Interlinear glossed text 34_Matrilineal_Explanation Recording date 2012-04-23 Speaker age 54 Speaker sex m Text genre traditional narrative Extended corpus no
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kakynthai k a k n= t_h a i Translation ` Why do we give our titles to the female .' Audio play audio
Translation `give them to clans, they said .' Audio play audio
Translation ` give clans to the female.' Audio play audio
kajingyatoh k a dZ i N j a t O ? ka= jing- yatoh F= ab.NMZ- relations
Translation ` happens to belong with this giving clan to the female .' Audio play audio
Translation ` when i explain here i am not.. saying that I'm there since that time .' Audio play audio
Translation ` happens from half of the generation of our elders .' Audio play audio
Translation ` from generation to generation to generation .' Audio play audio
kapyrthai k a p r= t_h a i Translation ` then lets say we don't know how many thousand years the elders have been on this earth, we don't know .' Audio play audio
Translation ` happens according to what we know before, so happens, that to us the children seven huts seven straw also give clans to the father before .' Audio play audio
Translation `so what happens, this giving of clans to the mother, at the time of life, to us people also we were like animals .' Audio play audio
sñiawthooh s J ia w t_h o ? Translation ` happens that we don't understand, only the rules of God who holds us a little bit .' Audio play audio
upynchitom u p n= tS i t O m u= pyn- chitom NF= CAUS- fever
Translation ` the rules of government to hold and to punish on the earth is not there .' Audio play audio
kithmawait k i t_h m a w a t_d Translation ` so still many wars (by sword), that fight, i heard, they said still fighting with sword, with shield, arrow and bow they fight .' Audio play audio
Translation ` still continue fightin war from one country to another country, between one king and another king .' Audio play audio
jingsynchar dZ i N s n= tS a r Translation ` before, so we first got the ruling of the king .' Audio play audio
ithmawait i t_h m a w a t_d Translation ` so at that time, if i like the kingdom of another king, then we fight battle with swords .' Audio play audio
kajaitbru k a dZ a t b r u Translation ` so there is one story the elders used to tell, during that time another tribe came to fight with our tribe .' Audio play audio
Translation ` then at that time, when they came for battle, many of the people die, the community of our children of 7 hut 7 straw .' Audio play audio
kikynthai k i k n= t_h a i Translation ` so at that time, so these women...' Audio play audio
Translation ` when they (the other tribes) reached, when they say they die, it's ok to advance to the village, at the advance to finish it completely in the village.' Audio play audio
kikynthai k i k n= t_h a i Translation ` when reaching the village, then the women came out with male dress .' Audio play audio
Translation ` wearing male dress, at the time they (the other tribe) said 'dæ, at home they have so many more than this (the field).' Audio play audio
pyrchah p r= tS a ? pyn- chah CAUS- suffer;allow
Translation ` at that time then they run away, these enemies... God also give that this clan will never dissolve, so they are afraid .' Audio play audio
upyrchang u p r= tS a N u= pyn- chang NF= CAUS- basket
Translation ` so they, let's say that the fighters the enemy are trying to fight as much as they can (according to their power).' Audio play audio
ijingngooh i dZ i N N o ? i= jing- ngooh N= ab.NMZ- blessing;thanks
Translation ` in between the prayer to God, after that then, (they) get to remain to stay, those people who didn't die .' Audio play audio
kikynthai k i k n= t_h a i Translation ` so they just say, when the vanguard of the army came back to their land 'dæ if you women weren't here our tribe is gone.' Audio play audio
Translation ` so from then, for this giving clan, the family business we get, is to hand over to the female .' Audio play audio
Translation ` from that time, according to what i know from the elder's story, it became like that .' Audio play audio
Translation ` so let's say if there is any mistake or incorrect matter (lait), then you must listen what happens or not happens .' Audio play audio
kakynthai k a k n= t_h a i Translation ` according to me, i feel that this is the reason it remains until now, then it remains in the mother's, the female's clan .' Audio play audio
Translation ` according to me many times, now we stay, we don't say, we male don't have house .' Audio play audio
Translation ` at our children's house we call it 'yung khon', at our family/clan house we call it 'yung bei', as for me, i don't have my own house-share .' Audio play audio
Translation ` at my children's house also it's ok, at my mother's house it's also ok .' Audio play audio
Translation ` so at my clan house i am the elder uncle, at my children's house i am just a father, at home .' Audio play audio
Translation ` so this is the way of the tradition, that still remains, still stays in the traditional religion, old religion .' Audio play audio
Translation ` so we to finish the religious (rituals), we the elder.uncles only can complete the rituals in the family, in all ways to.do .' Audio play audio
heipyrtuit h e p r= t u t kikynthai k i k n= t_h a i Translation ` so happens we the (kñi) are those who take care of the gods, the homes, the family, the clans, for those rights, let's say the paddy fields, gardens, that remain, we keep it in the name of the women Audio play audio
kichynrang k i tS n= r a N Translation ` we don't give it in the name of the males .' Audio play audio
Translation ` so only that i can say to explain about that .' Audio play audio
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