tci20120827a-03

good morning

na.bon ʔe.zi

I start another story

nä zo.kwa.si we zath.kä.fə

about bres

bre.sa.ne.ma

okay, bres was living in yirko

?o.kay bres bä swam.nzə.rəm yir.kon

he had two wifes

ʔe.dä.wä ŋa.ri swa.rä.rəm

one was from kanfok and the other was from masu

nä kan.fok.ma nä ma.su.ma

okay, those two women had no children

?o.kay ʔa.ne ŋa.ri ma.ne thə.fər.nəm nə.ge ma.tak

okay, bres

?o.kay bres ma.ne

as for bres

səf.rä.rəm bä.ne

he was a hunter

fi.yaf ka.be ya.ra

a night hunter

fa.ra ka.be ya.ra

he was going this way

ni.ma sə.fi.ya.kəm

to kwonä trkr

bä.ne kwo.nä.tər.kər

to dbäwth

də.bä.wəth

okay, there was a nzürna living there

?o.kay nzür.na ŋa.re fä fof zwam.nzə.rəm

in dbäwth

də.bäw.then

okay, one day

?o.kay nä kay

he had a

bä.ne swa.rä.rəm

trap

kut

with a bamboo string

ŋa.tər

he was going in the morning. he got wallaby and pigs out of the trap.

ʔe.zi sə.fi.ya.kəm ʔa.ne thun.fi.ra.kwə.rəm tau.rir ru.ga

cassowary

yem

he carried them over there

thu.nzä.nzə.rəm bo.bo fof

to the house

mənz.fo

they cooked them in the oven

ka.ro.me thur.za.thə.rə.məth

the two wifes (did that)

ʔe.da.wä ŋa.ri.yä

okay, one day

?o.kay nä kay.ʔə

all the farem got up and went for a dance

fa.rem bra.mö.wä za.ne thä.ku.ka wa.thər ʔe.ya.ka ni.ma

to kanfok

kan.fok

it was a nzürna dance

nzür.na wath ya.ra

bres' wifes went

bre.sa.ne ŋa.ri ma.ne ʔer.na.ka

they followed to that dancing place

ʔa.ne wath zən.fo za.bra.math

okay, they left those two. bres and

?o.kay thə.ga.thi.fay bres

the old woman

ʔau.si

the women left. in the morning he left to see the trap.

ŋa.ri.yey za.fa.ray ʔe.zi fi ze.fa.ra ŋa.tər sir

he took the wallaby out of the trap

ʔe.fi.ra.kwra tau.ri

deer

ru.sa

pig

rug

then

wa.ti

he started the oven

ka.ro zath.kä.fath

he piled the wood

tho.mon.si fof

he made the oven in dbäwth

ka.ro wä.fi.yo.kwər də.bäw.then

he was over there

fä səf.rä.rəm

he was singeing off the hair

wa.ti thu.frä.nzə.rəm

this is when the nzürna arrived

nzür.na ŋa.ri fə.thə zan.tho.ra

she started shouting "my child, what are you doing?"

zan.rə.na nzo.ne nə.ge ra.nzo ʔä.fi.yo.kwər

bres saw her and said "Hey

ni.ma bre.səf za.ma.ra ʔe

my mother told me about this one.

ŋa.mi.yo nan.ma nəf kwa.na.fər

about this nzürna who is

za.ne.ma fof nzür.na ŋa.ri zä

moving around here.

ŋam.rä.nzər

"you be careful!"

kwot ka.mo.ne.gwə

this is what she told me."

za.ne kwa.ko.nzər zəf

he told her "you take the intestines!

za.ko.ra wəth ʔa.ne thä.thor

wash them in the water!"

thän.may.ʔuf no.fo

she carried all. she held them all

fi ma.ne ezänza ʔa.ne the.fa.fa bra.mö.wä

in the water

no zən.fo

as if the stream taking them off her, she was eating those (intestines) one raw

kə.ma tru.truf zu.kar.kwə.rəm ʔa.ne fof thwa.na.thə.rəm tər.tha

she swallowed them down

kwaf.yu.nzə.rəm

from there she shouted "bres

fo.ba wän.no.ra bres

come run

kan.math

the current is taking these"

tru.truf nof ze.zä.nzər bä.ne

he ran after them. but no

bres ni.ma ŋan.kwir ke.ke

nothing

ma.tak

he thought "she has just eaten them"

fam zä.ra ʔe zə nzä.na.thər

bad thoughts were coming up in him

bres ga.tha fam

they are closing the oven

ka.ro wər.zöb.nəth

they did it (oven). the threw them (the little wood pieces that are still burning). the closed the wallaby (meat)

wər.na.kəy ŋar.za.kəy tau.ri ʔa.ne ʔer.zöb.na.kəy

okay

?o.kay

the nzürna told him

nzür.na ŋa.ri fi sa.ko.ra

"I will pick out your lice"

bä.ne.mər kwa nə.ka.si.nzə ya.mər

she was looking for lice and bres fell alseep

ya.mər bres kräm.nzer

she was holding him here. she tried to take out his eyeballs

zä kwan.fath.wə.rəm si mä.trak.sir nə səf.rä.rəm

the nzürna was starting to kill him

za.nər sath.kä.fa nzür.na ŋa.ref

to eat him really

da.go.nər fof

"old woman, what are you doing this for?" "no, here are the lice in your eyes"

ʔa.hə ʔau.si ni.ma rer ŋa.fi.yo.kwər ke.ke yam zə.bo ʔe.rä sin

then

wa.tik

he told her:

za.ko.ra

"you go. fetch water for me from dbäwth

ni.ma kä.thəf no kwan.rin də.bä.wəth

smash the bamboo."

mə.rab fa.fəy sa.tra.ku.məth

"okay, then I will (know) that the old woman is really there."

?o.kay nze.fə ka krä.rə ʔau.si bä fof rä

as she went, she hid at the tree

fi ma.ne wi.ya.ka wäm.nen zär.be.tha

she leaned (on the tree)

zä.mo.ra

she filled the piss for him (in the bamboo container)

yir ya.ri.na.kwər

urine water

yir no

she brought it for him "here is it"

ya.nzä.nzər fo.bo zə.rä

he smelled it and said "no"

ni.ma za.kum.tha ke.ke

"ausi, you just filled it with piss"

ʔau.si yir be.fä nan nzü.ri.na.kwər

"go again there and smash the bamboo"

kwot gə.ni.ya.ka bo.bo mə.rab bä za.tra.ku.məth

oh

oh

then, she set off and there she really smashed it

wa.ti ʔau.si ze.fa.ra mə.rab bä fof za.tra.kum.tha

in the head

yə.ba.ren

bres started the oven

bre.səf bä.ne ka.ro zath.kä.fa

opening it

tha.si fof

he held some of the wallaby meat. he quickly tried to wrap other pieces

tau.ri the.fa.fa nä.bun kə.ma yak.me ʔe.wä.thwa

he left some of them behind

nä ʔa.ne thä.ga.thi.fa

he ran to the house

fi za.ma.tha mənz.fo

at yirko

yir.ko

he thought of his mother, the poor, old woman

ʔau.si na.fa.ŋam ʔau.si ba.na fam wə.re.ra

as she walked

ma.ne wi.ya.ka