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Alright.

Bara.

My name is Ruth Iarabee.

Enaa a henanaa e Ruth Iarabee.

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I am going to tell a -

Enaa kahi vahutate nom a -

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a story about a girl whose name was Taguone.

o vahutate tea moon a henanae Taguone.

The name of this woman in this story was Taguone.

E - e - a henana moon vai teo vahutate vai e Taguone.

Now, alright,

Erau, bara,

Taguone was - was a person

e Taguone na - na aba roho

but a little - only a little thing

evehee o - a sii - o sii taba koa o sii -

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a little piece of stone.

o sii is- ta vasu.

A - a - we used it for

O - o - enam na ius ni nom ee

doing our head so that it becomes red,

tea paku a kahonam ore paa gogooravi

dye, dye (was it).

o uhu, o uhu.

Now, this woman of this house

Erau mea moon vai tea peha inu vai

had stored the lump, this little piece of stone

paa vaatii roho bono tagu, o sii kepo vasu

This--

vai o--

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because we crush (it) so that it becomes soft,

tea_tabae na siksiki nom nam ore paa muraka,

we add oil

nam paa vaatei o oil

to it, that is inside a coconut shell, and the clay,

me bona ei komana tope ae o one,

then we colour our head

erau enam paa uhu a kahonam,

so that it becomes red

ore paa gogooravi

when we, the village, have our big nights, the piuvu dances (lit. at the big days of us, the village, at the piuvu dances)

tea maa bon beera te - tenam a vaan tea maa piuvu,

the dance, the children, too, would go around in the piuvu dance,

a hagi, amaa vahara beiko mee kahi vataviri rori teo piuvu

(for) our big night, we colour it (our head).

bon beera tenam, enam paa uhu ee.

And so, it was there

Erau me a - me paa tiitii

and a woman used a little bit of clay, a lump, as dye,

mea peha moon paa uhu ni bono sii hum one o tagu

and stored (it) - on her shelf,

me paa vaatii roho tea - teo poa teve

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the place where she keeps her pots (lit. her pot keeping place)

o hum vavaatii nahu teve,

then (she) covered it in a clay pot.

erau mepaa kokopo bona bona a nahu kasuana.

Here in the Teop area, there were not these kinds of pots, the saucepans,

Ei Teapu ahiki ta kakaen nahu vai ta sosopene,

no, (there were) clay pots

ahiki, a nahu kasuana

made from clay by the woman of former times.

na pakupaku roho a - a moon vaa nabunuu bono kasuana.

The kepaa - clay pot and the big pot,

O kepaa ae a nahu a beera,

some pots were as tall as this, others were small.

amaa meha nahu na bebeahu voen, amaa meha amaa rutaa.

And the woman put the-

Mea moon paa vaakopo bono -

this lump of clay, this little piece of clay,

o - o tagu one vai sii tavasu one vai ii

under a pot.

paana nahu.

and she forgot it,

Me paa umee bona,

because the women stored it with many pots,

tea_tabae amaa moon na vaatii miri bona maa nahu amaa berobero,

big ones, pots with pork, other pots with taro,

(a)maa bebeera, amaa nahunahu guu, amaa meha nahu muu,

other little pots with fish.

amaa meha nahu iana amaa rutaa.

Then (she) did not open the other pot, the big one, it was just staying there,

Erau me paa - sa kapakapa haa bona meha nahu a beera na tiitii koa,

while the lump of clay was staying underneath, the piece of clay.

o tagu one he tea tii paana, e ta vasu one.

And (it) stayed and stayed and stayed and -

Me tei me tei me tei me tei mea –

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one - one day

a peha a - peho vuri

one day (she) asked, "what is this that rustled?"

peho vuri me paa - , "A tabae bene to karakaras?"

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(she) heard it - (she) heard it,

to baitono bona - na baitono bona

the thing was rustling

a taba na karakaras nana

(that thing) that was covered in the pot,

to kokopo nana nahu,

and (she) asked,

me paa hivi,

Hey, oh my husband, what is rustling in the

"Eh, o mutanaa, a tabae to karakaras nana tea -

that- in the- here underneath the pot? that is covered in the pot?"

tea - to - tea - eiei - paana nahu, to kokopo nana nahu?"

And so they opened it,

Erau meori paa kapa bari

but it looked like a - just a lump,

evehee na kahi potee maana bono - o tagu koa,

looked like a chicken egg.

na potee nana bono rupi toa.

(It) was going to split open.

Kahi takopaa nana.

(It )was splitting open,

Na takopaa bata maana,

while (it) was rustling.

evehee na karakaras nana.

However, later on, it would become a human being,

Eikou teo vamurinae ore paa aba,

a little human being, and they covered it again

a sii aba, meori paa kokopo vaha bari

and they waited,

meori paa tii bata,

waited, waited, but they knew,

tii bata, tii bata, ori he tea kona bata

"We must open the pot again,

"Eara toro kapa vahaa roho a nahu,

let's open the pot again,

are paa kapa vahaa a nahu,

let's see what (it is)?"

are tara a tabae?"

Then they opened the pot again a second time -

Merau meori paa kapa vaha bona nahu tea meha taem -

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an other time - and they saw the little person -

teo meho vuri - meori paa tara bona a sii aba na -

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(it) was something,

na taba bata maana,

appeared to be a person,

na a - abaaba bata maana,

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the lump - the lump of clay appeared to be a person.

o tagu - o tagu one na abaaba bata maana.

(It) looked like a - a chicken lump - chicken egg.

Na potee bata maana bono - o tagu toa - rupi toa.

They covered it again,

Meori paa vaakopo vahabana bari,

covered it again and waited, waited, waited, waited, waited

vaakopo vahabana bari me tii, tii, tii, tii, tii,

and they waited for quite a long time (lit. they went along quite far)

meori paa nanaoana vareko bata,

and they opened it again and they saw a little person

meori paa kapa haabana bari, meori paa tara bona sii aba,

a little human child.

a sii beiko aba.

Now perhaps we look at the - (lit. Now perhaps, what we look at is)

Ei kasi to tara vo raara teo -

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at the birth certificate from the maternity hospital,

teo paepa vahuhu vaa inu vahuhu,

in this book

teo buku bona

where the children are (registered), she would be like (this) perhaps.

na tii nana amaa sii beiko, paku bau vonae

This little child would perhaps have been like (this).

paku kasi roho a sii beiko vai."

Then, "Hey, hey, my man, (there is) a child for us,

Erau "He, he, hei, otei tenaa, a beiko teara,

a child has been made for us.

a beiko teara na tapaku.

The lump of clay became a child.

O taguone na paku bona beiko.

A piece of stone - clay became the child."

E ta vasu - one na paku bona beiko."

Then they covered it again.

Erau meori paa kokopo vaha bari.

They did not tell the people,

Ahiki beori suesue tea tavaan,