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ho myanbo harlitola tani
 
and Miyani-spe. run-v.-p.t.-dur. Tani
 
anyi myimpujao mpyo lo elala
 
two complete poison arrow inst. shoot-dur.
 
exbt pibi pca mi ila
 
shoot-v.-cer.-p.t. Pibi Picha acc. shoot-dur.
 
nyanyo pada pabast pibi
 
honey cut-v. cut-v.-p.t. Pibi
 
nyanyo ubu mi kakilalola o
 
honey hole acc. see-v.-dur. I
 
inso hok nyanyo ladodu hla
 
there abl. honey take-v. quo.
 
lukotpca ubo ho nyanyo
 
say-v.-p.t. Picha hole loc. honey
 
dt pca ka nyanyo dyam
 
eat-p.t. Picha gen. honey eat-v.-nom.
 
ho pibi ubu mi papi kopi´tela
 
loc. Pibi hole acc. pieces of wood close-v.-dur.
 
ileku
 
go-v.-asp.
Free Translation
The Talent of Abotani and Burupicha
Long ago there lived a talented man named Abotani and another yes-man named Burupicha. Both of them used to go to forest for collecting firewood and for hunting. One day Abotani went in advance and took the rats and birds that were lying in Picha’s trap. Then Tani himself, became a bird and was lying in that trap. Picha put it  in his ‘ciba’ (bag) and returned home. He was about to burn the bird along with the ‘ciba’. Then, Tani who was in disguise as a bird said,
‘hallo! Picha, don’t burn me’
‘I thought that it is a bird. Is that you Pibi’ said Picha. He threw the ‘ciba’ out and Pibi flew away and sat on a pillar of verandah. Picha cut that pillar on which Pibi was sitting and chased Pibi.
Another day they were sitting together. Pibi said, ‘let us kill our family members’
‘Okay’ replied Picha.
Pibi killed a male dog and dragged along the floor of the house. The blood spread everywhere inside the house. Picha went and killed all his family members as agreed.
Then, Tani came and suggested ‘let us pestle the paddy today. Picha agreed to it.
He went and started pestling the paddy. Meanwhile Tani pestled the paddy along with his family members and Picha heard the sound of colliding the pestles.
‘Hallo! Tani tell me how do you pestle’ Picha enquired.
‘I pestle puting one pestle each in between
 

 

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