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let's go - that place that you left off

ee gwéh didáʔ kay geexeer

right there

didáʔ todáʔ

it was there

a didáʔ

there where Ganay returned to our land with that thing

didáʔ tadáʔ Ganay iwa waátl ayarén neer gadáʔ

of Ganay

ar Ganay

he was told that if you arrive in the place

kuwa báy bara hardát aya

if you descend to the border, cry out

qamaa bara ʕét ta uʔúʔ

you cry out and you will be purified

ta uʔuʔ tu tseesee

hey - did Ganay cry out?

hheʔee Ganay a uʔuuʔî

he didn't cry out

a uʔuuʔiká

he descended to Gorwaaland

ina ʕeét ayá Gorwaa

and so Ganay was going on to Galapoo

karr Ganay ina lawawín ay Galapoo

yes he returns home

ee i hardah aya

and he returns home

nee i hardah aya

with that thing, that spear that he had

neer gadáʔ lawalaadáʔ i kon

and he had that spear, was he ritually purified?

nee a lawalaadáʔ kón ka tseʔeesî

first if you go to the border of the Gorwaa and the Datooga

geera digirmó Goraa bura eér nee oo Taraa

you cry out

ta uʔuʔ

he didn't cry out

a uʔuuʔiká

hey - he was continuing to Galapoo

hheʔee nina tlaʕaʕiít ay Galapoo

the Maasai came from here behind

Duwanqeé ina alusir kiíʕ

hey - the Maasai had finished the footsteps of the Datooga, didn't they (also) follow the footsteps to Gorwaaland

hheʔee Duwanqeé kalaʕadáʔ Taraa nga hheʔeés kalaʕa ngina ohikee ay Gorowa

they decimated the Datooga there

Taraa amorqáʔ ngina fiíts

they decimated to Datooga there?

Taraa amoorqáʔee ngina faakikeê

they went into aardvark holes!

a dát bará bohonteerí filá hháʔ

hey - it is thus: the people were slaughtered by the Maasai and now see

hheʔee an tisíng muu kwa tsuʕaʕín nee Duwanqeéd alkwí ari

the people were being slaughtered by the Maasai

muu kuna tsuʕaʕín tsuʕaʕín tsuʕaʕín neer Duwanqeéd

the hill of the house of Mango

tloomaár dóʔ Mango

even the bracelets are there now, even skulls are there

tam qutúr hindí baradáʔ ngi kon tam sagii-hami i deiyáʔ

they are up there hey!

gawadáʔ kónd ge

the hill of the house of Mango

tloomaár dóʔ Mango

are they not there of that place?

kahhiyáʔ ar didáʔeê

I went to go see them recently (lit. today)

aní ina artaʔ áw lege bilí

right

hayya baabá

I saw it with my own eyes

aní ilaʔéʔ ina daqáw

I went to visit those hills

tloomiʔidáʔ ina artaʔáw

you hadn't seen it before?

geera aga andikeê

the bracelets are on top of each other

qutúr tina tsaʕtsaʕán

exactly

hayya baabá

hey - since the Germans were still here

aso muukú imir Jerman iwa kahhatitiyíʔ

okay, here it is finished

hayya disí iwa buʔuút

the person who intervened between the people and the Maasai, the person was called Gootí Hilay

heé muu ngwa harʔoh Duwanqeedee hee ta báy Gootí Hiláy

the father of that old woman of the house of Gadiyeéd of the house og Qandiyo

baabó aamarqáʔ ar dóʔ Gadiyeedó Qandiyo

To'á

Toʔá

[affirmative]

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he would intercede for people

muu ngun harʔoh

how did he intercede for people, he said people have been killed

muu gár ngur harʔohi ina oóʔ muu kwa faák

so a calf was gotten and was brought to the house of Qutadu

karra dama kay sláy kay huúw ay dóʔ Qutadu i alé

that one who this fire of the spear was sought for by so-and-so

kodáʔ aáng ta asltí lawalaari leehh nee isowí

by Qutadu

neer Qutadu

bythat so-and-so, by Baqayo, by Ganay

nee isowí nee Baqayo nee Ganay

by Ganay

nee Ganay

the one who fetched fire the fire which destroyed the Datooga

kodáʔ ta asltá ileéhh asltá i Taraár faki

thatire which was brought by Ganay was killed by Goti

asltadáʔ ta leéhh nee Ganay kana gasár áy nee Gootí

of the house of the house of Qutadu he searched

ar do ta do Qutadu i leéhh

yes, it was destroyed by Goti then

mm kana gasár áy nee Gootí alkwi

so a calf was then brought by Goti

karra dama kay huúw nee Gootí

the Gorwaa were finished

Goraa ka faák

so the Gorwaa were finished, so Goti Hilay brought a calf

Goraa karra ka faák karra Gootí Hiláy baabá dama ngay huúw

then the Maasai returned to their place

alkwí Duwanqeéd ire kiíʕ ay kitaangw i alé

because insects - boy! you are young

asma xuuxú gárma kuúng tu niinaw

in the past, he looked for the spear of the clan of Haymú

lawalaár aáng ar dóʔ ar ayá Haymú nga leéhh

firstly, Haymú's spear was made - one, see?

lawalaár Haymú a tleéhh ar kwanza wák ari

it is one

a wák

it killed people

muu nguna ʕáy

and that spear wasn't ritually purified

aluwo lawalaadáʔ ka tseʔeesikáng

it arrived here it was brought about then Ganay joined here [unsure of translation here]

kana dalaáʕ ay baraka kanar hiʔimamiít aluwo Ganay ngina afa-qaás

of Masiroy, this is the reason they were beaten

oo Masiroy an gár muu kus laleé

because his child was killed

asma naʕayós ka faák

because hiboys were slaughtered

asma daaqayós tsár kwa tsuúʕ

have you heard?

aga axasî

I have heard

aga axaás

okay

hayya

then he interceded with a

aluwo har-ohee muu bar adór gidabá hooyoot

the person who did it is Gotí Hilay

heé ngwa tleehh a Gootí Hiláy

he went to the house of Qutadu

ina doʔ oo Qutadu káy

he went to the house of Qutadu, he brought a calf

ina dóʔ Qutadu kay dama ngina huúw

he said - hey, the people have been finished

ina oóʔ karra muu kwa faák

he would intercede

in har-ohay

and so those few people (left) there the white people came, the government came

karr aluwo peeraydáʔ dirí i kón Masong na hardáh serkaari na dát

an so people were free

alkwí ari muu ina huru tlehhiít

yes, and then?

mmhmm alafu

and now, how did Gorwaaland begin? how were farmed crops gotten?

alkwí yaamú Gorwaa idór ngire ansiím moroʔó doosla oo ʕayma idór kure sláy

that place is here, isn't it?

didáʔ an dirí bere

these people

muukí

these people called Gorwaa

muukí ta bay Gorwaa