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right here, eh?

zä zəf ʔa.hə

okay

?o.kay

like this

ni.ma fof

when they came for headhunting

ʔe.bar rə.thə thwa.ni.ya.kəm

those men

ka.be

from the kanum

zə.ba kon.do.ma.rin

or suki

ʔo su.ki

wiram

wi.ram

when nightfall came

zə.bär fə.thə zu.fo.gwə.rəm

there are two (things)

ʔe.da ʔe.rən

the bamboo container

na.bi dra.ri

they made a hole in the bamboo container

na.bi dra.ri yə.fö zwa.fi.yo.kwə.rə.məth

o

ʔo

the daräbü container

da.rä.bü

this dräbü (container) is for drinking

da.rä.bü ʔa.ne no yo.na.si.ma rä

it is for water

ya.wi ʔe.rä no ya.wi

they were holding this one

wa.ti ʔa.ne zu.fath.wə.rə.məth fof

on the side of the house or on the side of the village

mənz thar.tha.ren kar thar.tha.ren

they were blowing in there

fo.ba zuf.sə.gwə.rə.məth fof

"fo fo fo"

fo fo fo

then the people in the village said: "ah, the bird is shouting."

wa.ti kar ka.be.nəm ni.ma thwa.rä.rəm ʔa.hə yə.məd ya.nor

the people went to sleep without fear

wa.ti wə.tri.mär kwam.nze.ra.kwə.rə.məth

but while they fell asleep

fi ma.ne.me kwam.nze.ra.kwə.rə.məth

well, their

wa.ti na.fa.ne

scouts, really those scouts were blocking it off

sri.ma bä.ne ka.be fof sri.ma ka.be bä.ne zu.kər.kwə.rə.məth

the village

kar fof

later when they appeared

wa.ti thər.ma fə.thə thwä.tho.rəm

to kill (them)

za.nər

they (people) must have been surprised, but it was too late.

zü.ni.zü.ni kə.ma nə thu.fath.wə.rə.məth wa.tik.thə.mär

they already broke the necks

mor thu.gar.wə.rə.məth

they left only the bodies behind

ʔe.kri.nzo thu.ga.thi.kwə.rə.məth

they put only the heads in the bag

ʔe.bar.nzo thor.si ya.ren

in the kumda bag and off they went

kum.dan buai

they returned to the village

kar.fo kwa.bri.gwə.rə.məth

so that is how they played with the owl

wa.ti yə.mä.mü.me ni.ma.me fof kwa.bor.wə.rə.məth

but this one ... the zaru fruit ...

fi bä.ne za.ru ya.wi

they one which they call zaru fruit

za.ru ya.wi ma.ne yə.ko.nzə.rəth

(they did) the same thing also

ni.mä.wä we fof

others played with the zaru fruit. they cracked this fruit. *crack

nä.bu.nə za.ru ya.wi.me kwa.bor.wə.rə.məth ya.wi ʔa.ne fof thu.wä.nzə.rə.məth tä

this (sounds like) as if the dogs crunch the bones over there

ŋa.tha fä mon kam ya.na.thər

the wallaby bones

tau.ri kam

(they said) "the dogs are eating the wallaby bone. they are there."

ŋa.thay.ʔə tau.ri kam ya.na.thə.rəth fo.bo ʔe.rä

no, but it was people

ke.ke fi ka.be thəf.rä.rəm

they were waiting until they were fast asleep, then

kwa.mo.ne.gwə.rə.məth ʔe ʔet.fəth kwo.si thəf.rä.rəm wa.ti

then they are really coming

kwot ben.rä fof

(there was) no escape, they closed (the village) up

tə.təw zwer.mä.nəth

they killed them there

wa.ti fo.bo thuf.nzə.rə.məth

it was like this (before)

wa.ti ni.ma.me zəf.rä.rəm bə.rä

then they returned with the heads

wa.ti fi ʔe.bar.ka.rä kwa.bri.gwə.rə.məth

how many (survived)? maybe two or three? they ran away

rə.nzam ʔe.da ʔo ʔe.tha fi kwa.ma.thəth

if no one (survived), then they were all gone

fə.thə ke.ke wa.ti bra fe.fe

so they did it like the owls and another way was like the wallaby bones.

wa.ti yə.mä.mü.tha.tha nä bä.ne nä ʔa.ne fof zəf.rä.rə.məth nä tau.ri kam.tha.tha ʔa.ne fof

they broke the zaru fruit

za.ru ya.wi su.wä.nzə.rə.məth

or the coconut shell, as if the dogs were eating the coconut shell

ʔo ŋa.zi tä.tü kə.ma ŋa.thay.ʔə ŋa.zi zwa.na.thə.rə.məth

with this one the were making a banging sound "tä

fi ʔa.ne bä.ne.me kwa.fa.si.nzə.rə.məth tä

(and they said:) "oh, the dogs are cracking the coconut shell. You go to sleep without fear."

ʔo ŋa.thay.ʔə ŋa.zi tä.tü wä.na.thə.rəth wə.tri.mär käm.nze.re

but it was really people

fi ka.be ʔa.ne fof thəf.rä.rəm

one guy was shoot in gunana during that time

nä zə.bo gu.na.nan ni.ma ba.fen sam.gath

from the kanum

zə.ba kon.do.ma.rin

he was a scout

sri.ma ka.be

from our farem people

nzen.me fa.re.ma

on the slope, he was breaking the zaru fruit

mär.mä.ren za.ru thu.wä.nzə.rəm

they were sneaking up on him and

ya.fäk.nzath ʔe

they said: "no, this is a man."

ni.ma ʔa.ne ke.ke ka.be yə

he was really hiding and

bä kwot kwa.rif.thə.zə.rəm ʔa

while he was there

ba.fen fof səf.rä.rəm

he was really breaking them

bä.ne thu.wä.nzə.rəm fof

all that breaking noise was closing up his ears

zar.fa sur.män.wə.rəm ʔa.ne wä.sif.nzo

with the arrow (they shot at him)

ke.rä.fi

he shouted out and ran off

yao.ba so.ba.nim ya.kä.sü

he got on a canoe and left

gar.da.fo rə.raw

like this they went

ni.ma fe.rä.ro

but where they shoot (or missed)

fi mä zärzirakoth

we don't know. they only found a short bit of the pitpit

ni mi.ya.mər wa.ti fi fäw tənz fə.thə sa.fa.fath

they tried to run and tried to catch him. but no. they got away before with the canoe

bo.bo kə.ma ŋa.kwir.wath bä kə.ma ya.thrä.kwath ke.ke fi zöb.thə zə ʔe.rä.ra.ko gar.da.me

nothing

ma.tak

they said: "oh, just the bubbles are left."

ʔe ni.ma oh no zər sam.nzo rä

he went by already

zə zä.rit

okay, there is this one

wa.ti bä ma.ne rä

really in the curves (of the river)

kanz.ka.nzen fof

they dug this one

ʔa.ne fof wə.tha.ri.nzath fof

(the river) is meandering there, like this

tə.kwi tə.kwi ni.ma rä ʔe ni.ma

they made a shortcut. they had dug it here

wa.ti tənz wä.fi.yo.kwath zä wə.tha.ri.nzath

later the stream widened it

wa.tik tru.truf ʔa.ne fof za.thər.fa.ko

today that boat came from there

wa.tik ze.na ʔa.ne gar.da fä fof ŋan.kwi.rəm

the boat which has just passed by here

ze.na gar.da zä ma.ne nə.ŋa.kwir

this is from that back then, from the digging

fə.thə tha.ma.ne tha.ri.si.ma ʔa.ne fof rä

okay

wa.ti

thank you

ʔe.so ka.far

the small story is finished

tri.ka.si fäth fof zä.bəth