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Latitude

25.234

Longitude

96.9165

Start Date

2017-04-13

End Date

2017-04-13

Translation (Seng Pan) The story I am going to tell you is about a butterfly and Nambya (the animal that always lies to all the others). A long time ago, there were a butterfly and Nambya. The animal, Nambya, always lied and exploited other animals. He lied to everybody. One day, he borrowed a knife from the butterfly. Then the butterfly asked, "What will you do with the knife?" "To take out the fatty layer from the pork," Nambya answered. "What would you do with the fat?" the butterfly asked. "I will make a kind of medicine," Nambya answered. "What kind of medicine?" the butterfly asked again. However, Nambya did not answer this time. "Butterfly! Borrow a knife to me! What is it for? To take out the fat. What would you do with the pig fat? To make a medicine," Nambya said. The animal, Nambya, always lied in all conditions. There was no time Nambya did not lie. All the other animals said, "You are Nambya, aren't you? You would become Nambya." Jinghpaw people also used to say it. This is the end of the story about a butterfly and Nambya. Transcription (Htu Bu) Ya ngai hkai na gaw "Palam La Hte Nambya A Maumwi" rai nga ai. Moi shawng de da, Nambya hte Palam La nga ai da. Dai Nambya ngu ai dai wa gaw grai masu sha hkawm ai da. Kadai hpe mung masu chyu masu sha hkawm yang she, lani mi na n'htoi hta gaw, dai Palam La kaw she nhtu shap na hku rai ri nga, nhtu shap yang she shi gaw, "Nhtu hpa di na?" ngu yang she, "Wa sau shaw na." ngu da. "Wa sau shaw yang, wa sau hpa di na?" ngu jang gaw, "Tsi galaw na." ngu na, bai tsun ai da. Rai jang gaw "Hpa baw tsi galaw na?" ngu jang gaw shi gaw bai n tsun dan rai she, "Palam La e, nhkyi shap rit.", "Nhkyi hpa di?", "Wa sau shaw.", "Wa sau hpa di?", "Tsi galaw na." ngu na, Palam La hpe dai hku ngu na tsun ai da. Rai jang gaw dai Nambya ngu ai dai wa gaw lama mi rai tim masu chyu masu sha hkawm, masu chyu masu sha hkawm na, masha yawng gaw, "Yi, Nam, ", ya anhte Jinghpaw Wunpawng nkau mi pyi, "Yi, dai Nambya wa n'rai na lu. Nambya wa tai na lu." nga na hkrai tsun ai da. Palam La hte Nambya a maumwi gaw ndai kaw htum mat sai.

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