Kur

Do you know the tortoise?

Gu man k'ur a?

The tortoise is a lazy person.

K'ur a gurum goed'ai.

The tortoise is a person who--, who wants (to get) things for nothing.

K'ur a gurum goe-- / goezem bi b'along.

The tortoise is a person who deceives people (who) seizes things from their hands.

K'ur a gurum goegwam gurum / b'aam bi ns'a muk.

The tortoise is a foolish person.

K'ur a gurum goekum.

The tortoise is a--, lazy person.

K'ur a gurum goe-- / d'ai.

My folktale is being told, in the past, (it) returned (and) caught for itself the tortoise.

Tamtis noe toet'at / dok ba ya mmuk a k'ur.

Someone who doesn't know (i.e., like) the face of (his) neighbours.

Gurum goeman yit nye ba.

This existing (way of) how the birds are (in) their own ways, they have their wings.

Goed'e yar bi dwen nd'ennoehoe / mûep goe shaat mûep.

When they return to, uh, do their meerting, they rise (and) arrive (in) the sky at the house of God, so that they should sit there, (and they) work--, uh, have their meeting their.

Mûep la buk de-goe shin / uh / t'elk'ek mûep / mûep yûûl ya goet'eng nlu Naan / de mûep goe t'wot yi d'i / shin shi-- / uh / shin t'elk'ek mûep yi d'i.

One (time), they, one (time), they would do (it for) one week, another (time), they would do (it for) two weeks.

Nde mûep / nde mûep t'ong shin / sh'e mûes goeme / nde mûep t'ong shin / sh'e mûes vel.

(When) they have finished their meeting, so that they should return back (in) their own ways, so (they) return back (and) come here on the ground, so that they should sit with us.

Mûep gama / t'elk'ek mûep lat / de mûep goe yok yi bi mûep / buk yi doe b'ak nyil / de mûep goe t'wot yi ndoe men.

You, tortoise, behold, here you just sit.

Goe k'ur / goe nt'ong d'i kûût.

You listen to the thing that they are talking (****) that they would go out to go to the place (at) the day of the meeting, there over there in the house of God.

Goe k'oeleng bi goed'e mûep t'ong k'wal yi (???) goepe mûep t'ong p'ûat de-goe mûen goe pe b'it t'elhoe / d'i pûanang nlu Naan.

Then the tortoise returned (and) talked here to them (and) said, okay, (he) said, do they listen? Yes.

Sai k'ur / ba doe k'wal ndoe mûep yin to yin nwa k'oeleng a? Mh.

He (is) their friend, right? Yes.

Ji goesha nwa mu? Mh.

Okay, he would go with them.

To / t'ong ji mûaan ndoe nwa.

Surprise, how would you go with us? Do you have wings?

A'a / t'ong goe mûaan ndoe men a nd'ang?

Their chief returned again (and) asked him, (he) said, even when you go with us, even when (you) have wings, do you go with us? Are you a bird? So that you go (and) sit (and) hear the thing that we would do?

Goe goe shaat a? Long mûep ba yit tal sek muk / yin ko la goe mûaan ndoe men ko la goe shaat goe mûaan ndoe men fa? Goe a yar a? De goe mûaan goe t'ong / goe k'oeleng bi goet'ong shin men yi a?

(He) said, hey, (he) said, he would go (and) sit by himself by the side.

Yin hai / yi t'ong ji mûaan ji t'ong mmûûn a goet'oorhoe.

He wants to know the kind of place, too, so that he goes (there), so that he knows, uh, the place where the house of God is.

Ji zem de-goe man iri pe hok zak / de ji mûaan yi / de ji man / uh / pe goed'e lu Naan hok yi.

(He) deceived them there like this, (he) deceived them there like this, (he) deceived them there like this, until they eventually agreed. (They) answered his talk (and) agreed. They said, okay, that's it, what would they do?

Gwam mûep d'i poenoe / gwam mûep d'i poenoe / gwam mûep d'i poenoe / har mûep goe-goe zem. Lap k'wal muk zem. Mûep yi to / shi ke nan / t'ong du shin nd'ang?

Everybody should give him one (of) his feathers.

Ko-wuroe goe poe ji / d'ip muk goeme.

They agreed.

Mûep zem.

They removed, everybody removed one (of) his feathers, everybody removed one (of) his feathers. They stood (them) on the body of the tortoise.

Mûep p'ûan / ko-wuroe p'en d'ip muk goeme / ko-wuroe p'en d'ip muk goeme. Mûep / twat nsek / k'ur.

The day (of the meeting) rose, (and it) returned back (and) arrived.

B'it yûûl / wa wul.

They rose together.

Mûep yûûl goeshak.

The tortoise rose with them.

K'ur yool ndoe mûep.

They returned back (and) came to the house of God, indeed.

Mûep yok mûep doe nlu Naan dai.

When they returned back (and) came, (they) descended here in the house of God like this.

Goeyok mûep doe / doe sam nlu Naan poenoe.

(In) the house of God--, uh, the tortoise saw much food (and it) sat (there).

Lu Naa-- / uh / k'ur na d'u / s'oe / goegam t'ong.

Then the tortoise returned (and) just called them quietly, (he) said, they should come first.

Sai k'ur ba yong mûep kûût d'oot / yin nwa goe doe ntyem.

You see, right?

Goe na mu?

(It was) them, uh, they met him here, they sat at the side.

A mûep / uh / mûep doe kat ni mûep t'wot nt'oor.

(He) said, okay, his name, do they know his name? They said, no. His name is "Goek'wak" (i.e., all).

Yin to / s'em ji / nwa man s'em ji a? Mûep yi kwai. S'em ji / goek'wak.

Your name is "Goek'wak"? Yes.

S'em goe a goek'wak e? Mh.

Okay, that's it, they sat here.

To / shi ke nan / mûep doe t'wot.

They returned and eventually sat there at the side.

Mûep buk goe-goe t'wot pûanang nt'oor.

Then they took, uh, water, (and they) gave (it to) them to drink (it).

Sai mûep mang / uh / haam / poe mûep de-goe ns'wa.

Because their chests have become sticky (i.e., they had become thirsty), right?

Nyepe boezung mûep t'aan mu?

They had moved around, (from) when they rose with (their) wings until they returned back (and) entered this house of God, really, the place (is) surly far away, (is its) farness (just) a joke?

Mûep leng / goeyûûl mûep goe shaat har / mûep yok rwo nlu Naan nnoe me / kat a pe goeseng / seng shel a?

The tortoise said, (the water is) for who? They said, (it is) for all (i.e., "goek'wak").

K'ur yin a mmuk wuroe? Mûep yin a mmuk goek'wak.

Okay, (he) said, you have heard, right? (He) said, (it is) his water.

A to / yin / nwa k'oeleng mu? Yi a haam ji.

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(He) received (it and) drank (it) all.

Lap s'wa dip.

They came out with food.

Mûep p'ûat goe shat.

(It is) for who? (It is) for all. Okay.

A mmuk wuroe? A mmuk goek'wak. A to.

(He) received (it and) ate (it) all.

Lap s'oe dip.

They came out with meat.

Mûep p'ûat goe lwa.

(It is) for who? (It is) for all.

A mmuk wuroe? A mmuk goek'wak.

(He) received (it and) ate (it) all.

Lap haar dip.

When you talk (like this) of today, (it is like this) when the tomorrow (comes). (This is) the thing that the tortoise kept on doing to them.

La goe k'wal goeshini / a goed'a goed'aar toe. A bi goelang k'ur toe t'ong shin yi ndoe mûep.

Sh--, the birds turned to this (side), (and then) returned to that (side), (they) turned to this (side), (and then) returned to that (side).

Sh-- / yar / yir ngoennoe / buk ngoennoe / yir ngoennoe / buk ngoennoe.

They said, surprise.

Mûep yin a'a.

They have already gone with the food, right?

Mûep mûen d'emt'ei goe s'oe mu?

They said, they have gone with the food, (it is) for all.

Mûep yin / mûep mûen goe s'oehoe / a mmuk goek'wak.

Okay, "all" took all the food.

To / goek'wak lap s'oe dip.

Okay, that's it, they were there.

To / shi ke nan / mûep d'e d'i.

They went for, uh, to the place of the meeting, these existing ones. The tortoise lie by itself in the house.

Mûep mûen k'a / uh / goe pe / t'elk'ek mûep nd'ennoehoe. K'ur t'o mmûûn nlu.

They should, uh, should finish the thing that they were there for.

Mûep goe / uh / goe gama / bi goed'e mûep d'i nd'ûûn.

Everyday, the tortoise would eat the food.

Ko-mb'it goenang / k'ur t'ong s'oe s'oe toe.

Everyday, the tortoise would eat the food.

Ko-mb'it goenang / k'ur t'ong s'oe s'oe toe.

Then they just talked, (and) they said, okay, they have finished the meeting, they would return home.

Sai / mûep k'wal kûût mûep yin to / du gama t'elk'ek / t'ong du yok.

So they came out with, uh, water.

Mûep p'ûat yi goe / uh / haam.

(It was) beer (in) its own way, a lot, filled inside a calabash.

A mûes bi muk sosai / ngam nd'ûûn mbai.

They came out with it and sat (it) down.

Mûep p'ûat yi nni / goe d'u.

They said, okay, they should drink (it), so that they should rise and return home.

Mûep yin to / nwa goe s'wa / de nwa goe yûûl yi goe yok.

They said, (it is) for who?

Mûep yin a mmuk wuroe?

(They) said, (it is) for all.

Yin a mmuk goek'wak.

(The tortoise) said, okay, they have heard, right? (It is) his.

Yin to / nwa k'oeleng mu? A mmûûn.

The tortoise started with the water--, with the beer, (he) drank all.

K'ur t'a goe ha-- / k'a mûes / s'wa dip.

(The beer) divided in his belly, (he) returned (and) sat down to the side (away from the others), so that (he) rests his body.

Gap mb'et ji / ba t'a t'ong nkwa / nyak sûûn yi.

You know beer, don't you?

Goe man mûes me?

The beer caught the tortoise (i.e., he became drunk).

Mûes ya k'ur.

Come on, as I would talk (about) this, sleep took the tortoise (i.e., the tortoise became sleepy).

Hab'a / goebi goet'ong k'wal noe nnoe / yitsaam mang k'ur mu?

The tortoise lay down.

K'ur t'a t'o.

(There was) only snoring (coming) from his head.

Kongorot kûût nk'a muk.

(There was) only snoring (coming) from his head.

Kongorot kûût nk'a muk.

The birds, they signed to themselves. They said, okay.

Yar mûep / jat sut. Mûep yin to.

Leave this thing that sleeps here, he should not think that we would help him again, (or) that we return home with him again.

Poe bi nnoe goet'o b'ak b'e / s'a boegoe rang goepe t'ong moe taimakeni zak-yit / de moe buk yi moe yok nni.

We will not help him with anything again.

T'ong moe k'at ni goe ndoe bi zak-yit ba.

Our wings have become tired.

Shaat men ne.

Everybody removed his feather. Okay.

A ko-wuroe p'en shaat muk. To.

They left the tortoise (and he) lay there.

Mûep nyet k'ur t'o d'i.

They just rose (and) descended, then onto the ground here, wooshhh, then onto the ground.

Mûep yûûl kûût sam sai a nyil b'ak / hûûrrrrr / sai a nyil.

The tortoise lay there until his days (were) three, (he) lay sleeping.

K'ur t'o d'i har b'it ji k'un / t'o t'ong saam yi.

On the fourth day, the tortoise opened his eyes.

Goef'er b'it / k'ur eep yit ji.

(He) looked at the place, looked at the place, (he) didn't see anybody.

Sh'ang pe sh'ang pe / na ndoe gurum ba.

Surprise.

A'a.

(He) cast his eyes onto the ground, (he) saw much wide space (and it) lay there, (it) lay there far away, (it) lay there far away. (He) said, that he returns home (and) enters onto this ground how by himself?

Sh'ang yit muk nyil / na d'u pe goekaam / t'o pûanang / seng t'o pûanang / seng t'o pûanang. Yin de ji wa yi ji ru nyil nnoe t'atnang moesûûn?

(He) returned back (and) watched his wings that they had given him in the past.

Wa b'ûen shaat muk goepe mûep dok poe nihoe.

(He) didn't find any wings (that) stood there. (He) said, okay, father God.

Kat ndoe shaat d'yem d'i ba. Yin / to / nda Naan.

(He) said, the problem has met him here in this existing place. Which father God (are you talking about)?

Yin k'wal kat ji b'ak mpe nd'ennoehoe. Nda Naan goenang?

In the past, did you return (and) see that God is (there)?

Dok ba goe na / Naan d'e yi a?

You see, right?

Goe na mu?

The tortoise rose (and) said, okay, (it would) be better if he returned to the house. If he lies here in this existing place, he wouldn't find food (and) eat (it). If (this is) how (he) dies (then it) is death, if (this is) how (he) lives (then it) is living. The tortoise jumped, huiii.

K'ur yool yin / to / gara ji ba nlu. D'a ji t'o b'ak mpe nd'ennoe / t'ong ji kat s'oe ji s'oe ba. D'a boemuut a muut / d'a boelang a lang. K'ur / k'ur p'aar / hubip.

When he returned back (and) came to the ground, then, then, huiii, to the ground.

Goewa muk doe nyil / sai / sai / hubip / nyil.

This his existing chest and this his existing belly returned (and) became wide.

Boezung muk nd'ennoehoe ndoe b'et muk nd'ennoehoe ba kaam nkaam.

Its back returned (and) became hooked, (it) returned like this.

Nk'ong muk ba k'uur / ba poenoehoe.

In the past, he moved around by himself, himself, (round) like a calabash.

Ni dok / lang mmuk mmuk goebi bang yi.