v-svp doc ngoz tueq khux-phuk vyz tauk ngoz tueq
ex-kuex wuz-rawx kuex baz wvnc-tueq ngoz wax, exkv-ruex ningz-khvnc nuex
mvyz-juiuc wuz-rawx kv-ruex kuex v-shvmx hvlc hvlc nz-tueq ngoz-yaq, mungx-kawx nuex kuex wuz-rawx shvmx-hvlx
ex-khoc ngoz yaq v-tueq
ex-kv-ruex thuinz khvyz muex shex
wuz-juinc-luik rueq mz-naungz rueq ix
ngaz rueq iz-khux phuk ngaz rueq lvp raungz v-ruez
mz-naungz rueq, mz-naungz thuirx v-tueq ex-kuex
iz-khux-phuk lvmz laq v-shuex nz-tueq
wuz-khuiuq kuex v-khux-poz nuex
htuimx yaz maq htuiuz iz-tueq ngoz-yaq yox nyuiuz waz rulx rueq kax
ex-kuex ningz-khvnc nuex mvyz-juiuc raungx-nhuiyq wuz-khuiuq kuex v-khux-poz kuex v-htungx
nz-tueq nyuiuz-waz rulx mvnz-phvnc kuex ex-khoc jungx ruiux yaq
tueq kv-kuex kv-tanc khvnc dvyx
 
<> ŋʌi₁ mɨŋ kɤ₂ ŋun₂kʰɨŋ₁
a₁rɤ₂ no₃ – niu₃tʌn₂ kə₀rɤ₂ ɣaʔ₄ βɨn₁
e₁rɤ₂ mʌn₁pʰʌn₃ kɤ₂rɤ₂ kɤ₂.. ə₀kʰo₃ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁ʒaʔ₄
ʦauŋ₂kʰɨu₂ n̪ɨi₃ .. βu₁ʨɨŋ₃lɨk₄ i₂kə₀rɤ₂ mʌn₁pʰʌn₃
a₁, βu₁ʨɨŋ₃lɨk₄ rɤ₂ i₂kə₀rɤ₂, rauŋ₂n̪ɨi₃ʃi₁ kɤ₂
ə₀ti₁ kɤ₂, ti₁ βauŋ, ti₁ βauŋ₂ hʌt₄maʔ₄le₃ kɤ₂
rauŋ₂ʒa₃ ti₁ βauŋ₂ ə₀teuʔ₄, rauŋ₂nʌp₄ ʃe₁ βauŋ₂ koʔ₄le₃, ə₀ti₁ ka₂ ə₀ɣɤ₂
ə₀ti₁ kɤ₂, mʌi₁ka₁ mʌi₁ka₁ e₁kɤ₂ niŋ₁kʰʌn₃ nɤ₂
rauŋ₂n̪ɨi₃ʃi₁ ʃe₁ βu₁ʨɨŋ₃lɨk₄ kɨu₂ rɤ₂
ŋʌi₁ ti₁ kɤ₂ ʒam₂ raʔ₄ la₃ saʔ₄ i₁ʒaʔ₄ ŋɨn₂ ŋa rɤʔ₄ ə₀bʌm₃ rauŋ₁... ŋo₁tɤʔ₄ i₁kɤ₂...
rauŋ₂n̪ɨi₃ʃi₁ ʃe₁ e₁kɤ₂ kə₀t̪ʰɨiʔ₄=maʔ₄ kə₀rɤ₂ bə₀mteuʔ₄, e₁kɤ₂rɤ₂ kaʔ₄
a₀, kə₀t̪ʰɨiʔ₄ ə₀tɤʔ₄ bə₀mkoʔ₄
ʦauŋ₂kʰɨu₂.kɨu₂ kɤ₂ βauŋ₂ t̪ɨi₃ʒaʔ₄
ə₀ʨe₁ nɤ₂ βauŋ₂t̪ɨi₃ʒaʔ₄ tɤʔ₄ kə₀rɤ₂ kaʔ₄ ʃe₁
a₀piʔ₄ rɤʔ₄ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄
ŋʌi₁ ti₁ ə₀rɤ₂ kɤ₂ ʒam₂ raʔ₄ le₁ mʌi₁ ka₁ tʌn₂ ə₀ŋo₁
a₀rɤ₂
m₁nauŋ ʨi₂ do₃ ʦauŋ₂kʰɨu₂, m₁nauŋ ʨi₂ do₃ kʰo₃na₁ saʔ₄toan
e₁kɤ₂ niŋ₁kʰʌn nɤ₂
ŋa rɤʔ₄ kɤ₂ mʌi₁ʨɨu₃ kɤ₂
m₁nauŋmɤ₂ kɤ₂ map₄ kuʔ₄mauk₄
ŋa₁rɤʔ₄ i₁pʰʌn₂i₁maʔ₄ kɤ₂ ʃun₁ʃauŋ₂
m₁nauŋ rɤʔ₄ ŋʌi₁ ti₁ saʔ₄toʔ₄ niŋ₁kʰʌn₃ nɤ₂ n₁tɤʔ₄ e₁kʰo₃ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄ rə₀koʔ₄tɤʔ₄
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ŋa mɨn₁le₂ i₁pʰʌn₂i₁maʔ₄ ə₀t̪ʰa₂, ŋa rɤʔ₄ mɨn₁ ʃun₁ʃauŋ₂
ŋa rɤʔ₄ mɨn₁ kɤ₂ i₁pʰʌn₂i₁maʔ₄ mɤ₂ kɤ₂ ʨuŋ₂ʃauŋ₂
ʦɨŋ₃n̪ɨi₃ i₁kɤ₂ e₂kʰo₃ ʃe₂ rə₀ŋo₃ βə₀ntɤʔ₄ ŋo₁ βa₂ tɤʔ₄ kə₀kaʔ₄
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βu₁ʨɨn₃lɨk₄ e₁kɤ₂ raʔ₄ kɤ₂...
apiʔ₄ ral₂ e₁kə₀rɤ₂ m₁tan₃ la₃
a₁piʔ₄ pʰʌn₂ ə₀maʔ₄ pe₂ʃɨp₄ βu₁ʃɔ₂ ə₀ʒuŋ₂ ə₀rɨn₂
m₁ʨu₃ la₃ βu₁ʒuŋ₂ βu₁rɔ₂ kə₀maʔ₄ ə₀tɤʔ₄
ə₀ʒuŋ₂ ə₀rɨn₂ tʰum₂ tʰum₂ kɤ₂ ɣʌl₁koʔ₄
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mɨn₂ʨuŋ₂ ʨuŋ₂ ə₀ʃi₁ kə₀ʒuʔ₄
tə₀mʌr₃ tak₄ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ βu₁ʃɔ₂ kɤ mʌr₂ tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁βa₂
ə₀tɤʔ₄ ʦauŋ₂kʰɨu₂ rɤʔ₄ hu₂lɔ₂ kɤ₂
tʰʌm₂ ə₀ʃi₁ e₁kə₀rɤ₂ ʒuʔ₄
m₁tan₃ la₃ muŋ₂kɔ₂ ɣaʔ₄βɔ₃ e₁kə₀rɤ₂ pɨu₃ə₀ɲaʔ₄
pɨu₃sa₁ pɨu₃ʒuŋ₂ ŋo₁i₂ pʰʌn₂ə₀pʰʌn₂ e₂kə₀rɤ₂
e₂kə₀rɤ₂ tʰʌm₂ʃi₁ e₂kɤ₂ mʌr₂tɤʔ₄
e₂kʰo₃ ŋo₁ʒaʔ₄ rə₀tɤʔ₄ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ kaʔ₄ ʃe₂
ʦɨŋ₃he₁ kə₀rɤ₂ kɤ₂ re₂ βə₀ntɤʔ₄
e₂kə₀rɤ₂ βu₁ʃɔ₂he₁ kə₀rɤ₂, ə₀hʌl₂ mʌi₁ʨɨu₃ kɤ₂
nauŋ₁he₁ kɤ₂ ə₀rə₀t̪ʌi₁ ʃe₂
m₁nauŋ₂ rɤʔ₄ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ miʔ₄
nɨi₁ʃiʔ₄ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ ti₁ kɤ₂ saʔ₄ βʌn₃toʔ₄, e₂kɤ₂ niŋ₁kʰʌn₃ nɤ₂
<> βu₁ʨɨn₃lɨk₄ kɨu₂ rɤʔ₄ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄ ə₀ti₁ saʔ₄βʌn₃ toʔ₄ niŋ₁kʰʌn₃ nɤ₂ mʌi₁ʨɨu₃ kɤ₂ ə₀rɤ₂ t̪ʌi₁ ʃe₂ nauŋ₁he₁ ka₂ mʌi₁ʨɨu₃ rauŋ₂ n̪ɨiʔ₄ ka₂ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄ i₁kʰo₃ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄ tɤʔ₄...
a₁, βu₁ʃɔ₂he₁ kə₀rɤ₂....
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kə₀rɤ₂ ʦauŋ₂kʰɨu₂
n̪ɨi₁ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ pɨu₃ə₀ɲaʔ₄ tʰen₁ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ m₁tan₃ la₃ pɨu₃ tʰuŋ₁ tɤʔ₄ kə₀rɤ₂
ə₀ʃi₁ ʃi₁ maʔ₄
rauŋ₂ nɨ₂ pi₂βʌn₃ ə₀tɤʔ₄ pul₂ no₁ nɤ₂ hut₄hut₄ bɨuʔ₄ tɤʔ₄ e₂kɤ₂
tɨp₄ əi₁ ʦɨi₃ tɤʔ₄
pɨu₃ m₁tan₃ la ə₀rɨn₂ ə₀rɨn₂ kɤ₂ tʰum₂ tʰum₂ kɤ₂ t̪ʌt₄ βʌn₃ tɤʔ₄ hut₄maʔ₄
last nɤ₂ kɤ₂
pɨu₃ ŋi₂ e₂kə₀dʌi₂ ʃe₂ ʦɨi₃la₁ tʰauk₄ nɤ₂ ə₀ʒuŋ₂ e₂kɤ₂ niŋ₁kʰʌn₃ nɤ₂ ʦɨŋ₃he₁ rɤʔ₄ t̪ʌt₄ loat₄ muʔ₄ ʃe₂
e₂kɤ₂ niŋ₁kʰʌn₃ nɤ₂ ʦɨŋ₃ he₁ ʃe₂ — ʨuŋ₃tɤʔ₄
ə₀rɤ₂ kɤ₂ m₁kʰo₃ tɤʔ₄ la₃ t̪ʌt₄ ʃi₂ nauŋ₁ he₁ rɤʔ₄ kɤ₂, ə₀kɤ₂ t̪ʌt₄ loat₄ miʔ₄ ʃe₂ kɤ₂ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄
kə₀kaʔ₄ e₂kɤ₂ βu₁rɔ₂ rɤʔ₄ kɤ₂ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄
ɤi₂, nauŋ₁ʨi₂ lai₁ m₁mɨk₄ βauk₄ sɨŋ₁ke₁ e₂kə₀rɤ₂
lum₂ kuʔ₄ i₂ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄
nɨm₁he₁ rɨʔ₄ ə₀mɨk₄ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ kɤ₂ ʨʌt₄ əi₁ ʃɨn₁
e₂kə₀rɤ₂ ʨi₂ nauŋ₁ʃiʔ₄ rɤʔ₄ kɤ₂ t̪ut₄ loat₄ʃi₂ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄ kə₀kɤ₂ kaʔ₄ ʃe₂
ə₀sɨŋ₁ sɨŋ₁ kɤ₂ e₂nauŋ₁ʨi₂ m₁mɨk₄ βɔ₃
sɨŋ₁ke₁ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ lum₁ kuʔ₄ i₂ ŋo₁ ə₀tɤʔ₄ mɨk₄ ko₂ kɤ₂ ʨʌt₄ ə₀i₁ mɨk₄ ko₂ kɤ₂ ʨʌt₄ ə₀i₁
mɨk₄ n̪ɨi₃ tauŋ₂ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ ʨʌt₄ lum₁ əi₁ rɨu₂
kə₀kaʔ₄ ʃe₂ ʦɨŋ₃ he₁ rɤʔ₄ ə₀kʰɨ₂ kə₀ʃe₂ kok₄ βʌn₃ tɤʔ₄ e₂ tʰep₄ kʰo₃ na₁
ə₀βɨiʔ₄ hʌl₃hʌl₃ ə₀rɤ₂
nauŋ₁he₁ rɤʔ₄ kʰu₂pʰuk₄ mɤ₂ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ ɣɨr₃ mɤ₂
nauŋ₁he₁ rɤʔ₄ ə₀rɤ₂ ə₀kʰɨ₂ ə₀rɤ₂ kok₄ i₂ n₁tɤʔ₄ ʦɨŋ₃ he₁ rɤʔ₄
ə₀kʰɨ₂ kɤ₂ kok₄ ə₀tɤʔ₄
kɤ₂ pʰuk₄ e₁kə₀ma₃ ʃe₂ kə₀rɤ₂ pɨu₃ ŋi₂ kʰɨ₂ kə₀rɤ₂ kɤ₂
t̪ɨr₂ tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁βa₂ ə₀tɤʔ₄
m₁tan₃ la₃ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ βu₁ʃɔ₂he₁ mɤ₂
ə₀ʃi₁ mɤ₂ tə₀pʰuk₄ ə₀ʃi₁ mɤ₂ tə₀pʰuk₄ koʔ₄ mɨn₁ ə₀kʰu₃ sa₁ mɨn₁ ə₀sʌp₄ kɤ₂ ə₀ɣɤ₁
kə₀rɤ₂ niŋ₁kʰʌn₃ nɤ₂ last₄ nɤ₂ ʃe₂ e₂
ə₀rɤ₂ nauŋ₁pʰu₁ ʒuŋ₂ ə₀rɤ₂
ə₀piʔ₄ nɤ₂ ʨi₂ βu₁rɔ₂ mɤ₂ ʨi₂ e₂kə₀rɤ₂ sʌp₄ tɤ₂ ʃʌm₂ ə₀ma₃ ʨi₂ tʰauŋ₂ tɤ₂
ɲɨu₁ βa₁ kə₀ʨa₃ maʔ₄ kɤ₂
v-tv-htaungx ngoz-yaq naungz-shiq rueq kuex vsvp ngoz tueq ngoz yaq ə₀tə₀tʰauŋ₂ ŋo₁ʒaʔ₄ nauŋ₁ʃiʔ₄ rɤʔ₄ kɤ₂ ə₀sʌp₄ ŋo₁ tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁ ʒaʔ₄
ə₀rɤ₂ βu₁rɔ₂ mɤ₂ tʰauŋ₂ tɤ₂ ʒo₂ ə₀rɤ₂ βu₁rɔ₂ mɤ₂
e₂kɤ₂ tə₀pʰuk₄ rauŋ₁ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄ ʦɨŋ₁ he₁ rɤʔ₄ ʃe₂
e₂kɤ₂ βu₁rɔ₂ nɤ₂ ʒə₀pʰuk₄ koʔ₄ sʌp₄ hʌl₃ ʒauŋ₂ tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁ βa₂
koʔ₄ tɤʔ₄ ʦɨŋ₃he₁ kɤ₂ rɤ₂tɤʔ₄ e₂ ə₀rɤ₂
βu₁rɔ₂ nɤ₂ ʨi₂ tʰep₄ ʒo₂ sʌp₄ hʌl₃ n₁tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁ koʔ₄ ʃe₂
βu₁rɔ₂ kɤ₂ ba₁ βʌn₃tɤʔ₄
ʨuŋ₂ʃi₁ nɤ₂ tʰam₃ laʔ₄ tʰam laʔ₄ koʔ₄ tɤʔ₄ ʃe₂
e₂
βu₁ʨɨn₃lɨk₄ tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄ ŋʌi₁ kʰu₂pʰuk₄ ʃe₂ lʌm₁laʔ₄ ə₀ʃɤ₂
ə₀rɤ₂ kɤ₁ ŋo₁ rɤʔ₄ lʌp₄ rauŋ₁ ə₀rɤ₂ ŋo₁ koʔ₄ βu₁kʰɨuʔ₄ rɤʔ₄ ŋo₃
nauŋ₁n̪ɨi₃ ʒur₃ ka₁ i₂ i₁kʰo₃ ʒuʔ₄le₂ ŋo₁ tɤʔ₄ ʃe₂
βu₁kʰɨuʔ₄ ʦɨŋ₃ n̪ɨi₃ ʃe₂ ka₁ ə₀tɤʔ₄
βu₁ʨɨn₃lɨk₄ tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁ tɤʔ₄ m₁nauŋ₁ nauk₄ kə₀ʨak₄ ka₁ m₁nauŋ₁ kɨʔ₄ʃɨk₄ kɨu₁
nauŋ₁n̪ɨi₃ kʰu₂pʰuk₄ kɤ₂ ə₀lʌp₄ rauŋ₁ ʃe₂ n₁tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁ koʔ₄ le₃
βu₁kʰɨuʔ₄ kɤ₂ ɡurrrr₃ ŋo₁tɤʔ₄ e₂kʰo₃ t̪ɨ₁ ʒaʔ₄ ŋo₁ βa₂
βu₁kʰɨuʔ₄ kɤ₂ t̪ɨ₁ ŋʌi₁ ŋʌi₂ koʔ₄ le₃ βu₁rɔ₂ kɤ₂ ba₁βauŋ₁ βauŋ₁
kə₀t̪oat₄ laʔ₄ kə₀tʰoat₄ laʔ₄ e₂ kʰo₃
koʔ₄ tɤʔ₄ mɨn₁ nauk₄ kə₀ʨak₄ ka₁ lɔ₁ nauŋ₁ŋɨi₃ kʰu₂pʰuk₄ kɤ₂ ə₀lʌp₄ rauŋ₁ ʃe₂
ŋo₁tɤʔ₄ tum₃n̪ɨi₃ tum₃t̪ɨm₂ ŋo₁ koʔ₄ mɨn₁
βu₁kʰɨuʔ₄ kə₀kɤ₂ ə₀rul₂ ko₂ nɤ₂ ka₁laʔ₄ t̪ɨ₁laʔ₄ e₂kʰo₃ rə₀koʔ₄ tɤʔ₄ βu₁rɔ₂ kɤ₂
pu₂ra₂ ba₁ tə₀lan₃ ʃe₂ kɤ₂ ʒal₃ hʌl₃ nɤ₂ ŋo₁ mɤ₂ kɤ₂ ə₀sʌp₄ do₃ ŋo₁ tɤʔ₄ kʰu₂pʰuk₄ əi₁ tauk₄ ŋo₁ tɤʔ₄
e₂kɤ₂ βu₁rɔ₂ kɤ₂ ba₁ βʌn₃tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁ βa₂, e₂kə₀rɤ₂ niŋ₁kʰʌn₃ nɤ₂
mʌi₁ʨɨu₃ βu₁rɔ₂ kə₀rɤ₂ kɤ₂ ə₀ʃʌm₂ hʌl₃ hʌl₃ n₁tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁ʒaʔ₄, muŋ₂kɔ₂ nɤ₂ kɤ₂ βu₁rɔ₂ ʃʌm₂hʌl₂
e₂kʰo₃ ŋo₁ ʒaʔ₄ ə₀tɤʔ₄
e₂kə₀rɤ₂ t̪ɨn₁ kʰʌi₁ mɤ₂ ʃe₂
βu₁ʨɨn₃lɨk₄ rɤʔ₄ m₁nauŋ₁ rɤʔ₄ i₂
ŋa₁ rɤʔ₄ i₁kʰu₂ pʰuk₄ ŋa₁ rɤʔ₄ lʌp₄ rauŋ₁ ə₀rɤ₁
m₁nauŋ₁ rɤʔ₄, m₁nauŋ₁ t̪ɨr₂ ə₀tɤʔ₄ e₂kɤ₂
i₁kʰu₂pʰuk₄ lʌm₁ laʔ₄ ə₀ʃɤ₂ n₁tɤʔ₄
βu₁kʰɨuʔ₄ kɤ₂ ə₀kʰu₂po₁ nɤ₂
tʰɨm₂ ʒa₁ maʔ₄ tʰɨu₁ i₁tɤʔ₄ ŋo₁ʒaʔ₄ ʒo₂ ɲɨu₁ βa₁ rul₂ rɤʔ₄ ka₂
e₂kɤ₂ niŋ₁kʰʌn₃ nɤ₂ mʌi₁ʨɨu₃ rauŋ₂n̪ɨiʔ₄ βu₁kʰɨuʔ₄ kɤ₂ ə₀kʰu₂po₁ kɤ₂ ə₀tʰuŋ₂
n₁tɤʔ₄ ɲɨu₁βa₁ rul₂ mʌn₁pʰʌn₃ kɤ₂ e₂kʰo₃ ʨuŋ₂ rɨu₂ ʒaʔ₄
tɤʔ₄ kə₀kɤ₂ kə₀tan₃ kʰʌn₃ dʌi₂
 
<> 1PS.POS name COP PN
DEM <> Neotan DEM village belong
DEM story DEM COP.. like.this say.PST say.PRES
monitor.lizard and .. tailorbird DEM story
tailorbird DEM DEM, one-day COP
3POS-egg COP, egg come, egg come, but COP
evening egg coming PAST, next-morning come then, 3POS-egg COP NOMZ-lacking
NOMZ-egg COP, disappear-go disappear-go COP therefore DEIC
one-day ABOUT.TO.HAPPEN tailorbird female DEM
1PS.POS egg COP what by Q eat PRES Q. 1PS AG NOMZ-wait need.to... 1PS-PAST and...
one day THAT hiding=by COP wait-PST, at-that time
ah, hiding NOMZ-PST wait-THEN
monitor.female COP come CONTIN.PRES
3PPOS-nest AT come-CONTIN-PRES
3PS AG say-PST
1PS.POS egg DEM COP AG ... NOM.say
DEM
2PS ... ... monitor 2PS ... eat-PST
DEM reason AT 1PS AG COP now COP
2ps-FOR COP forgiveness give-NEG
1PS-AG my-own-kind gather-FUT
2PS AG my egg eat-PAST reason AT say-PAST like-this say-PAST like-this-PAST
<>
ʦauŋ₂kʰɨu₂ rɤʔ₄ ŋo₁
1PS also
1PS AG also COP my-kind ... tell-FUT
3P.two
<>
tailorbird DEM AG COP
3PS enemy COP how-much Q
3PS
<>
banyan.tree tree NOMZ.one AT
...say-CONFIRM
AUX-3PS.PST monitor AG .. COP
how-many PART world earth-from DEM snake-kind
snake-son snake-big say-LETS every-variety
ANPH
3PP DEM COP
ANPH bird-PL DEM, NOMZ-good now COP
we-PL COP NOMZ-REF-fight
2PS AG DEM
EXCL, bird-pl DEM...
<>
DEM monitor
hornbill COP
parot monitor two
tailorbird PAST say 2PS
ANPH
ANPH therefore AT now owl COP NOMZ.head COP NOMZ.flat
say-PST parents ... story COP like-this tell then PRESENT
PAST DEM...
 
<> My name is Ngunxkhuingz
I am from Neotan (Nongtan)
This strory, it is told as follows.
This is the story of the small monitor and the tailorbird.
About the tailorbird, one day it happened like this.
Her egg was coming and coming, but...
by evening the egg had come. When the next morning came, her egg was gone.
The egg had disappeared, and so...
One day the female tailorbird,
tueq here is short form of raz-tueq or v-tueq
he said
It is you, the lizard, that has eaten my egg
I will gather together my own kind.
the lizard said,
they argued in this manner, and then
The tailorbird,
how many were his enemies?
there in the banyan tree
(there at a marsh)
Small snakes and big snakes...
ah, the birds,
<>
last in english
one tree after another the hornbill flew
Hey!
the tailorbird said, my head is taken away
... the owl said
2P.DUAL
they went together
tailorbird said to owl, dont speak, keep quiet
our hat is about to be gotten (back from the hornbill)
the owl goes brrr
i said two three times
in the world, the hornbill is the most beautiful bird
tailorbird says "YOU are the one"
i am the one about to get my hat
... i said
with the pestle, smashed
thats why today
the owls head is flat
 
Recorded evening of 2020/01/30 in Neotan. Wanglung, Likro and Tsantu were also present.
/ngoz tueq/ = [ng-teuq]
hesitation
kax = kuex. lots of reduced forms throughout.
kax = kuex
nguinx = open question word
kaq here means time
v-tueq means after the verb, in this case hiding
map is hindi for forgiveness
nz here is ngoz
raq = AG
mz-juc = how muc, kv-maq = and (next sentence)
mz is silent. nyaq is paired with snake and means snakekind
ex-kuex not ez-kuex, change elsewhere
"last" in English. great ue pronunciation differences
ueyx is "oi!"
pura is hindi word, means everything, whole, completely
ix = accusational question marking
vruez = it should have been
 

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@incollection{ehlc2020[KEY],
  author = {[AUTHOR]},
  booktitle = {Eastern Himalayan Texts Collection},
  editor = {Post, {Mark} and {Van Dam}, {Kellen Parker}},
  publisher = {Phonemica},
  title = {[TITLE]},
  URL = {[URL]},
  note = {[ACCESSED]},
  year = {2020}
}