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yes I tell birth 'the waters'

haʔĩh yɛʔ cɔl lɛh snrɔh jacpah

'the waters' look at 'the waters'

cpah ʔɛl cpah

she'll tell

jaʔoʔ cɔl

I tell you like it is 'the waters'

bəh yɛʔ cɔl btol lɛh cpah

after 'the waters' comes blood

lpas cpah darah

blood

darah

blood after the blood comes its body its body comes down

bəh darah lpas darah jaley ʔoʔ ʔoʔ gɨs ley ʔoʔ bəh

look that way

caʔɛl baʔaniʔ

yes then like this

haʔĩh japnʔə̃h

it comes down ****

ʔoʔ gɨs bʔuyih ****

yes it comes down there like this it comes out like this

haʔĩh ʔoʔ gɨs bʔuyih pnʔə̃h ʔoʔ srilɔm pnʔə̃h

birth

snrɔh

birth yes it comes out like this

snrɔh lɛh ʔoʔ srilɔm pnʔə̃h

after that the water breaks after the waters there's blood after blood its body comes down its body goes down

jalpas ton jaʔoʔ wet cpah lpas cpah jadarah lpas darah jaʔoʔ gɨs ley ʔoʔ bəh ʔoʔ turun ley ʔoʔ bʔuyih

the body

ley lɛh

****

****

after that they cut off like this

jalpas ton jagin kɛc lɛh pnʔə̃h

after that they cut off

jajalpas ton jagin kɛc

they cut off the umbilical cord its umbilical cord they cut it then they put away the placenta they dig they bury it in the ground

gin kɛc sək ʔoʔ sək ʔoʔ ton gin kɛc jagin boh lɛh sɔm ʔoʔ ton gin bay gin bay bateʔ bəəəh

the umbilical cord

sək ʔoʔ

like I told you ****

kyɛʔ cɔl kmɔh ʔnɛʔ

**** Jahai true Jahai

tnɛʔ lɛh jahay jahay yaŋ kbtol

yes true Jahai **** I told you ****

haʔĩh jahay btol lɛh tnɛʔ yɛʔ cɔl mɔh ʔnɛʔ

after that "don't massage!"

lpas ton jaʔakɛt crɔm

"massage it to the ground the water has broken"

crɔm ʔoʔ bateʔ jaweʔ kacpah ʔũn

like this

pnʔə̃h lɛh

then they massage like this

jagin crɔm pnʔə̃h

like this they massage like this and like this

pnʔə̃h gin crɔm pnʔə̃h pnʔə̃h

then the water breaks after it breaks the body comes

jaʔoʔ gɨs cpah ʔoʔ lpas cpah jaley ʔoʔ

then it falls to the ground and cries

jaʔoʔ ʔoʔ tbəl bateʔ ja

****

****

"take the placenta and cut it off the umbilical cord!"

ʔaŋkit jakɛc sɔm ʔoʔ tũn sək ʔoʔ

then I bathe it like this "take it!"

jayɛʔ piʔnay pnʔə̃h ʔaŋkit

what will you **** we cut off that umbilical cord

bəəh mamɛy mɔh yakdɨh **** jahay pɛ̃h kɛc sək ʔoʔ tũn

we bury the placenta

yapɛ̃h bay lɛh sɔm ʔoʔ

we Jahai

bəəh dyapɛ̃h jrahay

then pressing its navel

jadut ʔoʔ tnkɛn

then we press its navel

jadut ʔoʔ pɛ̃h tkɛn

then like this

japnʔə̃h

heat it in the fire then press we heat it in the fire and then we press like this there so you'll know

pʔɔŋ kʔɔs tũn jatkɛn yapɛ̃h pʔɔŋ kʔɔs yapɛ̃h tkɛn pnʔə̃h ton mɔh yaʔtʔet bahaʔ lɛh

this one

ʔoʔ tə̃h

yes the thumb the thumb like this press like this

haʔĩh taboʔ taboʔ pnʔə̃h tkɛn pnʔə̃h

it'll retract

wajlhuŋ

the navel will retract

wajlhuŋ dut ʔoʔ

yes

haʔĩh

its navel will retract

wawajlhuŋ dut ʔoʔ tə̃h lɛh

yes

haʔĩh

then you'll she'll press

jamɔh yawatkɛn

the woman will press

baboʔ watkɛn

yes

haʔĩh

look look the two women [I just told you about] once the child comes out they press like this look

caʔɛl ʔɛl wih kbaboʔ kaʔũn pon tbəl ʔanɛk jatkɛn pnʔə̃h ʔɛl

it'll go into the navel

ʔoʔ wabləh badut ʔoʔ tə̃h lɛh

squeeze the breast like this first

cpĩt ʔɛ̃m pnʔə̃h sʔoʔ

yes squeeze the breast like this then press like this there that's the Jahai way

haʔĩh cpĩt ʔɛ̃m pnʔə̃h jatkɛn pnʔə̃h ton djahay əəə

she squeezes the breast first colostrum

ʔoʔ cpĩt ʔɛ̃m sʔoʔ cboh cboh ʔɛ̃m

yes

haʔĩh

after that she

jalpas ton ʔoʔ

then the navel will retract

baruʔ ʔoʔ lɛh jlhuŋ bəh dut ʔoʔ

****

bəəh

it drinks of course

ʔoʔ ʔɛ̃m lɛh

it drinks of course it drinks

ʔoʔ ʔɛ̃m lɛh ʔoʔ ʔɛ̃m

like this look

hə̃h pnʔə̃h ʔɛl

yes suckle this breast here my breast here I squeeze first like this ****

haʔɨʔ məm ʔɛ̃m ktə̃h ʔɛ̃m yɛʔ tə̃h yɛʔ cpĩt sʔoʔ pnʔə̃h batɛŋ

she squeezes first

ʔoʔ cpĩt sʔoʔ

****

batɛŋ

**** comes out

cbɨr batɛŋ

****

****

then I squeeze the other breast ****

jayɛʔ cpĩt dʔnaŋ jaʔɛ̃m **** jabraʔ

that's the true Jahai way you'll know

ton lɛh ljahay btol mɔh yaʔtʔet

****

tnɛʔ lɛh

what?

hah

****

jajatnɛʔ lɛh

then there's no more

jabraʔ lɛh

then there's no more then I carry the child

jabraʔ lɛh jayɛʔ baʔ

then she carries the child

**** jaʔoʔ baʔ lɛh

I carry the child then I bathe it we walk

yɛʔ baʔ jayɛʔ piʔnay yapɛ̃h cɨp

every now and then

tyaptyap lɛh

yes every now and then I bathe it every now and then I bathe it then

haʔĩh tyaptyap yɛʔ piʔnay tyaptyap yɛʔ piʔnay ja

until it gets older

baruʔ baruʔ ʔoʔ bakɛs