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long ago, our ancestors

za.fö.wä nzen.me ba.da

this is how they tied the bowstring

ni.ma.me zəf ŋa.tər thur.zi.ra.kwə.rə.məth

we are following that until now

wa.tik ni ʔa.ne wän.bra.gwre ze.na.tha.mar

this our old way that is coming

nzen.me za.fe yam za.ne wən.rä

this is another way of tying

nä rə.zi.rak.si za.ne rä

how we tie a big bow

ka.far na.bi mon.me ʔer.zi.ra.kwre

and there is another one

fi nä bə.rä

there are three types

ʔe.tha.wä type bä.ne ʔe.rä

to tie the bow

rə.zi.rak.si ŋa.tər

so

so

the fathers are our ancestors. they taught this to us. they (ancestors) taught the fathers

ŋaf.yə nzen.me ba.da be.re.ra.ko na.fa ni.ma.me zəf nzwan.rə.kä.mi.nzə.rə.məth ŋaf.yə.nəm ʔän.rə.kä.mi.nzath

and the fathers taught us again

we ŋaf.yə nze.nəm nar.kä.mi.nzath

and we teach it to the children again

we ni.nə we na.gay.nəm ʔär.kä.mi.nzre fof

this tying of the bowstring. we just follow this (goes on and on)

za.ne ŋa.tər rə.zi.rak.si wa.ti ni.ma.fə kom.nzo ŋabragwroth ʔa.ne fof

thanks

ʔe.so

we try it outselves. we saw how our fathers tied the bowstring

ni ŋat.ne.zre ŋaf.yə thu.mar.wə.rə.me ŋa.tər mon.me thur.zi.ra.kwə.rə.məth

we carried that knowledge from there

wa.ti ni fo.ba mi.ya.tha zu.zä.nzə.rə.me fof

now we are here doing this

za.ne.mər ze.na zən.rä

when it breaks, we

fə.thə krar.tə.ma.kwər we nä we

we split another bamboo and tie

nä we kwot wə.kur.wə.re wər.zi.ra.kwre

a new bowsting

zöf.tha ŋa.tər

(it will last) for a long time

ni.ma no.mair

you must watch carefully. you put the bowstring like this

kwot fə.thə zə.mar.wə ŋa.tər ni.ma zə.na.kwə bə.yə

if you move closer to the bamboo notch

nzrə.bu tə.fo zə.bo fə.thə za- zə.ko.nzə

also on the other side, then you can pull it properly

bä.ne.mər fə.thə zə.bo kra.rär we ne.ba we na.mä ma.ne.ma ka.kar.kwə

but if it is not here, it will not be good

fi zə.bo fə.thə zra.rä ke.ke kwa zra.rä na.fa.ne ŋad fə.thə sra.rä za.ne.me kwa rä

if you tie it to this here, if the string there, then the bowstring will be good

fi zə.bo.me fə.thə sra.rä na.fa.ne bä.ne ŋad fə.thə zra.rä ŋa.tər fə.thə zra.rä na.bo.nzo

but if it is from here to there

we zə.bö.wä fə.thə zran.rä bə.rä

it will be too round. if it is like this, then the bow will break

kwa ʔa.ne nər mi.nzü rä za.ne.me kwa rä na.bi krä.ga.rəf fə.thə za.ne

so that is why

so ʔa.ne.ma fof kwot

we make a mark and we estimate if it is good

mark ʔa.ne wə.rä.re zə.bo krez.ma.the wa.tik.thə.me.nzo

then we start tieing

wäth.si zreth.kä.fe fof

sometimes when you are in a rush and tie it

nä kay.ʔə fə.thə yak.yak.me ʔer.zi.ra.kwre

when we try to tie it

fə.thə nə zrärzire

so when the bowstring is on the ground, we untie it ... here

ba.den.wä ŋa.tər fə.thə za.ne.me zra.rä we kwot wə.fi.ra.kwre zə.ba

and the we move it so that it will be on the top

we kwot wzknwre bä.ne.mər war.fo.ma ma.ne.ma

the bowstring

zra.rä ŋa.tər

sometimes when it is here, we tie it again

we nä kay.ʔə fə.thə zə.bo zran.rä we fə.thə zrärzire

it will be too close and too round and it will be not good

mi.nzü nər zra.rä za.ne.me kwa fə.thə zra.rä wa.tik.thə.mär wa.tik

we untie it and move it back to the mark

we kwot wə.fi.ra.kwre we kwot wə.bri.gwre mar.kə.fo fof

this is the bow tieing. it is from the very old times, from the ancestors time

ni.ma.me ŋa.tər rə.zi.rak.si nzen.me wən.rä za.fö.wä.tha.ma.ne ba.da.ba.dan.me time

from this time to the fathers until now

ʔe.foth.tha.ma.ne zə.bo.mər ŋaf.yə zə.bo.mər ze.na

we don't know when it will be abandoned

ni mi.ya.mər mä kwa kräb.thəth ma.ne

which generation will abandon it

ma.ne mər.nen kräb.thə.mo fə.thə

it is like this

ni.ma.me.nzo fof

today, as you look at me, this is how we tie the bow

ze.na bu.mar.wər ni ni.ma.me fof ŋa.tər ʔer.zi.ra.kwre fof

I twist it like this

ni.ma zwinz.gwə bə.rä

I will do this here

ni.ma fof zrä.rə bə.rä

you put it in here

wa.ti zə.bo fə.thə ni.ma zar bə.rä

like this

ni.ma

also on the other side

ne.ba we fof

until it is finished

fof zä.bəth

(like) I tied the bowstring just then

ŋa.tər fof nür.zi.ra.kwə bə.rä

the bow is there with the bowstring

na.bi bü.thən ŋa.tər.ka.rä

there are other types

nä frü.mö.wä rä

Let me see your type, how it is

ben.me kwa thra.ma.rə mon.me rä

what type it is

ma.ne mon.me type rä

you will bring it

kwa zan.thor

it is the same size (like this one)

ni.ma si.ze.wä we zəf.rä

they are just the same

nä.bi wo.kuth.nzo ʔe.rən

thanks

ʔe.so