Spoken Language and Text Corpora
This is the story about the Kokovasi
Dimban Suga
Kokovasi |
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The Kokovasi |
Ge yaketa Kokovasi gym, |
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You see it here, Kokovasi, |
bä gym, binga nanotan. |
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it calls from the barren place. |
Binga nanotan ah... |
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It calls from the barren place.... |
bä ymn e~ |
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There it is~ |
gea notamn e~ |
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when it's calling out~ |
kewonga wái bä yutan wái |
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once finished it will move on again. |
Wái bä yman e~. ämb wnan wái bä naviyot |
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It will go again and sit on another tree |
de fan kndekndeyan fiviyan wái bä nuavot. |
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and call again in the open savannah. |
fanan e noavt e |
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At the savannah it calls out~ |
eiyaret e |
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You hear it's many calls, |
är gea yngm, bä tiyarenga "Oh Kokovasi notn." |
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if a person will go s/he hears the Kokovasi crying. |
Fanan notan. |
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It calls out in the savannah. |
wái gea nangota, bingan gea notna |
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if it again returns to the barren place, |
ärm bä tierenga oh kokovasi bingan notan |
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a person will hear it, "Oh Kokovasi is calling in the barren place!" |
är gea kt wei-weiam bä yramet, |
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if a person will be there he will be sad |
a nawavarot |
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and recall |
Kokovasi denamn bä ym. |
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Kokovasi is like this |
Kokovasi wái ge ymn, |
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Kokovasi is always |
är gea kawaldanga. |
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if a person dies |
dandai |
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a long time ago |
giya kawalndanga |
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If dead |
bä yngm ynama är kuwanunga |
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the person will go towards |
a yngm yna wakeht |
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this way to see |
yande mna srvav giya yaketa |
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he will see his place |
yna Kokovasi giym |
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This Kokovasi, you see... |
kt ä nowavt. |
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it will call there. |
yna är ah ymron mnamn |
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(the Kokovasi is) angry at the person because |
bä ynama narend ei |
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he's wandered this way |
ka nawalndai yna är |
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where this person died |
fronde gs tmaro |
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he being the dead person |
gn nawalndai foyo bäbä noavot ynamn. |
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it is calling because he's dead. |
yna är ah ymron yna kokovasi ym. |
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Kokovasi is angry with this person. |
This is the story about the Kokovasi