Barwar: The Leliṯa from Č̭āl

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar. 3 vols. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2008, vol. 3	Dawiḏ ʾAdam

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0:00	hadìyaˈ ʾíṯwa xa-Lelíṯa ṯíṯa mən-Č̭ā̀l.ˈ ṯéla ṣlèlaˈ l-ʾárxət be-Xàmmo.ˈ xa-náša ʾíṯwale ʾàrxeˈ šə́mme díye Xàmmo-wewa.ˈ ʾíṯwale kàlṯa,ˈ ʾíṯwale bnòne.ˈ ʾáyya ṣlèla,ˈ dréla šláma ʾəllèy.ˈ mə́ra šlàma ʾəllɛ́xu,ˈ ʾax-nàša.ˈ ṣléla dréla šlàmaˈ mə́re b-šɛ́na b-ṭawàṯa.ˈ dríṯa xə̀ppo b-réša,ˈ bás ṭəppəryáṯa qəm-xazyàla kálṯa.ˈ ṭəppəryáṯət heywàne,ˈ də̀bba.ˈ qəm-xazyàla.ˈ šuréla mṣawòṯeˈ hátxa ṱ-ix-mṣawóṯe ʾàxni.ˈ mə́ra ʾána báxtət ʾáġət Č̭ā̀l-iwən.ˈ ʾáyya xmáṯa díya homə̀nna.ˈ xəmyána homə̀nne.ˈ bróna homə̀nne.ˈ kúlla homə̀nna.ˈ kálṯa là homə́nna.ˈ ʾítla ṭḷà-bnone.ˈ wítɛla b-lɛ̀le,ˈ dána t-dmàxa,ˈ xílela mə̀ndi.ˈ wítɛla dána t-dmàxa,ˈ xəmmə̀rṯa,ˈ xəmmə́rṯə šə̀nṯaˈ šqìltəlla,ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlla rəš-ṣádrət xmáṯa dìya.ˈ ʾu-kálṯa díya ḏìla.ˈ kálṯa díya ḏìla,ˈ gu-šwìṯa,ˈ ḏìla bíya díya.ˈ qímtɛla šqíltɛla xa-brònaˈ ʾu-nobàltəlleˈ ta-ṱ-axlàle.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlle rə̀ḥqaˈ mən-màṯa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya gu-dyàṛtaˈ mòdi wídla?ˈ qìmla,ˈ qəm-ʾač̣màle tắra.ˈ ʾu-b-pálgət bɛ́ṯa wídla nùra.ˈ ʾánna-t ʾárxe har-y-oḏíwa nùra gu-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ šíšət prə̀zlaˈ t-ʾə̀rxeˈ qəm-mattála kúlla gu-nùra.ˈ ʾu-ʾɛ-Lelíṯa ṯèla.ˈ ʾáy kúlla dònɛla,ˈ dòna,ˈ mə̀šxa.ˈ ʾína ṯéla l-tằra.ˈ mattóyəlla ʾíḏa pṯáxa tằra,ˈ qəm-maxyála ʾáyya prə̀zlaˈ l-ʾíḏa díya qəm-maqḏàla.ˈ kúlla mə́šxa ṣléle m-tàma.ˈ šuréla šmáṭa tằra,ˈ là mṣéla.ˈ síqla l-gàre,ˈ ʾíṯwa bòya.ˈ šuréla xrìṭla,ˈ ṣlèla.ˈ pálga ṣlèla,ˈ pálga pìšla.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya har-šaqláwa mən-d-àn šíšeˈ mattàwaˈ ʾə́lla dìyaˈ hál ʾɛ́-gət qəm-qaṭlàla.ˈ qəm-qaṭlàla,ˈ ʾáy píšla tàma.ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ qèdamtaˈ lɛ́la mírta ṭla-xmáṯa-w xəmyána-w ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ zíltɛla ṯíṯa l-bróna dìya.ˈ muṯɛ̀ṯəlleˈ ʾína bróna lɛ̀la xíltəlle.ˈ har-nobáltəlle muttɛ́ṯəlle mattòye.ˈ muṯɛ́ṯəlle bróna dìya,ˈ muwártəlle pṯíxtəlle tằra.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-xmáṯa xmàṯi!ˈ mə́ra mòdile bábi?ˈ mə́ra háyyo xzɛ́gən báxtət ʾáġa Č̭ā̀l.ˈ háyyo xzɛ̀la.ˈ mára ʾáṯya gàšqaˈ ʾína xazyála Lelìṯa.ˈ hóla qṭìltəlla táma.ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ ʾánna məndiyáne wìyela,ˈ ḥaqìqi.ˈ béna ṯíṯɛla wíḏtəlla gān-díya báxtət ʾáġa Č̭ā̀l.ˈ bas-mjárrad mṣawṯàwa.ˈ xzí hambišàyɛla,ˈ xzi-mù-tăhər-ila.ˈ hàdəx-wawa.ˈ šwiqáli táma ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ hadìyaˈ ʾíṯwa xa-Lelíṯa ṯíṯa mən-Č̭ā̀l.ˈ ṯéla ṣlèlaˈ l-ʾárxət be-Xàmmo.ˈ xa-náša ʾíṯwale ʾàrxeˈ šə́mme díye Xàmmo-wewa.ˈ ʾíṯwale kàlṯa,ˈ ʾíṯwale bnòne.ˈ ʾáyya ṣlèla,ˈ dréla šláma ʾəllèy.ˈ mə́ra šlàma ʾəllɛ́xu,ˈ ʾax-nàša.ˈ ṣléla dréla šlàmaˈ mə́re b-šɛ́na b-ṭawàṯa.ˈ dríṯa xə̀ppo b-réša,ˈ bás ṭəppəryáṯa qəm-xazyàla kálṯa.ˈ ṭəppəryáṯət heywàne,ˈ də̀bba.ˈ qəm-xazyàla.ˈ šuréla mṣawòṯeˈ hátxa ṱ-ix-mṣawóṯe ʾàxni.ˈ mə́ra ʾána báxtət ʾáġət Č̭ā̀l-iwən.ˈ ʾáyya xmáṯa díya homə̀nna.ˈ xəmyána homə̀nne.ˈ bróna homə̀nne.ˈ kúlla homə̀nna.ˈ kálṯa là homə́nna.ˈ ʾítla ṭḷà-bnone.ˈ wítɛla b-lɛ̀le,ˈ dána t-dmàxa,ˈ xílela mə̀ndi.ˈ wítɛla dána t-dmàxa,ˈ xəmmə̀rṯa,ˈ xəmmə́rṯə šə̀nṯaˈ šqìltəlla,ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlla rəš-ṣádrət xmáṯa dìya.ˈ ʾu-kálṯa díya ḏìla.ˈ kálṯa díya ḏìla,ˈ gu-šwìṯa,ˈ ḏìla bíya díya.ˈ qímtɛla šqíltɛla xa-brònaˈ ʾu-nobàltəlleˈ ta-ṱ-axlàle.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlle rə̀ḥqaˈ mən-màṯa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya gu-dyàṛtaˈ mòdi wídla?ˈ qìmla,ˈ qəm-ʾač̣màle tắra.ˈ ʾu-b-pálgət bɛ́ṯa wídla nùra.ˈ ʾánna-t ʾárxe har-y-oḏíwa nùra gu-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ šíšət prə̀zlaˈ t-ʾə̀rxeˈ qəm-mattála kúlla gu-nùra.ˈ ʾu-ʾɛ-Lelíṯa ṯèla.ˈ ʾáy kúlla dònɛla,ˈ dòna,ˈ mə̀šxa.ˈ ʾína ṯéla l-tằra.ˈ mattóyəlla ʾíḏa pṯáxa tằra,ˈ qəm-maxyála ʾáyya prə̀zlaˈ l-ʾíḏa díya qəm-maqḏàla.ˈ kúlla mə́šxa ṣléle m-tàma.ˈ šuréla šmáṭa tằra,ˈ là mṣéla.ˈ síqla l-gàre,ˈ ʾíṯwa bòya.ˈ šuréla xrìṭla,ˈ ṣlèla.ˈ pálga ṣlèla,ˈ pálga pìšla.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya har-šaqláwa mən-d-àn šíšeˈ mattàwaˈ ʾə́lla dìyaˈ hál ʾɛ́-gət qəm-qaṭlàla.ˈ qəm-qaṭlàla,ˈ ʾáy píšla tàma.ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ qèdamtaˈ lɛ́la mírta ṭla-xmáṯa-w xəmyána-w ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ zíltɛla ṯíṯa l-bróna dìya.ˈ muṯɛ̀ṯəlleˈ ʾína bróna lɛ̀la xíltəlle.ˈ har-nobáltəlle muttɛ́ṯəlle mattòye.ˈ muṯɛ́ṯəlle bróna dìya,ˈ muwártəlle pṯíxtəlle tằra.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-xmáṯa xmàṯi!ˈ mə́ra mòdile bábi?ˈ mə́ra háyyo xzɛ́gən báxtət ʾáġa Č̭ā̀l.ˈ háyyo xzɛ̀la.ˈ mára ʾáṯya gàšqaˈ ʾína xazyála Lelìṯa.ˈ hóla qṭìltəlla táma.ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ ʾánna məndiyáne wìyela,ˈ ḥaqìqi.ˈ béna ṯíṯɛla wíḏtəlla gān-díya báxtət ʾáġa Č̭ā̀l.ˈ bas-mjárrad mṣawṯàwa.ˈ xzí hambišàyɛla,ˈ xzi-mù-tăhər-ila.ˈ hàdəx-wawa.ˈ šwiqáli táma ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ	Now, there was a Leliṯa who came from Č̭āl. She came down to the water-mill of the family of Xammo. A man had a water-mill and his name was Xammo. He had a daughter-in-law. He had sons. She came down and greeted them. She said ‘Greetings to you’, like a human. She came down and offered greetings and he said ‘You are welcome’. She had put a veil on her head, but the daughter-in-law saw her finger-nails, they were the claws of an animal, of a bear. She saw them. She began to talk just as we are speaking. She said ‘I am the wife of the aġa of Č̭āl.’ Her mother-in-law believed it. Her father-in-law believed it. The son believed it. Everybody believed it. The daughter-in-law, however, did not believe it. She had three sons. At night, the time of sleep, they ate something. At the time of sleep, she (Leliṯa) took a bead, a bead of sleep, and put it on the chest of her mother-in-law. Her daughter-in-law realized (what was happening). Her daughter-in-law, in bed, realized this. She got up and took a son (of hers) and took him for her to eat. She put him down far away from the village. What did she do on her return? She closed the door and in the middle of the house she made a fire. People who had mills would always make a fire in the house. She put all the iron bars of the mill into the fire. The Leliṯa came. She was all (made of ) fat, fat, oil. She came to the door. As she put her hand to open the door, she (the daughter-in-law) struck the iron bar into her hand and burnt it. All the oil ran down from there. She started (to try to) break the door, but she could not. She went up onto the roof. There was a hole. She started to gouge it out and (tried to) come down. Half of her came down but half remained. She (the daughter-in-law) was constantly taking the iron bars and putting them into her, until she killed her. She killed her, and she remained there. She got up in the morning, but did not tell her mother-in-law and father-in-law, and so forth. She went and came to her son. She brought him back. She did not eat the boy. She just took him and put him down. She brought her son back. She brought him in and opened the door. She said to her mother-in-law ‘Mother-in-law!’ She said ‘What is it my dear?’ She said ‘Come and see the wife of the aġa of Č̭āl. Come and see her. So, she came and looked. She saw Leliṯa. She had killed her there. Those things happened at that time, they are true. So, she came and made herself into the wife of the aġa of Č̭āl, but she only spoke (like a woman). You see she was a giant, you see what kind (of creature) she was. I left it there and came here.

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hadìyaˈ ʾíṯwa xa-Lelíṯa ṯíṯa mən-Č̭ā̀l.ˈ ṯéla ṣlèlaˈ l-ʾárxət be-Xàmmo.ˈ xa-náša ʾíṯwale ʾàrxeˈ šə́mme díye Xàmmo-wewa.ˈ ʾíṯwale kàlṯa,ˈ ʾíṯwale bnòne.ˈ ʾáyya ṣlèla,ˈ dréla šláma ʾəllèy.ˈ mə́ra šlàma ʾəllɛ́xu,ˈ ʾax-nàša.ˈ ṣléla dréla šlàmaˈ mə́re b-šɛ́na b-ṭawàṯa.ˈ dríṯa xə̀ppo b-réša,ˈ bás ṭəppəryáṯa qəm-xazyàla kálṯa.ˈ ṭəppəryáṯət heywàne,ˈ də̀bba.ˈ qəm-xazyàla.ˈ šuréla mṣawòṯeˈ hátxa ṱ-ix-mṣawóṯe ʾàxni.ˈ mə́ra ʾána báxtət ʾáġət Č̭ā̀l-iwən.ˈ ʾáyya xmáṯa díya homə̀nna.ˈ xəmyána homə̀nne.ˈ bróna homə̀nne.ˈ kúlla homə̀nna.ˈ kálṯa là homə́nna.ˈ ʾítla ṭḷà-bnone.ˈ wítɛla b-lɛ̀le,ˈ dána t-dmàxa,ˈ xílela mə̀ndi.ˈ wítɛla dána t-dmàxa,ˈ xəmmə̀rṯa,ˈ xəmmə́rṯə šə̀nṯaˈ šqìltəlla,ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlla rəš-ṣádrət xmáṯa dìya.ˈ ʾu-kálṯa díya ḏìla.ˈ kálṯa díya ḏìla,ˈ gu-šwìṯa,ˈ ḏìla bíya díya.ˈ qímtɛla šqíltɛla xa-brònaˈ ʾu-nobàltəlleˈ ta-ṱ-axlàle.ˈ muttɛ́ṯəlle rə̀ḥqaˈ mən-màṯa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya gu-dyàṛtaˈ mòdi wídla?ˈ qìmla,ˈ qəm-ʾač̣màle tắra.ˈ ʾu-b-pálgət bɛ́ṯa wídla nùra.ˈ ʾánna-t ʾárxe har-y-oḏíwa nùra gu-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ šíšət prə̀zlaˈ t-ʾə̀rxeˈ qəm-mattála kúlla gu-nùra.ˈ ʾu-ʾɛ-Lelíṯa ṯèla.ˈ ʾáy kúlla dònɛla,ˈ dòna,ˈ mə̀šxa.ˈ ʾína ṯéla l-tằra.ˈ mattóyəlla ʾíḏa pṯáxa tằra,ˈ qəm-maxyála ʾáyya prə̀zlaˈ l-ʾíḏa díya qəm-maqḏàla.ˈ kúlla mə́šxa ṣléle m-tàma.ˈ šuréla šmáṭa tằra,ˈ là mṣéla.ˈ síqla l-gàre,ˈ ʾíṯwa bòya.ˈ šuréla xrìṭla,ˈ ṣlèla.ˈ pálga ṣlèla,ˈ pálga pìšla.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya har-šaqláwa mən-d-àn šíšeˈ mattàwaˈ ʾə́lla dìyaˈ hál ʾɛ́-gət qəm-qaṭlàla.ˈ qəm-qaṭlàla,ˈ ʾáy píšla tàma.ˈ qìmtɛla,ˈ qèdamtaˈ lɛ́la mírta ṭla-xmáṯa-w xəmyána-w ʾáxxa-w tàmma.ˈ zíltɛla ṯíṯa l-bróna dìya.ˈ muṯɛ̀ṯəlleˈ ʾína bróna lɛ̀la xíltəlle.ˈ har-nobáltəlle muttɛ́ṯəlle mattòye.ˈ muṯɛ́ṯəlle bróna dìya,ˈ muwártəlle pṯíxtəlle tằra.ˈ mə́ra ṭla-xmáṯa xmàṯi!ˈ mə́ra mòdile bábi?ˈ mə́ra háyyo xzɛ́gən báxtət ʾáġa Č̭ā̀l.ˈ háyyo xzɛ̀la.ˈ mára ʾáṯya gàšqaˈ ʾína xazyála Lelìṯa.ˈ hóla qṭìltəlla táma.ˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ ʾánna məndiyáne wìyela,ˈ ḥaqìqi.ˈ béna ṯíṯɛla wíḏtəlla gān-díya báxtət ʾáġa Č̭ā̀l.ˈ bas-mjárrad mṣawṯàwa.ˈ xzí hambišàyɛla,ˈ xzi-mù-tăhər-ila.ˈ hàdəx-wawa.ˈ šwiqáli táma ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ

Translation:

Now, there was a Leliṯa who came from Č̭āl. She came down to the water-mill of the family of Xammo. A man had a water-mill and his name was Xammo. He had a daughter-in-law. He had sons. She came down and greeted them. She said ‘Greetings to you’, like a human. She came down and offered greetings and he said ‘You are welcome’. She had put a veil on her head, but the daughter-in-law saw her finger-nails, they were the claws of an animal, of a bear. She saw them. She began to talk just as we are speaking. She said ‘I am the wife of the aġa of Č̭āl.’ Her mother-in-law believed it. Her father-in-law believed it. The son believed it. Everybody believed it. The daughter-in-law, however, did not believe it. She had three sons. At night, the time of sleep, they ate something. At the time of sleep, she (Leliṯa) took a bead, a bead of sleep, and put it on the chest of her mother-in-law. Her daughter-in-law realized (what was happening). Her daughter-in-law, in bed, realized this. She got up and took a son (of hers) and took him for her to eat. She put him down far away from the village. What did she do on her return? She closed the door and in the middle of the house she made a fire. People who had mills would always make a fire in the house. She put all the iron bars of the mill into the fire. The Leliṯa came. She was all (made of ) fat, fat, oil. She came to the door. As she put her hand to open the door, she (the daughter-in-law) struck the iron bar into her hand and burnt it. All the oil ran down from there. She started (to try to) break the door, but she could not. She went up onto the roof. There was a hole. She started to gouge it out and (tried to) come down. Half of her came down but half remained. She (the daughter-in-law) was constantly taking the iron bars and putting them into her, until she killed her. She killed her, and she remained there. She got up in the morning, but did not tell her mother-in-law and father-in-law, and so forth. She went and came to her son. She brought him back. She did not eat the boy. She just took him and put him down. She brought her son back. She brought him in and opened the door. She said to her mother-in-law ‘Mother-in-law!’ She said ‘What is it my dear?’ She said ‘Come and see the wife of the aġa of Č̭āl. Come and see her. So, she came and looked. She saw Leliṯa. She had killed her there. Those things happened at that time, they are true. So, she came and made herself into the wife of the aġa of Č̭āl, but she only spoke (like a woman). You see she was a giant, you see what kind (of creature) she was. I left it there and came here.