Betanure: The 'dead' fool

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Hezy Mutzafi	Mutzafi, Hezy. 2008. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Betanure (Province of Dihok). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.	-

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0:00	xa nāša səqle reš ʾilāna, tūle reš xa ṭāya. tūle m-ayya ʾālət ṭāya ʾu m-ʾāla xət pəšle bansāra ʾəbbe dide. pədle xa nāša xéθa-xeθ d-ó-ṭāya, gemər ṭāle yā banyadám, mnaplət! qaṭìatte ʾayya ṭāya ʾu ʾahət mnaplət. gemər si, ʾahət lewe šūlox! ʾāwa zəlle ʾu ṭāya qṭeʾle ʾu mpalle. mpalle, jrəḥle. jrəḥle ʾu pəšle b-dəmma ʾu hənna ʾu qəmle ʾraqle baθər d-ó-nāša. xa nāša səqle reš ʾilāna, tūle reš xa ṭāya. tūle m-ayya ʾālət ṭāya ʾu m-ʾāla xət pəšle bansāra ʾəbbe dide. pədle xa nāša xéθa-xeθ d-ó-ṭāya, gemər ṭāle yā banyadám, mnaplət! qaṭìatte ʾayya ṭāya ʾu ʾahət mnaplət. gemər si, ʾahət lewe šūlox! ʾāwa zəlle ʾu ṭāya qṭeʾle ʾu mpalle. mpalle, jrəḥle. jrəḥle ʾu pəšle b-dəmma ʾu hənna ʾu qəmle ʾraqle baθər d-ó-nāša.	A certain man climbed up a tree and sat on a branch. He sat on this side of the branch, and started sawing it from the other side. Another man passed by under that branch, and he says to him “Hey man, you’ll fall! If you cut this branch off you’ll fall!” He says “Go away, it’s none of your business!” He went away, and he [the man] cut the branch and fell. He fell and was injured. He was injured and was bleeding and what-do-you-call-it, and he got up and ran after that man.
	mərre ṭāle dide he, he, hmol! xāzax, māto ʾāhət ðeʾlox ʾāna mnáplena? nāwi=wat? ma=wat? mā məndi=wat? gemər ʾāna léwena nāwi, HʾaválH xzeli ṭāya qṭeʾlox, ʾu xzeli mnaplət, HʾazH mərrilox. HʾazH ʾāwa mərre ṭāle ʾāhət nawi=wat! gemər ʾāna léwena nāwi. gemər balé, ṭāle, nāwi. māθam ðeʾlox mā dāna mnaplən, pa mā dāna mmeθən? mərre ṭāle dide he, he, hmol! xāzax, māto ʾāhət ðeʾlox ʾāna mnáplena? nāwi=wat? ma=wat? mā məndi=wat? gemər ʾāna léwena nāwi, HʾaválH xzeli ṭāya qṭeʾlox, ʾu xzeli mnaplət, HʾazH mərrilox. HʾazH ʾāwa mərre ṭāle ʾāhət nawi=wat! gemər ʾāna léwena nāwi. gemər balé, ṭāle, nāwi. māθam ðeʾlox mā dāna mnaplən, pa mā dāna mmeθən?	He said to him “Hey, hey, stop! Let’s see, how did you know I would fall? Are you a prophet? What are you? What kind of man (lit. thing) are you?” He says “I’m no prophet, but I saw you cutting the branch, and realized (lit. saw) you’d fall, so I told you.” So he said to him “You are a prophet!” He says “Pm not a prophet.” He says to him “Yes you are. Since you knew what time I would fall, then in what time will I die?”
	gemər ṭāle dide kú-dān xmārox tre naqle mʿorəṭle, ʾé-dāna ʾāhət '’mmeθət. HʾazH zəlla xa tre šənne, tlāha šənne, xmāre mʾorəṭle tre naqle. gemər ʾooo! ʾāna mətlì, xalaṣ! qəmle xmāre qamšāwəqle ʾu pəšle bizāla ʾu āwa mšuṛtəḥāle gyāne reš ʾurxa ʾu pəšle tāma miθa, HkeʾilluH. HʾaH θelu ... zəllu nāše ʾu θelu nāše, qamxāzele, gəmri yā nāša, qū! ʾāhət ma-lox? gemər ṭalohun ʾāna wən miθa. gemər ṭāle dide kú-dān xmārox tre naqle mʿorəṭle, ʾé-dāna ʾāhət '’mmeθət. HʾazH zəlla xa tre šənne, tlāha šənne, xmāre mʾorəṭle tre naqle. gemər ʾooo! ʾāna mətlì, xalaṣ! qəmle xmāre qamšāwəqle ʾu pəšle bizāla ʾu āwa mšuṛtəḥāle gyāne reš ʾurxa ʾu pəšle tāma miθa, HkeʾilluH. HʾaH θelu ... zəllu nāše ʾu θelu nāše, qamxāzele, gəmri yā nāša, qū! ʾāhət ma-lox? gemər ṭalohun ʾāna wən miθa.	He says to him [mockingly] “Once your donkey farts twice, at that time you’ll die.” Some two or three years elapsed, and his donkey farted twice. He says “Oh dear! I [have] died. That’s it!” He abandoned his donkey and started walking and lay himself down on the road and remained there as if dead. So people came ... people went and people came, saw him, and they say “Hey man, get up! What’s the matter with you?” He- says lo them “I’m dead.”
	gəmri qū, ʾāhət lewət miθa! gemər balé, ʾāna wən miθa! HʾadH ʾāwa mərre ṭalohun ʾāna wən miθa, ʾu náblūli, qwárūli! gəmri ṭāle lewət miθa! yá-habibi, yá-ʿeni, qū, si! gemər la, ʾāna wən miθa. m-yomət xa nāwi pədle mən d-áx-geba ʾu mərre ṭāli yomət xmārox mʾorəṭle tre naqle, gemər, ʾó-yoma mmeθət. HʾazH gemər ʾāna xmāri mʾorəṭle tre naqle ʾu ʾayya ... ʾāna wən miθa. gəmri qū, ʾāhət lewət miθa! gemər balé, ʾāna wən miθa! HʾadH ʾāwa mərre ṭalohun ʾāna wən miθa, ʾu náblūli, qwárūli! gəmri ṭāle lewət miθa! yá-habibi, yá-ʿeni, qū, si! gemər la, ʾāna wən miθa. m-yomət xa nāwi pədle mən d-áx-geba ʾu mərre ṭāli yomət xmārox mʾorəṭle tre naqle, gemər, ʾó-yoma mmeθət. HʾazH gemər ʾāna xmāri mʾorəṭle tre naqle ʾu ʾayya ... ʾāna wən miθa.	They say “Get up, you’re not dead!” He says “Yes I am!” So he said to them “I’m dead, and take me, bury me!” They say lo him “you’re not dead! My dear sir (lit. my dear, my eye), get up and go!” He, says “No, I’m dead. Since the day a prophet passed by in this direction here and said to me ‘The day your donkey farts twice is the day you’ll die”, so he says “[Today] my donkey farted twice and this ... [now] I’m dead.”
	gbewa ʾoðiwa yārūθa ʾəbbe ʾu gaxkiwa ʾəlle, qəmlu wədlu darbaste ʾu qamdārele rəš darbaste ʾu qamnablile l-xa HkfarH, HkfarH, māθa baš-qərwa. zəllu, ṭʾelu, ṭʾelu, ʾu beθqūra lá-xzelu. gəmri ṭāle dide ʾaxxa lewax bəxzāya čú-beθqūra. HʾazH ʿjəzlu ṛāba, ʾu ṭʾelu, ṭʾelu, lá-ðeʾlu ʾeka qorile. gbewa ʾoðiwa yārūθa ʾəbbe ʾu gaxkiwa ʾəlle, qəmlu wədlu darbaste ʾu qamdārele rəš darbaste ʾu qamnablile l-xa HkfarH, HkfarH, māθa baš-qərwa. zəllu, ṭʾelu, ṭʾelu, ʾu beθqūra lá-xzelu. gəmri ṭāle dide ʾaxxa lewax bəxzāya čú-beθqūra. HʾazH ʿjəzlu ṛāba, ʾu ṭʾelu, ṭʾelu, lá-ðeʾlu ʾeka qorile.	They wanted to joke with him and laugh at him, so they made a bier and put him on it and took him along to a certain village, to the nearest village. They went and went and searched and searched, but didn’t find a cemetery. They say to him “We don’t see any cemetery here”. So they grew very tired, and they searched and searched and did not know where they could bury him.
	pθixile ʾene, xzele, gemər ʾogət wənwa bəd xāye gábena qorátūli l-dəpən bābi, kas bābi. mádʾəri l-māθa deni. HʾazH qəmlu qamməndele, gəmri qū, si! ʾšiðana=wət ʾāhət! lewət miθa, ṣáx=wat! ʾaz qəmle ... ʾāni ʿjəzlu ṛāba, dʾətlu ʾu ṃāye kwəšlu mənnohun. deʾθa. ʾu gəmri ṭāle qū si ta gyānox b-ʾurxox, si ta gyānox b-ʾurxət gyānox ʾu ... ʾaxni lá-mṣax qoraxlox b-čú-dūka. sì qwurra gyānox bə-gyanox! pθixile ʾene, xzele, gemər ʾogət wənwa bəd xāye gábena qorátūli l-dəpən bābi, kas bābi. mádʾəri l-māθa deni. HʾazH qəmlu qamməndele, gəmri qū, si! ʾšiðana=wət ʾāhət! lewət miθa, ṣáx=wat! ʾaz qəmle ... ʾāni ʿjəzlu ṛāba, dʾətlu ʾu ṃāye kwəšlu mənnohun. deʾθa. ʾu gəmri ṭāle qū si ta gyānox b-ʾurxox, si ta gyānox b-ʾurxət gyānox ʾu ... ʾaxni lá-mṣax qoraxlox b-čú-dūka. sì qwurra gyānox bə-gyanox!	He opened his eyes, looked, and he says “When I was alive I would have liked (lit. T want) you to bury me next to my father, by my father. Take me back to our village. ’ ’ So they threw him [off the bier], saying “Get up and go away! You’re mad, you are! You're not dead but alive!” So he got up ... they had grown very tired, they were perspiring and water was running down from them. Sweat. And they say to him “Get up and go on your way. Go on your way, and ... we can’t bury you anywhere. Go and bury yourself by yourself!”

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(0:00)(1)	xa nāša səqle reš ʾilāna, tūle reš xa ṭāya. tūle m-ayya ʾālət ṭāya ʾu m-ʾāla xət pəšle bansāra ʾəbbe dide. pədle xa nāša xéθa-xeθ d-ó-ṭāya, gemər ṭāle yā banyadám, mnaplət! qaṭìatte ʾayya ṭāya ʾu ʾahət mnaplət. gemər si, ʾahət lewe šūlox! ʾāwa zəlle ʾu ṭāya qṭeʾle ʾu mpalle. mpalle, jrəḥle. jrəḥle ʾu pəšle b-dəmma ʾu hənna ʾu qəmle ʾraqle baθər d-ó-nāša.
(2)	mərre ṭāle dide he, he, hmol! xāzax, māto ʾāhət ðeʾlox ʾāna mnáplena? nāwi=wat? ma=wat? mā məndi=wat? gemər ʾāna léwena nāwi, HʾaválH xzeli ṭāya qṭeʾlox, ʾu xzeli mnaplət, HʾazH mərrilox. HʾazH ʾāwa mərre ṭāle ʾāhət nawi=wat! gemər ʾāna léwena nāwi. gemər balé, ṭāle, nāwi. māθam ðeʾlox mā dāna mnaplən, pa mā dāna mmeθən?
(3)	gemər ṭāle dide kú-dān xmārox tre naqle mʿorəṭle, ʾé-dāna ʾāhət '’mmeθət. HʾazH zəlla xa tre šənne, tlāha šənne, xmāre mʾorəṭle tre naqle. gemər ʾooo! ʾāna mətlì, xalaṣ! qəmle xmāre qamšāwəqle ʾu pəšle bizāla ʾu āwa mšuṛtəḥāle gyāne reš ʾurxa ʾu pəšle tāma miθa, HkeʾilluH. HʾaH θelu ... zəllu nāše ʾu θelu nāše, qamxāzele, gəmri yā nāša, qū! ʾāhət ma-lox? gemər ṭalohun ʾāna wən miθa. 
(4)	gəmri qū, ʾāhət lewət miθa! gemər balé, ʾāna wən miθa! HʾadH ʾāwa mərre ṭalohun ʾāna wən miθa, ʾu náblūli, qwárūli! gəmri ṭāle lewət miθa! yá-habibi, yá-ʿeni, qū, si! gemər la, ʾāna wən miθa. m-yomət xa nāwi pədle mən d-áx-geba ʾu mərre ṭāli yomət xmārox mʾorəṭle tre naqle, gemər, ʾó-yoma mmeθət. HʾazH gemər ʾāna xmāri mʾorəṭle tre naqle ʾu ʾayya ... ʾāna wən miθa.
(5)	gbewa ʾoðiwa yārūθa ʾəbbe ʾu gaxkiwa ʾəlle, qəmlu wədlu darbaste ʾu qamdārele rəš darbaste ʾu qamnablile l-xa HkfarH, HkfarH, māθa baš-qərwa. zəllu, ṭʾelu, ṭʾelu, ʾu beθqūra lá-xzelu. gəmri ṭāle dide ʾaxxa lewax bəxzāya čú-beθqūra. HʾazH ʿjəzlu ṛāba, ʾu ṭʾelu, ṭʾelu, lá-ðeʾlu ʾeka qorile. 
(6)	pθixile ʾene, xzele, gemər ʾogət wənwa bəd xāye gábena qorátūli l-dəpən bābi, kas bābi. mádʾəri l-māθa deni. HʾazH qəmlu qamməndele, gəmri qū, si! ʾšiðana=wət ʾāhət! lewət miθa, ṣáx=wat! ʾaz qəmle ... ʾāni ʿjəzlu ṛāba, dʾətlu ʾu ṃāye kwəšlu mənnohun. deʾθa. ʾu gəmri ṭāle qū si ta gyānox b-ʾurxox, si ta gyānox b-ʾurxət gyānox ʾu ... ʾaxni lá-mṣax qoraxlox b-čú-dūka. sì qwurra gyānox bə-gyanox!

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(0:00)(1)	A certain man climbed up a tree and sat on a branch. He sat on this side of the branch, and started sawing it from the other side. Another man passed by under that branch, and he says to him “Hey man, you’ll fall! If you cut this branch off you’ll fall!” He says “Go away, it’s none of your business!” He went away, and he [the man] cut the branch and fell. He fell and was injured. He was injured and was bleeding and what-do-you-call-it, and he got up and ran after that man.
(2)	He said to him “Hey, hey, stop! Let’s see, how did you know I would fall? Are you a prophet? What are you? What kind of man (lit. thing) are you?” He says “I’m no prophet, but I saw you cutting the branch, and realized (lit. saw) you’d fall, so I told you.” So he said to him “You are a prophet!” He says “Pm not a prophet.” He says to him “Yes you are. Since you knew what time I would fall, then in what time will I die?”
(3)	He says to him [mockingly] “Once your donkey farts twice, at that time you’ll die.” Some two or three years elapsed, and his donkey farted twice. He says “Oh dear! I [have] died. That’s it!” He abandoned his donkey and started walking and lay himself down on the road and remained there as if dead. So people came ... people went and people came, saw him, and they say “Hey man, get up! What’s the matter with you?” He- says lo them “I’m dead.” 
(4)	They say “Get up, you’re not dead!” He says “Yes I am!” So he said to them “I’m dead, and take me, bury me!” They say lo him “you’re not dead! My dear sir (lit. my dear, my eye), get up and go!” He, says “No, I’m dead. Since the day a prophet passed by in this direction here and said to me ‘The day your donkey farts twice is the day you’ll die”, so he says “[Today] my donkey farted twice and this ... [now] I’m dead.” 
(5)	They wanted to joke with him and laugh at him, so they made a bier and put him on it and took him along to a certain village, to the nearest village. They went and went and searched and searched, but didn’t find a cemetery. They say to him “We don’t see any cemetery here”. So they grew very tired, and they searched and searched and did not know where they could bury him. 
(6)	He opened his eyes, looked, and he says “When I was alive I would have liked (lit. T want) you to bury me next to my father, by my father. Take me back to our village. ’ ’ So they threw him [off the bier], saying “Get up and go away! You’re mad, you are! You're not dead but alive!” So he got up ... they had grown very tired, they were perspiring and water was running down from them. Sweat. And they say to him “Get up and go on your way. Go on your way, and ... we can’t bury you anywhere. Go and bury yourself by yourself!”