Urmi, Christian: The Cow and the Poor Girl

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi. 4 vols. Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 86. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2016, vol. 4	Maryam Gwirgis	Canda, Georgia

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0:00	ʾé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ ʾət-xá bráta ⁺càsəb꞊va.ˈ ʾíta ʾə́tvala ʾáyən yə́mma ʾùɟa.ˈ hár ⁺və́rtəva ⁺bár dé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ ⁺və́rtəva ⁺bàro.ˈ ɟáno ⁺mumrìtova.ˈ ʾé yə́mma ʾùɟaˈ k̭a-de ⁺ɟóro mə̀rtəvaˈ ʾá ⁺bàyyətˈ lè-⁺bayyətˈ ʾá tavə́rta zárdə prùmla,ˈ ʾána bàsman.ˈ mú ʾavə̀dva?ˈ hìˈ ⁺búsra ṱ-⁺àxlan,ˈ basmàna.ˈ ⁺báram léva ⁺byáya ⁺ʾávva náša parə́mvala ʾáyya tavə̀rta.ˈ cú júr ṱ-ìvaˈ primàlə.ˈ primàlə.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ ʾé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ tunítəva k̭a-dé c̭ə̀č̭č̭əˈ yán ʾə́n parmàliˈ ʾḗn ɟármo ⁺jammàtteˈ ⁺rappátte ɟu-xa-⁺č̭àləˈ ⁺ṱašyátte ʾàni.ˈ k̭a-díyyax ⁺lázəm ṱ-avìni.ˈ hí꞊da xìnaˈ ʾé tavə́rta primàleˈ ⁺xilàle.ˈ ʾé c̭ə̀č̭č̭əˈ ⁺jumméla ʾḗn ɟàrməˈ ⁺ruppéla ɟu-⁺č̭àlə.ˈ ⁺xárta tíla ⁺dána mú jùra,ˈ xá màlcaˈ brūn-màlcaˈ ⁺ṱavvúyəva ⁺bàr꞊ətˈ càluˈ càluˈ yán ɟavə́rva bràta.ˈ ʾíta ⁺xdə́rrə ⁺xdə̀rrəˈ ʾíta tílə k̭a-dá bráta xzílə ⁺rədyàlə.ˈ ⁺rədyàlə,ˈ ʾé báxta xìta꞊daˈ yə́mmo ʾùɟaˈ ʾə́tvala tré bnátə xínə ʾàyən꞊daˈ tré xá xìnə.ˈ hí dàˈ ⁺bár꞊t tìləˈ cḕp və́dleˈ ⁺súpra ptə̀xle.ˈ ʾícət ʾánnə ⁺ɟurànəˈ ⁺ɟuránə ⁺ʾàlmaˈ xə́šle ⁺tàma,ˈ ⁺xlùyla,ˈ ʾíta ⁺xlúyla ṱ-í xə̀šle,ˈ ʾé yə́mma ʾùɟa,ˈ šk̭ə́lla ʾánnə ⁺xə̀ṱṱəˈ hám꞊da ⁺rə̀zza,ˈ hám꞊da mùˈ ʾàtxa dəryéla ⁺ʾal-⁺ʾàrra,ˈ buzbək̭k̭éla dəryéla k̭ám dé bríto ʾùɟa.ˈ mə̀rraˈ hál꞊t ʾàtyanˈ ʾánnə cúl dána dána ⁺jammátte b-nošè,ˈ ⁺ʾávva b-nòšu,ˈ ⁺ʾávva b-nòšu.ˈ lá hádax xína ʾə́n tìliˈ ci-ʾó yúmax b-yavvə̀nnə.ˈ ʾáyən꞊da ⁺hàyvanˈ tə̀vla,ˈ víla bə̀xya,ˈ ⁺bə́rra ⁺bə́rro bə̀xya.ˈ ʾána mújjurra ⁺jammànne?ˈ ʾánnə mù ʾodána?ˈ ⁺xárta ⁺ʾək̭bàloˈ ⁺ʾúxča ṱ-íva raxmàntaˈ ⁺ʾúxča ṱ-íva jī̀s ʾé c̭ə́č̭č̭əˈ tíla hə̀nnəˈ yonàyˈ yonáy tìleˈ cúl ⁺jmìleˈ mə́rre là-⁺zdí.ˈ là-⁺zdí.ˈ mə̀rreˈ ʾáti sílax lùšˈ sák̭əl bàk̭əlˈ sílax ɟùˈ … ⁺ʾál xálta štètaˈ ɟu-⁺šàra sílax.ˈ ʾáxnan ʾánnə b-⁺jammàxle.ˈ ʾíta hí k̭ák̭ ráz ʾàtxa və́dla,ˈ txə̀rra,ˈ txə̀rraˈ ʾé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ ṱ-i mə́rra ʾḗn ɟármo ⁺rappíle ⁺tàma.ˈ hì?ˈ xə̀šlaˈ ṱ-i-ptixéla ʾàni,ˈ ɟušə́k̭la tílə ⁺pltə̀ṱləˈ xá súysa smùk̭aˈ páyṱun tìla,ˈ sodánta pàyṱunˈ suk̭ə́lta buk̭ə̀lta tíla.ˈ tə̀vlaˈ ⁺ʾal-dé pàyṱun,ˈ xə̀šla.ˈ xə̀šla.ˈ ʾadíyya ʾe-yə́mma ʾùɟaˈ ṱ-í xzìla k̭a-dèxaˈ brìtoˈ hám꞊da ʾánnə xatváto ʾùɟaˈ mə̀rreˈ ʾáha ʾé hə̀nnəla,ˈ britèni.ˈ mə́rra làˈ ʾáyən m-íca ʾátxa jùllo?ˈ m-íca júllət dàyən?ˈ mára ʾàhaˈ véla tə́vtəla bètaˈ ʾáyən xə́ṱṱo ⁺ʾánjaġ ⁺jammàlə.ˈ hí ⁺spày.ˈ xə́šla ⁺və̀rra.ˈ cúllə ⁺xdirèlə,ˈ ⁺xdirèləˈ ʾó brūn-màlcaˈ cəs-hə́č náša là rk̭ə́dlə,ˈ xə́šlə rk̭ə́dlə cəs-dé bràta,ˈ cəs-dé ⁺càsəb xə́šlə.ˈ cəs-dáyən xə́šlə rk̭ə̀dlə.ˈ iʾ k̭a-dáyən ⁺rdìlə.ˈ xà-ca.ˈ ʾá-spar d-trè-caˈ ⁺ʾal-dó yúmət d-trè-caˈ ʾá-spar tílə xázzə cùmaˈ súysa tìləˈ mə́drə ɟu-⁺pàyṱun.ˈ ⁺xárta tìləˈ yúmət ṱlá꞊da tìləˈ xá súysa ⁺xvàraˈ páyṱun ⁺xvárta sodánta tìla.ˈ šk̭ə́llə ⁺ṱrílə xə̀šlə.ˈ xə́šla mə́dre ʾàyənˈ ʾé c̭ə̀č̭č̭əˈ ʾé ⁺càsəb.ˈ hár ʾàniˈ ʾé yə́mmo ʾùɟaˈ ʾḗn xatvàtoˈ hàrˈ màraˈ ʾá ʾàyən꞊la?ˈ mára là.ˈ ʾàyən꞊la?ˈ là.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾužé ⁺bayyíva yán k̭emíva ʾazìvaˈ ʾá bráta rə̀k̭la.ˈ ⁺plə̀ṱla,ˈ rə̀k̭la,ˈ xə̀šla.ˈ hìˈ ⁺plə̀ṱlaˈ mudə̀vlaˈ ⁺plə̀ṱla.ˈ ⁺ʾúxča ṱ-íva malyúzə malyùzə,ˈ ʾá ⁺savə́lto šlə̀xla,ˈ pə́lla ⁺ʾal-⁺pallacànəˈ ⁺ʾal-⁺pallacànə xína.ˈ ʾáyən ⁺ṱríla xə̀šla.ˈ ʾó brūn-málca ṱ-í pə̀llə ⁺báro,ˈ ⁺plə́ṱlə ⁺báro tìlə,ˈ ʾé ⁺savə́lta šk̭ilàlə.ˈ ʾé ⁺savə́lta šk̭ilàlə,ˈ xə́šlə ⁺rxə̀ṱlə,ˈ ⁺rxə́ṱlə ⁺bàro.ˈ là mučxálə xína.ˈ ʾáyən prə́xla xə̀šla,ˈ prə̀k̭la.ˈ hìˈ ⁺xárta ⁺xárta ⁺dànaˈ tìla,ˈ cúl də̀nyəˈ cúl maváy ⁺xdirḕl ʾó brūn-málca,ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ʾá ⁺savə́lta k̭a-cút ʾòyaˈ ʾána ʾáyən ɟorə̀nna.ˈ xína ⁺ròba maváy ⁺xdə́rrə.ˈ ⁺róba mdiyày ⁺xdə́rrə.ˈ k̭a-hə́č náša là víla.ˈ b-⁺xártət ⁺xárta ⁺xártət ⁺xàrtaˈ xə́šlə cəs-dé càsəb.ˈ ⁺tàma xə́šləˈ ʾḗn tré xatváy ʾúɟa ʾə̀tvala ʾáyən.ˈ ʾáni꞊da hár ṱ-i-xèlaˈ vádo b-xèla yánˈ lošávala ʾé ⁺savə̀lta,ˈ là víla.ˈ k̭a-dé xíta là víla.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾḗn švàvə mə́rreˈ céla ʾé c̭ə̀č̭č̭ə?ˈ céla ʾé xatóxun ʾùɟa?ˈ mèmunla.ˈ xína ʾáyən ⁺háyvan ⁺və́rtəva ɟu-xá ⁺čòlə.ˈ ɟu-xá ⁺čólə ⁺və̀rtəvaˈ čullùxta.ˈ xína cút-jur ṱ-ìva,ˈ švávə ⁺pulṱàle.ˈ pulṱàle,ˈ xə̀šla,ˈ mulvəššàle.ˈ ʾé ⁺savə́lta k̭ák̭-raz víla k̭a-dàyən,ˈ k̭a-dé càsəb víla xína.ˈ ʾáha k̭a-díyyax vìla,ˈ ʾáyən꞊da ⁺pulṱála ʾé ⁺savə́lta xìta꞊da muxziyyála.ˈ mə́rra ʾáha dìyyila.ˈ ʾó brūn-málca šk̭ilàləˈ mutyəvválə ⁺ʾal-súysət ɟànuˈ ɟu-⁺páyṱunət ɟànuˈ lublálə bèta.ˈ béta lublàləˈ cəs-bábu yə̀mmu.ˈ xína ⁺šavvá yumànəˈ ⁺šavvá lelavàyˈ víyyələ ⁺xlúyla ⁺šàra.ˈ ʾàtxa,ˈ prə́k̭la məttə̀lta.ˈ ʾé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ ʾət-xá bráta ⁺càsəb꞊va.ˈ ʾíta ʾə́tvala ʾáyən yə́mma ʾùɟa.ˈ hár ⁺və́rtəva ⁺bár dé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ ⁺və́rtəva ⁺bàro.ˈ ɟáno ⁺mumrìtova.ˈ ʾé yə́mma ʾùɟaˈ k̭a-de ⁺ɟóro mə̀rtəvaˈ ʾá ⁺bàyyətˈ lè-⁺bayyətˈ ʾá tavə́rta zárdə prùmla,ˈ ʾána bàsman.ˈ mú ʾavə̀dva?ˈ hìˈ ⁺búsra ṱ-⁺àxlan,ˈ basmàna.ˈ ⁺báram léva ⁺byáya ⁺ʾávva náša parə́mvala ʾáyya tavə̀rta.ˈ cú júr ṱ-ìvaˈ primàlə.ˈ primàlə.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ ʾé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ tunítəva k̭a-dé c̭ə̀č̭č̭əˈ yán ʾə́n parmàliˈ ʾḗn ɟármo ⁺jammàtteˈ ⁺rappátte ɟu-xa-⁺č̭àləˈ ⁺ṱašyátte ʾàni.ˈ k̭a-díyyax ⁺lázəm ṱ-avìni.ˈ hí꞊da xìnaˈ ʾé tavə́rta primàleˈ ⁺xilàle.ˈ ʾé c̭ə̀č̭č̭əˈ ⁺jumméla ʾḗn ɟàrməˈ ⁺ruppéla ɟu-⁺č̭àlə.ˈ ⁺xárta tíla ⁺dána mú jùra,ˈ xá màlcaˈ brūn-màlcaˈ ⁺ṱavvúyəva ⁺bàr꞊ətˈ càluˈ càluˈ yán ɟavə́rva bràta.ˈ ʾíta ⁺xdə́rrə ⁺xdə̀rrəˈ ʾíta tílə k̭a-dá bráta xzílə ⁺rədyàlə.ˈ ⁺rədyàlə,ˈ ʾé báxta xìta꞊daˈ yə́mmo ʾùɟaˈ ʾə́tvala tré bnátə xínə ʾàyən꞊daˈ tré xá xìnə.ˈ hí dàˈ ⁺bár꞊t tìləˈ cḕp və́dleˈ ⁺súpra ptə̀xle.ˈ ʾícət ʾánnə ⁺ɟurànəˈ ⁺ɟuránə ⁺ʾàlmaˈ xə́šle ⁺tàma,ˈ ⁺xlùyla,ˈ ʾíta ⁺xlúyla ṱ-í xə̀šle,ˈ ʾé yə́mma ʾùɟa,ˈ šk̭ə́lla ʾánnə ⁺xə̀ṱṱəˈ hám꞊da ⁺rə̀zza,ˈ hám꞊da mùˈ ʾàtxa dəryéla ⁺ʾal-⁺ʾàrra,ˈ buzbək̭k̭éla dəryéla k̭ám dé bríto ʾùɟa.ˈ mə̀rraˈ hál꞊t ʾàtyanˈ ʾánnə cúl dána dána ⁺jammátte b-nošè,ˈ ⁺ʾávva b-nòšu,ˈ ⁺ʾávva b-nòšu.ˈ lá hádax xína ʾə́n tìliˈ ci-ʾó yúmax b-yavvə̀nnə.ˈ ʾáyən꞊da ⁺hàyvanˈ tə̀vla,ˈ víla bə̀xya,ˈ ⁺bə́rra ⁺bə́rro bə̀xya.ˈ ʾána mújjurra ⁺jammànne?ˈ ʾánnə mù ʾodána?ˈ ⁺xárta ⁺ʾək̭bàloˈ ⁺ʾúxča ṱ-íva raxmàntaˈ ⁺ʾúxča ṱ-íva jī̀s ʾé c̭ə́č̭č̭əˈ tíla hə̀nnəˈ yonàyˈ yonáy tìleˈ cúl ⁺jmìleˈ mə́rre là-⁺zdí.ˈ là-⁺zdí.ˈ mə̀rreˈ ʾáti sílax lùšˈ sák̭əl bàk̭əlˈ sílax ɟùˈ … ⁺ʾál xálta štètaˈ ɟu-⁺šàra sílax.ˈ ʾáxnan ʾánnə b-⁺jammàxle.ˈ ʾíta hí k̭ák̭ ráz ʾàtxa və́dla,ˈ txə̀rra,ˈ txə̀rraˈ ʾé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ ṱ-i mə́rra ʾḗn ɟármo ⁺rappíle ⁺tàma.ˈ hì?ˈ xə̀šlaˈ ṱ-i-ptixéla ʾàni,ˈ ɟušə́k̭la tílə ⁺pltə̀ṱləˈ xá súysa smùk̭aˈ páyṱun tìla,ˈ sodánta pàyṱunˈ suk̭ə́lta buk̭ə̀lta tíla.ˈ tə̀vlaˈ ⁺ʾal-dé pàyṱun,ˈ xə̀šla.ˈ xə̀šla.ˈ ʾadíyya ʾe-yə́mma ʾùɟaˈ ṱ-í xzìla k̭a-dèxaˈ brìtoˈ hám꞊da ʾánnə xatváto ʾùɟaˈ mə̀rreˈ ʾáha ʾé hə̀nnəla,ˈ britèni.ˈ mə́rra làˈ ʾáyən m-íca ʾátxa jùllo?ˈ m-íca júllət dàyən?ˈ mára ʾàhaˈ véla tə́vtəla bètaˈ ʾáyən xə́ṱṱo ⁺ʾánjaġ ⁺jammàlə.ˈ hí ⁺spày.ˈ xə́šla ⁺və̀rra.ˈ cúllə ⁺xdirèlə,ˈ ⁺xdirèləˈ ʾó brūn-màlcaˈ cəs-hə́č náša là rk̭ə́dlə,ˈ xə́šlə rk̭ə́dlə cəs-dé bràta,ˈ cəs-dé ⁺càsəb xə́šlə.ˈ cəs-dáyən xə́šlə rk̭ə̀dlə.ˈ iʾ k̭a-dáyən ⁺rdìlə.ˈ xà-ca.ˈ ʾá-spar d-trè-caˈ ⁺ʾal-dó yúmət d-trè-caˈ ʾá-spar tílə xázzə cùmaˈ súysa tìləˈ mə́drə ɟu-⁺pàyṱun.ˈ ⁺xárta tìləˈ yúmət ṱlá꞊da tìləˈ xá súysa ⁺xvàraˈ páyṱun ⁺xvárta sodánta tìla.ˈ šk̭ə́llə ⁺ṱrílə xə̀šlə.ˈ xə́šla mə́dre ʾàyənˈ ʾé c̭ə̀č̭č̭əˈ ʾé ⁺càsəb.ˈ hár ʾàniˈ ʾé yə́mmo ʾùɟaˈ ʾḗn xatvàtoˈ hàrˈ màraˈ ʾá ʾàyən꞊la?ˈ mára là.ˈ ʾàyən꞊la?ˈ là.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾužé ⁺bayyíva yán k̭emíva ʾazìvaˈ ʾá bráta rə̀k̭la.ˈ ⁺plə̀ṱla,ˈ rə̀k̭la,ˈ xə̀šla.ˈ hìˈ ⁺plə̀ṱlaˈ mudə̀vlaˈ ⁺plə̀ṱla.ˈ ⁺ʾúxča ṱ-íva malyúzə malyùzə,ˈ ʾá ⁺savə́lto šlə̀xla,ˈ pə́lla ⁺ʾal-⁺pallacànəˈ ⁺ʾal-⁺pallacànə xína.ˈ ʾáyən ⁺ṱríla xə̀šla.ˈ ʾó brūn-málca ṱ-í pə̀llə ⁺báro,ˈ ⁺plə́ṱlə ⁺báro tìlə,ˈ ʾé ⁺savə́lta šk̭ilàlə.ˈ ʾé ⁺savə́lta šk̭ilàlə,ˈ xə́šlə ⁺rxə̀ṱlə,ˈ ⁺rxə́ṱlə ⁺bàro.ˈ là mučxálə xína.ˈ ʾáyən prə́xla xə̀šla,ˈ prə̀k̭la.ˈ hìˈ ⁺xárta ⁺xárta ⁺dànaˈ tìla,ˈ cúl də̀nyəˈ cúl maváy ⁺xdirḕl ʾó brūn-málca,ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ʾá ⁺savə́lta k̭a-cút ʾòyaˈ ʾána ʾáyən ɟorə̀nna.ˈ xína ⁺ròba maváy ⁺xdə́rrə.ˈ ⁺róba mdiyày ⁺xdə́rrə.ˈ k̭a-hə́č náša là víla.ˈ b-⁺xártət ⁺xárta ⁺xártət ⁺xàrtaˈ xə́šlə cəs-dé càsəb.ˈ ⁺tàma xə́šləˈ ʾḗn tré xatváy ʾúɟa ʾə̀tvala ʾáyən.ˈ ʾáni꞊da hár ṱ-i-xèlaˈ vádo b-xèla yánˈ lošávala ʾé ⁺savə̀lta,ˈ là víla.ˈ k̭a-dé xíta là víla.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾḗn švàvə mə́rreˈ céla ʾé c̭ə̀č̭č̭ə?ˈ céla ʾé xatóxun ʾùɟa?ˈ mèmunla.ˈ xína ʾáyən ⁺háyvan ⁺və́rtəva ɟu-xá ⁺čòlə.ˈ ɟu-xá ⁺čólə ⁺və̀rtəvaˈ čullùxta.ˈ xína cút-jur ṱ-ìva,ˈ švávə ⁺pulṱàle.ˈ pulṱàle,ˈ xə̀šla,ˈ mulvəššàle.ˈ ʾé ⁺savə́lta k̭ák̭-raz víla k̭a-dàyən,ˈ k̭a-dé càsəb víla xína.ˈ ʾáha k̭a-díyyax vìla,ˈ ʾáyən꞊da ⁺pulṱála ʾé ⁺savə́lta xìta꞊da muxziyyála.ˈ mə́rra ʾáha dìyyila.ˈ ʾó brūn-málca šk̭ilàləˈ mutyəvválə ⁺ʾal-súysət ɟànuˈ ɟu-⁺páyṱunət ɟànuˈ lublálə bèta.ˈ béta lublàləˈ cəs-bábu yə̀mmu.ˈ xína ⁺šavvá yumànəˈ ⁺šavvá lelavàyˈ víyyələ ⁺xlúyla ⁺šàra.ˈ ʾàtxa,ˈ prə́k̭la məttə̀lta.ˈ	The yellow cow belonged to a poor girl. Now, she had a stepmother. She was going after that yellow cow, went after it. She (the stepmother) pretended to be ill. The stepmother said to her husband ‘Whether you want to or not, slaughter this yellow cow so that I will be cured.’ What could he do? ‘Yes, I shall eat the flesh and shall be cured.’ But that man did not want to slaughter the cow. One way or another, however, he slaughtered it. He slaughtered it. Now, the yellow cow had said to the girl that if she slaughters me, you should gather the bones and put them in a pit, hide them. You will need them (one day). Well then, they slaughtered the cow and ate it. The girl gathered the bones and threw them in a pit. Later, a time came, one way or another, in which a king, the son of a king, was searching for a bride, a bride, in order to marry a girl. Now, he searched and searched, then he came, saw this girl and he liked her. He liked her, but the other woman, her stepmother, had two other daughters, herself and two others. Now, after he came, they made merry, they held a feast. Where the nobles, the noble people went, the wedding, now when they went to the wedding, the stepmother took grains of wheat and rice and I don’t know what, and threw them on the ground, she scattered them, threw them before her stepdaughter. She said ‘Before I come back, you must pick up each one of these by itself, this one by itself, that one by itself. If (you have not done) thus when I come back, I shall indeed give you hell.’ She, the poor creature, sat down and started crying, wailing and crying. ‘How shall I gather them? What can I do about these?’ Then came her good fortune, so caring was she, so good was that girl, that … came, doves came, they all gathered and said ‘Do not fear, do not fear.’ They said ‘You go and dress, make yourself beautiful and go to the feasting, go to the party. We shall gather these.’ So, she did exactly that. She remembered, she remembered that the yellow cow said they should throw its bones there, yes? She went and when she opened them up, she saw that a red horse came out, a carriage came, a fine carriage which had been made beautiful came. She sat in the carriage and went off. She went off. Now, when the stepmother saw that stepdaughter of hers, and also her stepsisters (saw her), they said ‘This is … , our daughter.’ She said ‘No, where (could) she (get) such clothes from? Where (could) her clothes (have come) from? She says ‘She is sitting at home. She could hardly manage to gather up the wheat.’ Oh, fine. She went in. The son of the king went around everybody. He did not dance with anybody, but he went and danced with that girl, he went to that poor girl. He went and danced with her. He liked her. (This was) once. The second time, on the day of the second time, on that occasion he came and sees that a black horse has come, again together with a carriage. Then the third day came and a white horse came, a fine white carriage came. It (the horse) took (her) and rode off. That girl, that poor girl. Her stepmother and her sisters kept saying ‘Is this her?’ She says ‘No.’ ‘Is this her?’ ‘No.’ Then they already wanted to get up and go. The girl fled. She went out, fled, went away. Yes, she went out. She managed to leave. She was in such a great hurry, that her shoe came off and fell on the stairs, on the stairs. She drove off. When the son of the king went after her, went out after her, he came and took the shoe. He took the shoe, went off and ran after her. But he did not find her. She flew away and disappeared. Yes. Then some time later, the son of the king searched the whole world, all the villages, and he said ‘I shall marry whoever this shoe fits.’ He went around many villages. He went around many towns. It fitted nobody. At the very end he went to that poor girl. He went there. She had those two stepsisters. They—when (one) tried to force the shoe on, it did not fit. It did not fit the other. Then the neighbours said ‘Where is the girl? Where is your stepsister? Bring her.’ Now she, poor creature, had gone into a hut. She had gone into a hut, into a cabin, but one way or another, the neighbours brought her out. They brought her out, she went and they dressed her. The shoe fitted her exactly, it fitted the poor girl. ‘It fits you.’ She took out the other shoe and showed it. She said ‘This is mine.’ The son of the king took her, mounted her on his horse, in his carriage and took her home. He took her home to his father and mother. Then there was a wedding party for seven days and seven nights. This is it, the story has ended.

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ʾé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ ʾət-xá bráta ⁺càsəb꞊va.ˈ ʾíta ʾə́tvala ʾáyən yə́mma ʾùɟa.ˈ hár ⁺və́rtəva ⁺bár dé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ ⁺və́rtəva ⁺bàro.ˈ ɟáno ⁺mumrìtova.ˈ ʾé yə́mma ʾùɟaˈ k̭a-de ⁺ɟóro mə̀rtəvaˈ ʾá ⁺bàyyətˈ lè-⁺bayyətˈ ʾá tavə́rta zárdə prùmla,ˈ ʾána bàsman.ˈ mú ʾavə̀dva?ˈ hìˈ ⁺búsra ṱ-⁺àxlan,ˈ basmàna.ˈ ⁺báram léva ⁺byáya ⁺ʾávva náša parə́mvala ʾáyya tavə̀rta.ˈ cú júr ṱ-ìvaˈ primàlə.ˈ primàlə.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ ʾé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ tunítəva k̭a-dé c̭ə̀č̭č̭əˈ yán ʾə́n parmàliˈ ʾḗn ɟármo ⁺jammàtteˈ ⁺rappátte ɟu-xa-⁺č̭àləˈ ⁺ṱašyátte ʾàni.ˈ k̭a-díyyax ⁺lázəm ṱ-avìni.ˈ hí꞊da xìnaˈ ʾé tavə́rta primàleˈ ⁺xilàle.ˈ ʾé c̭ə̀č̭č̭əˈ ⁺jumméla ʾḗn ɟàrməˈ ⁺ruppéla ɟu-⁺č̭àlə.ˈ ⁺xárta tíla ⁺dána mú jùra,ˈ xá màlcaˈ brūn-màlcaˈ ⁺ṱavvúyəva ⁺bàr꞊ətˈ càluˈ càluˈ yán ɟavə́rva bràta.ˈ ʾíta ⁺xdə́rrə ⁺xdə̀rrəˈ ʾíta tílə k̭a-dá bráta xzílə ⁺rədyàlə.ˈ ⁺rədyàlə,ˈ ʾé báxta xìta꞊daˈ yə́mmo ʾùɟaˈ ʾə́tvala tré bnátə xínə ʾàyən꞊daˈ tré xá xìnə.ˈ hí dàˈ ⁺bár꞊t tìləˈ cḕp və́dleˈ ⁺súpra ptə̀xle.ˈ ʾícət ʾánnə ⁺ɟurànəˈ ⁺ɟuránə ⁺ʾàlmaˈ xə́šle ⁺tàma,ˈ ⁺xlùyla,ˈ ʾíta ⁺xlúyla ṱ-í xə̀šle,ˈ ʾé yə́mma ʾùɟa,ˈ šk̭ə́lla ʾánnə ⁺xə̀ṱṱəˈ hám꞊da ⁺rə̀zza,ˈ hám꞊da mùˈ ʾàtxa dəryéla ⁺ʾal-⁺ʾàrra,ˈ buzbək̭k̭éla dəryéla k̭ám dé bríto ʾùɟa.ˈ mə̀rraˈ hál꞊t ʾàtyanˈ ʾánnə cúl dána dána ⁺jammátte b-nošè,ˈ ⁺ʾávva b-nòšu,ˈ ⁺ʾávva b-nòšu.ˈ lá hádax xína ʾə́n tìliˈ ci-ʾó yúmax b-yavvə̀nnə.ˈ ʾáyən꞊da ⁺hàyvanˈ tə̀vla,ˈ víla bə̀xya,ˈ ⁺bə́rra ⁺bə́rro bə̀xya.ˈ ʾána mújjurra ⁺jammànne?ˈ ʾánnə mù ʾodána?ˈ ⁺xárta ⁺ʾək̭bàloˈ ⁺ʾúxča ṱ-íva raxmàntaˈ ⁺ʾúxča ṱ-íva jī̀s ʾé c̭ə́č̭č̭əˈ tíla hə̀nnəˈ yonàyˈ yonáy tìleˈ cúl ⁺jmìleˈ mə́rre là-⁺zdí.ˈ là-⁺zdí.ˈ mə̀rreˈ ʾáti sílax lùšˈ sák̭əl bàk̭əlˈ sílax ɟùˈ … ⁺ʾál xálta štètaˈ ɟu-⁺šàra sílax.ˈ ʾáxnan ʾánnə b-⁺jammàxle.ˈ ʾíta hí k̭ák̭ ráz ʾàtxa və́dla,ˈ txə̀rra,ˈ txə̀rraˈ ʾé tavə́rta zàrdəˈ ṱ-i mə́rra ʾḗn ɟármo ⁺rappíle ⁺tàma.ˈ hì?ˈ xə̀šlaˈ ṱ-i-ptixéla ʾàni,ˈ ɟušə́k̭la tílə ⁺pltə̀ṱləˈ xá súysa smùk̭aˈ páyṱun tìla,ˈ sodánta pàyṱunˈ suk̭ə́lta buk̭ə̀lta tíla.ˈ tə̀vlaˈ ⁺ʾal-dé pàyṱun,ˈ xə̀šla.ˈ xə̀šla.ˈ ʾadíyya ʾe-yə́mma ʾùɟaˈ ṱ-í xzìla k̭a-dèxaˈ brìtoˈ hám꞊da ʾánnə xatváto ʾùɟaˈ mə̀rreˈ ʾáha ʾé hə̀nnəla,ˈ britèni.ˈ mə́rra làˈ ʾáyən m-íca ʾátxa jùllo?ˈ m-íca júllət dàyən?ˈ mára ʾàhaˈ véla tə́vtəla bètaˈ ʾáyən xə́ṱṱo ⁺ʾánjaġ ⁺jammàlə.ˈ hí ⁺spày.ˈ xə́šla ⁺və̀rra.ˈ cúllə ⁺xdirèlə,ˈ ⁺xdirèləˈ ʾó brūn-màlcaˈ cəs-hə́č náša là rk̭ə́dlə,ˈ xə́šlə rk̭ə́dlə cəs-dé bràta,ˈ cəs-dé ⁺càsəb xə́šlə.ˈ cəs-dáyən xə́šlə rk̭ə̀dlə.ˈ iʾ k̭a-dáyən ⁺rdìlə.ˈ xà-ca.ˈ ʾá-spar d-trè-caˈ ⁺ʾal-dó yúmət d-trè-caˈ ʾá-spar tílə xázzə cùmaˈ súysa tìləˈ mə́drə ɟu-⁺pàyṱun.ˈ ⁺xárta tìləˈ yúmət ṱlá꞊da tìləˈ xá súysa ⁺xvàraˈ páyṱun ⁺xvárta sodánta tìla.ˈ šk̭ə́llə ⁺ṱrílə xə̀šlə.ˈ xə́šla mə́dre ʾàyənˈ ʾé c̭ə̀č̭č̭əˈ ʾé ⁺càsəb.ˈ hár ʾàniˈ ʾé yə́mmo ʾùɟaˈ ʾḗn xatvàtoˈ hàrˈ màraˈ ʾá ʾàyən꞊la?ˈ mára là.ˈ ʾàyən꞊la?ˈ là.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾužé ⁺bayyíva yán k̭emíva ʾazìvaˈ ʾá bráta rə̀k̭la.ˈ ⁺plə̀ṱla,ˈ rə̀k̭la,ˈ xə̀šla.ˈ hìˈ ⁺plə̀ṱlaˈ mudə̀vlaˈ ⁺plə̀ṱla.ˈ ⁺ʾúxča ṱ-íva malyúzə malyùzə,ˈ ʾá ⁺savə́lto šlə̀xla,ˈ pə́lla ⁺ʾal-⁺pallacànəˈ ⁺ʾal-⁺pallacànə xína.ˈ ʾáyən ⁺ṱríla xə̀šla.ˈ ʾó brūn-málca ṱ-í pə̀llə ⁺báro,ˈ ⁺plə́ṱlə ⁺báro tìlə,ˈ ʾé ⁺savə́lta šk̭ilàlə.ˈ ʾé ⁺savə́lta šk̭ilàlə,ˈ xə́šlə ⁺rxə̀ṱlə,ˈ ⁺rxə́ṱlə ⁺bàro.ˈ là mučxálə xína.ˈ ʾáyən prə́xla xə̀šla,ˈ prə̀k̭la.ˈ hìˈ ⁺xárta ⁺xárta ⁺dànaˈ tìla,ˈ cúl də̀nyəˈ cúl maváy ⁺xdirḕl ʾó brūn-málca,ˈ mə̀rrəˈ ʾá ⁺savə́lta k̭a-cút ʾòyaˈ ʾána ʾáyən ɟorə̀nna.ˈ xína ⁺ròba maváy ⁺xdə́rrə.ˈ ⁺róba mdiyày ⁺xdə́rrə.ˈ k̭a-hə́č náša là víla.ˈ b-⁺xártət ⁺xárta ⁺xártət ⁺xàrtaˈ xə́šlə cəs-dé càsəb.ˈ ⁺tàma xə́šləˈ ʾḗn tré xatváy ʾúɟa ʾə̀tvala ʾáyən.ˈ ʾáni꞊da hár ṱ-i-xèlaˈ vádo b-xèla yánˈ lošávala ʾé ⁺savə̀lta,ˈ là víla.ˈ k̭a-dé xíta là víla.ˈ ⁺xárta ʾḗn švàvə mə́rreˈ céla ʾé c̭ə̀č̭č̭ə?ˈ céla ʾé xatóxun ʾùɟa?ˈ mèmunla.ˈ xína ʾáyən ⁺háyvan ⁺və́rtəva ɟu-xá ⁺čòlə.ˈ ɟu-xá ⁺čólə ⁺və̀rtəvaˈ čullùxta.ˈ xína cút-jur ṱ-ìva,ˈ švávə ⁺pulṱàle.ˈ pulṱàle,ˈ xə̀šla,ˈ mulvəššàle.ˈ ʾé ⁺savə́lta k̭ák̭-raz víla k̭a-dàyən,ˈ k̭a-dé càsəb víla xína.ˈ ʾáha k̭a-díyyax vìla,ˈ ʾáyən꞊da ⁺pulṱála ʾé ⁺savə́lta xìta꞊da muxziyyála.ˈ mə́rra ʾáha dìyyila.ˈ ʾó brūn-málca šk̭ilàləˈ mutyəvválə ⁺ʾal-súysət ɟànuˈ ɟu-⁺páyṱunət ɟànuˈ lublálə bèta.ˈ béta lublàləˈ cəs-bábu yə̀mmu.ˈ xína ⁺šavvá yumànəˈ ⁺šavvá lelavàyˈ víyyələ ⁺xlúyla ⁺šàra.ˈ ʾàtxa,ˈ prə́k̭la məttə̀lta.ˈ

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The yellow cow belonged to a poor girl. Now, she had a stepmother. She was going after that yellow cow, went after it. She (the stepmother) pretended to be ill. The stepmother said to her husband ‘Whether you want to or not, slaughter this yellow cow so that I will be cured.’ What could he do? ‘Yes, I shall eat the flesh and shall be cured.’ But that man did not want to slaughter the cow. One way or another, however, he slaughtered it. He slaughtered it. Now, the yellow cow had said to the girl that if she slaughters me, you should gather the bones and put them in a pit, hide them. You will need them (one day). Well then, they slaughtered the cow and ate it. The girl gathered the bones and threw them in a pit. Later, a time came, one way or another, in which a king, the son of a king, was searching for a bride, a bride, in order to marry a girl. Now, he searched and searched, then he came, saw this girl and he liked her. He liked her, but the other woman, her stepmother, had two other daughters, herself and two others. Now, after he came, they made merry, they held a feast. Where the nobles, the noble people went, the wedding, now when they went to the wedding, the stepmother took grains of wheat and rice and I don’t know what, and threw them on the ground, she scattered them, threw them before her stepdaughter. She said ‘Before I come back, you must pick up each one of these by itself, this one by itself, that one by itself. If (you have not done) thus when I come back, I shall indeed give you hell.’ She, the poor creature, sat down and started crying, wailing and crying. ‘How shall I gather them? What can I do about these?’ Then came her good fortune, so caring was she, so good was that girl, that … came, doves came, they all gathered and said ‘Do not fear, do not fear.’ They said ‘You go and dress, make yourself beautiful and go to the feasting, go to the party. We shall gather these.’ So, she did exactly that. She remembered, she remembered that the yellow cow said they should throw its bones there, yes? She went and when she opened them up, she saw that a red horse came out, a carriage came, a fine carriage which had been made beautiful came. She sat in the carriage and went off. She went off. Now, when the stepmother saw that stepdaughter of hers, and also her stepsisters (saw her), they said ‘This is … , our daughter.’ She said ‘No, where (could) she (get) such clothes from? Where (could) her clothes (have come) from? She says ‘She is sitting at home. She could hardly manage to gather up the wheat.’ Oh, fine. She went in. The son of the king went around everybody. He did not dance with anybody, but he went and danced with that girl, he went to that poor girl. He went and danced with her. He liked her. (This was) once. The second time, on the day of the second time, on that occasion he came and sees that a black horse has come, again together with a carriage. Then the third day came and a white horse came, a fine white carriage came. It (the horse) took (her) and rode off. That girl, that poor girl. Her stepmother and her sisters kept saying ‘Is this her?’ She says ‘No.’ ‘Is this her?’ ‘No.’ Then they already wanted to get up and go. The girl fled. She went out, fled, went away. Yes, she went out. She managed to leave. She was in such a great hurry, that her shoe came off and fell on the stairs, on the stairs. She drove off. When the son of the king went after her, went out after her, he came and took the shoe. He took the shoe, went off and ran after her. But he did not find her. She flew away and disappeared. Yes. Then some time later, the son of the king searched the whole world, all the villages, and he said ‘I shall marry whoever this shoe fits.’ He went around many villages. He went around many towns. It fitted nobody. At the very end he went to that poor girl. He went there. She had those two stepsisters. They—when (one) tried to force the shoe on, it did not fit. It did not fit the other. Then the neighbours said ‘Where is the girl? Where is your stepsister? Bring her.’ Now she, poor creature, had gone into a hut. She had gone into a hut, into a cabin, but one way or another, the neighbours brought her out. They brought her out, she went and they dressed her. The shoe fitted her exactly, it fitted the poor girl. ‘It fits you.’ She took out the other shoe and showed it. She said ‘This is mine.’ The son of the king took her, mounted her on his horse, in his carriage and took her home. He took her home to his father and mother. Then there was a wedding party for seven days and seven nights. This is it, the story has ended.