Barwar: Nanno and Jəndo

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

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0:00	ʾíṯwa tré xawràne,ˈ xa-šə́mme Nànno,ˈ xa-šə́mme Jə̀ndo.ˈ màra,ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ Nànnoˈ zílle l-ʾə̀rxeˈ nubə́lle ṭxúna l-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ qəm-máwər txúne díye gu-ʾə̀rxeˈ ʾu-ṭxàna-wewa.ˈ xa-bènaˈ xírre hàtxaˈ ʾína ṯéla ḏa-də̀bba.ˈ ṯéla tíwla qam-tắrət ʾə̀rxe.ˈ xìrreˈ mə́re ʾe-b-álaha ʾɛ-də́bba ṯéla tìwla.ˈ dáx pálṭən ʾàna?!ˈ har-píšɛle gu-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ bar-xáčča xènaˈ mára ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-tèla.ˈ šláma-lləx xáṯi də̀bba.ˈ mə́ra b-šɛ́na xóni tèla!ˈ ʾat-dàx-it?ˈ mə́re háwət basìmta,ˈ spày-in,ˈ xáṯi də̀bba,ˈ ʾàt dáx-it?ˈ mə́re spày-in,ˈ basíma.ˈ mòt wáḏa?ˈ b-álaha hon-tíwta làxxa,ˈ xánči manyòxe.ˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-átwən ʾáxxa kə̀sləx.ˈ tìwɛle.ˈ xáčča xéna lɛ́la zìlta,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-kàlba.ˈ ʾáp-aw šlàma llɛ́xu!ˈ b-šɛ́na-w ṭawàṯa!ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw tìwɛle.ˈ xáčča xéna zìltɛla,ˈ ṯíṯɛla ḏa-qàṭu.ˈ ʾáp-ay šlàma llɛ́xu!ˈ b-šɛ́na-w ṭawàṯa!ˈ ʾáp-ay tìwtɛla.ˈ tíwe xáčča xèna,ˈ xa-béna ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-ʾaqúbra xāṣ-sùsa,ˈ maṭròye,ˈ ʾu-lwíša júllət xumàla,ˈ ʾu-maṭróye xāṣ-súse dìye,ˈ pyáḏa táma tàma.ˈ mukə̀lyəlle súse díye.ˈ xìrɛle.ˈ šlàma llɛ́xu!ˈ mə́ra b-šɛ́na-w ṭawàṯa.ˈ há xóna ʾaqúbra lɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́re b-álaha hon-zála xlùla.ˈ mə́ra lɛ́ka hátxa ṱ-it-mxùmla-wˈ sɛ́pux ʾu-gugíye b-jùllux?ˈ mə́re hon-zála xlùla.ˈ bas-mádam ṱ-ítu tìwe,ˈ ṱ-átwən ʾáxxa kəslɛ́xu xàmlən.ˈ har-ṭapə̀nne xlúla.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw tíwɛle tàma.ˈ mára xa-béna hádəx ʾáni tìwe,ˈ də́bba mə̀raˈ ʾáp-xa mənnɛ́xu lɛ́le l-zmárta xa-mə̀ndiˈ maxmə́llɛni hox-tíwe ʾàxxa?ˈ qáṭu mə́ra he-b-álaha xáṯi də̀bba,ˈ ʾána yắḏən zàmrən.ˈ zmìrra qáṭu,ˈ zmìrra.ˈ ʾu-qímla ʾánna har-rqàḏa.ˈ ʾaqúbra gríšle sɛ́pe dìye,ˈ be-pálgət dìwənile.ˈ rqàḏɛla,ˈ ʾu-píšla ṱ-ámrət xlùlɛle táma.ˈ munìxla xáčča.ˈ mə́ra manìxəx xáčča.ˈ də́bba qəm-mbaqràla qáṭu,ˈ mə́ra xáṯi qàṭu,ˈ ʾánna zmaryàṯəx,ˈ m-ɛ́kət líptəlla hátxa basìme?ˈ mə́ra xáṯi də̀bba,ˈ šáwwa šə́nne tarjə́mən-wənwa gu-Wòlto.ˈ mə́ra xáṯi qàṭuˈ zmaryáṯəx basìmelaˈ zmúrrən xánči xèna.ˈ zmìrtɛla qáṭu xá-ga xétaˈ ʾu-qíme rqàḏɛla.ˈ prìqelaˈ ʾu-mə̀raˈ ʾánna zmaryáṯa m-ɛ̀kət líptəlla?ˈ biš-basímela m-ănàha.ˈ ʾána gu-Hàlmun-in líptəlla.ˈ zíltənwa tajərúṯa tàma.ˈ šămánwa ʾánna bnáṯa zmàraˈ ʾu-lìptənna mənnéy.ˈ har-tìwewa,ˈ xzéley téla lwíša … júlle díye rába šapìre-wɛwa.ˈ mə́ra ʾánna júllux hátxa šapíre m-ɛ̀ka xóni téla?ˈ yáʿni rába xá-mdi prìšɛla júllux gu-d-ánna diyɛ́ni.ˈ mə́re xáṯi də́bba ʾay-qə̀ṣṣətila.ˈ mə́ra mòdi qə́ṣṣət?ˈ tànilɛni!ˈ mə́re làˈ lɛ-ʾáṯya mtanòye,ˈ xā́f náše šmàʾəllɛni.ˈ mə́ra ʾàp-xa líṯ.ˈ xìrelaˈ ʾáp-xa lɛ́la xə̀zye.ˈ har-ʾàxnəx,ˈ ʾáxni xonăwàṯəx.ˈ mə́re ʾána xá-bena tfíqən xa-kísa hátxa ṃə̀ḷyɛwa dáwa.ˈ ʾu-zìlɛn,ˈ xpírɛn xo-ḏà ʾilána,ˈ mṭúšyənne tàma-wˈ ʾu-kút-bena-bena šaqlə́nni xa-dàwa mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾu-dámxən xo-d-à ʾilánaˈ rəš-d-ó-dawa dìyi,ˈ ta-t-lá-ʾaṯe xa-šaqə̀lle.ˈ Nánno hóle maṣyòṯe.ˈ mə́re téla maxzə̀nnux.ˈ bábux mnalə̀nne!ˈ ʾó-dawa šaqlə̀nne mə́nnux.ˈ spírɛle Nánno hál ʾɛ-gə-ṱ-ila kúlla zìle,ˈ kút-xa zílɛle ḏà-gota,ˈ ʾáw npílɛle báṯra báṯra tèla.ˈ npílɛle báṯra báṯra tèla,ˈ zílɛle, zílɛle, zìlɛle,ˈ xə́zyɛle téla dmíxa xo-ḏa-ʾilàna.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ šqíləlle ḏa-qaṭìta,ˈ xa-qɛ̀sa.ˈ mə̀xyəlle téla.ˈ téla rìqɛle.ˈ ʾaw-ʾə́ṯyɛle xpírɛle mpúlṭəlla dáwət tèlaˈ ʾu-nùbləllaˈ l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ qəm-nabə́lle dáwa kúlle mə́nne dìye.ˈ píšle milyonèr.ˈ zwínne bɛ̀ṯa-wˈ zwínne məndiyàne,ˈ píšle xá-məndi prìša gu-d-a-máṯa,ˈ biš-zángin m-kùlla.ˈ ṯéle Jə̀ndo,ˈ xáwre dìye.ˈ qəm-mbaqə̀rreˈ Nánno xòni,ˈ ʾáwwa mā̀l,ˈ m-ɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́re qə́ṣṣət rìxtɛla.ˈ ʾu-dbìšle ʾə́bbe díye,ˈ bắye t-yắḏe m-ɛ̀kɛla.ˈ mə́re b-álaha hàtxɛla qə́ṣṣət.ˈ zìlənwa-wˈ ṯèla,ˈ tíwla haywàne-wˈ ʾu-zmírra-w xárṯa téla mə́re ʾítli dàwa.ˈ ʾu-gléle ʾɛ́ka mṭùšyəlle.ˈ npílli báṯre dìye,ˈ qəm-šaqlə̀nne.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ̀kətwa tíwa?ˈ mə́re gu-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ qímɛle Jə́ndo yómət trè,ˈ zílɛle l-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ mə́re xá-ga xéta ṱ-áṯi yátwi tàma.ˈ mə́re ṱ-áṯi xá-ga xéta l-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ zílɛle ʾáw l-ʾə̀rxe,ˈ mṭúšyəlle gyān-dìye.ˈ ʾanna-ʾə̀ṯye.ˈ ṯíṯɛla də̀bba,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle kàlba,ˈ ṯíṯɛla qàṭu,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾaqùbra,ˈ sab-wíḏe-wɛwa tàgbirˈ ʾap-tə́mməl táfqəx b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ xá-bena hò!ˈ hóle ṯéle téla tə́ngər tə̀ngər,ˈ ʾáqle twìrta-wˈ xáṣe šmìṭa.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle tə́ngər tə̀ngər,ˈ mə́ṭyɛle tàma,ˈ mə́ra mà-lux xóni téla?ˈ mòdi ṯíṯa ʾə́bbux?ˈ júlle díye kúlle mpurə̀pṭe.ˈ kɛ̀la ʾan-júllux?ˈ mòdi ṯíṯa ʾə́bbux?ˈ hádəx ṱ-ítwa mčok̭ə̀bna tə́mməl.ˈ ʾə́dyo mòdi ṯíṯa ʾə́bbux?ˈ mə́re hā̀l-uˈ hàtxa-wawa.ˈ xa-náša ʾə́ṯyɛle mə̀xyəlli,ˈ ʾu-šqíləlle kúlla dáwa ʾu-nùbləlle.ˈ ʾu-lán-ḏaʾa dáxile ḏìya.ˈ ʾána kázən xáṯi də́bba lá mtanə́nna qə̀ṣṣətˈ m-ɛ́ka dàwe.ˈ mə́rəx ʾə́lla mtanìla.ˈ ʾu-xa-mašmóye-wewa ʾəllɛ̀ni lázəm.ˈ ʾɛ̀ka ṱ-áwe mašmóye?ˈ xìrɛle.ˈ mə́re b-xšáwən gu-d-ay-ʾə̀rxe-wewa.ˈ mṭúšyəlle gyān-díye gu-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ mə́re bálki ṱ-ile-ʾáp-ʾədyo ʾə̀ṯya.ˈ qíme wìre.ˈ mə́re wúru ṭằyəx.ˈ bálki ṱ-ile-ʾə́ṯya ʾap-ʾə́dyo tàma.ˈ wírela gu-ʾə́rxe ṭằya.ˈ ʾu-Jə́ndo xá-bena xìrɛleˈ ʾína ʾáni kúlla wìre,ˈ šmáʾəlle qalèy.ˈ qímɛle mṭúšyəlle gyān-dìye.ˈ w-ánna ṭíye ṭíye ṭìye.ˈ xa-bènaˈ xa-mənnèyˈ tfìqɛle b-áqle díyeˈ mə́re hòle!ˈ ʾáxxa mṭùšyəlle gyáne.ˈ ʾu-rípeləlle kùlla,ˈ nyása-w xàla ʾə́bbe-diye.ˈ ʾaw-ràqa-wˈ hal-ʾɛ́-ga ṱ-ile-mə́ṭya l-màṯa,ˈ pálge zìla-wewa,ˈ ma-t-wɛ́wa xìləlle.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle gu-máṯa npìlɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯye reše-dìyeˈ mà-lux xóni Jə́ndo?!ˈ mòdi qəṣṣə́ttux?ˈ mə́re b-álaha hàtxa ṯéle ʾə́bbi.ˈ manay-díye mòdi?ˈ náša gắrəg lá mṭằmeˈ kút ṱ-ile-wíḏa xà-mdi,ˈ ʾána ṱ-óḏən ʾaxwàṯe-diye.ˈ ʾíṯwa tré xawràne,ˈ xa-šə́mme Nànno,ˈ xa-šə́mme Jə̀ndo.ˈ màra,ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ Nànnoˈ zílle l-ʾə̀rxeˈ nubə́lle ṭxúna l-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ qəm-máwər txúne díye gu-ʾə̀rxeˈ ʾu-ṭxàna-wewa.ˈ xa-bènaˈ xírre hàtxaˈ ʾína ṯéla ḏa-də̀bba.ˈ ṯéla tíwla qam-tắrət ʾə̀rxe.ˈ xìrreˈ mə́re ʾe-b-álaha ʾɛ-də́bba ṯéla tìwla.ˈ dáx pálṭən ʾàna?!ˈ har-píšɛle gu-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ bar-xáčča xènaˈ mára ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-tèla.ˈ šláma-lləx xáṯi də̀bba.ˈ mə́ra b-šɛ́na xóni tèla!ˈ ʾat-dàx-it?ˈ mə́re háwət basìmta,ˈ spày-in,ˈ xáṯi də̀bba,ˈ ʾàt dáx-it?ˈ mə́re spày-in,ˈ basíma.ˈ mòt wáḏa?ˈ b-álaha hon-tíwta làxxa,ˈ xánči manyòxe.ˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-átwən ʾáxxa kə̀sləx.ˈ tìwɛle.ˈ xáčča xéna lɛ́la zìlta,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-kàlba.ˈ ʾáp-aw šlàma llɛ́xu!ˈ b-šɛ́na-w ṭawàṯa!ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw tìwɛle.ˈ xáčča xéna zìltɛla,ˈ ṯíṯɛla ḏa-qàṭu.ˈ ʾáp-ay šlàma llɛ́xu!ˈ b-šɛ́na-w ṭawàṯa!ˈ ʾáp-ay tìwtɛla.ˈ tíwe xáčča xèna,ˈ xa-béna ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-ʾaqúbra xāṣ-sùsa,ˈ maṭròye,ˈ ʾu-lwíša júllət xumàla,ˈ ʾu-maṭróye xāṣ-súse dìye,ˈ pyáḏa táma tàma.ˈ mukə̀lyəlle súse díye.ˈ xìrɛle.ˈ šlàma llɛ́xu!ˈ mə́ra b-šɛ́na-w ṭawàṯa.ˈ há xóna ʾaqúbra lɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́re b-álaha hon-zála xlùla.ˈ mə́ra lɛ́ka hátxa ṱ-it-mxùmla-wˈ sɛ́pux ʾu-gugíye b-jùllux?ˈ mə́re hon-zála xlùla.ˈ bas-mádam ṱ-ítu tìwe,ˈ ṱ-átwən ʾáxxa kəslɛ́xu xàmlən.ˈ har-ṭapə̀nne xlúla.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw tíwɛle tàma.ˈ mára xa-béna hádəx ʾáni tìwe,ˈ də́bba mə̀raˈ ʾáp-xa mənnɛ́xu lɛ́le l-zmárta xa-mə̀ndiˈ maxmə́llɛni hox-tíwe ʾàxxa?ˈ qáṭu mə́ra he-b-álaha xáṯi də̀bba,ˈ ʾána yắḏən zàmrən.ˈ zmìrra qáṭu,ˈ zmìrra.ˈ ʾu-qímla ʾánna har-rqàḏa.ˈ ʾaqúbra gríšle sɛ́pe dìye,ˈ be-pálgət dìwənile.ˈ rqàḏɛla,ˈ ʾu-píšla ṱ-ámrət xlùlɛle táma.ˈ munìxla xáčča.ˈ mə́ra manìxəx xáčča.ˈ də́bba qəm-mbaqràla qáṭu,ˈ mə́ra xáṯi qàṭu,ˈ ʾánna zmaryàṯəx,ˈ m-ɛ́kət líptəlla hátxa basìme?ˈ mə́ra xáṯi də̀bba,ˈ šáwwa šə́nne tarjə́mən-wənwa gu-Wòlto.ˈ mə́ra xáṯi qàṭuˈ zmaryáṯəx basìmelaˈ zmúrrən xánči xèna.ˈ zmìrtɛla qáṭu xá-ga xétaˈ ʾu-qíme rqàḏɛla.ˈ prìqelaˈ ʾu-mə̀raˈ ʾánna zmaryáṯa m-ɛ̀kət líptəlla?ˈ biš-basímela m-ănàha.ˈ ʾána gu-Hàlmun-in líptəlla.ˈ zíltənwa tajərúṯa tàma.ˈ šămánwa ʾánna bnáṯa zmàraˈ ʾu-lìptənna mənnéy.ˈ har-tìwewa,ˈ xzéley téla lwíša … júlle díye rába šapìre-wɛwa.ˈ mə́ra ʾánna júllux hátxa šapíre m-ɛ̀ka xóni téla?ˈ yáʿni rába xá-mdi prìšɛla júllux gu-d-ánna diyɛ́ni.ˈ mə́re xáṯi də́bba ʾay-qə̀ṣṣətila.ˈ mə́ra mòdi qə́ṣṣət?ˈ tànilɛni!ˈ mə́re làˈ lɛ-ʾáṯya mtanòye,ˈ xā́f náše šmàʾəllɛni.ˈ mə́ra ʾàp-xa líṯ.ˈ xìrelaˈ ʾáp-xa lɛ́la xə̀zye.ˈ har-ʾàxnəx,ˈ ʾáxni xonăwàṯəx.ˈ mə́re ʾána xá-bena tfíqən xa-kísa hátxa ṃə̀ḷyɛwa dáwa.ˈ ʾu-zìlɛn,ˈ xpírɛn xo-ḏà ʾilána,ˈ mṭúšyənne tàma-wˈ ʾu-kút-bena-bena šaqlə́nni xa-dàwa mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾu-dámxən xo-d-à ʾilánaˈ rəš-d-ó-dawa dìyi,ˈ ta-t-lá-ʾaṯe xa-šaqə̀lle.ˈ Nánno hóle maṣyòṯe.ˈ mə́re téla maxzə̀nnux.ˈ bábux mnalə̀nne!ˈ ʾó-dawa šaqlə̀nne mə́nnux.ˈ spírɛle Nánno hál ʾɛ-gə-ṱ-ila kúlla zìle,ˈ kút-xa zílɛle ḏà-gota,ˈ ʾáw npílɛle báṯra báṯra tèla.ˈ npílɛle báṯra báṯra tèla,ˈ zílɛle, zílɛle, zìlɛle,ˈ xə́zyɛle téla dmíxa xo-ḏa-ʾilàna.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ šqíləlle ḏa-qaṭìta,ˈ xa-qɛ̀sa.ˈ mə̀xyəlle téla.ˈ téla rìqɛle.ˈ ʾaw-ʾə́ṯyɛle xpírɛle mpúlṭəlla dáwət tèlaˈ ʾu-nùbləllaˈ l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ qəm-nabə́lle dáwa kúlle mə́nne dìye.ˈ píšle milyonèr.ˈ zwínne bɛ̀ṯa-wˈ zwínne məndiyàne,ˈ píšle xá-məndi prìša gu-d-a-máṯa,ˈ biš-zángin m-kùlla.ˈ ṯéle Jə̀ndo,ˈ xáwre dìye.ˈ qəm-mbaqə̀rreˈ Nánno xòni,ˈ ʾáwwa mā̀l,ˈ m-ɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́re qə́ṣṣət rìxtɛla.ˈ ʾu-dbìšle ʾə́bbe díye,ˈ bắye t-yắḏe m-ɛ̀kɛla.ˈ mə́re b-álaha hàtxɛla qə́ṣṣət.ˈ zìlənwa-wˈ ṯèla,ˈ tíwla haywàne-wˈ ʾu-zmírra-w xárṯa téla mə́re ʾítli dàwa.ˈ ʾu-gléle ʾɛ́ka mṭùšyəlle.ˈ npílli báṯre dìye,ˈ qəm-šaqlə̀nne.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ̀kətwa tíwa?ˈ mə́re gu-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ qímɛle Jə́ndo yómət trè,ˈ zílɛle l-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ mə́re xá-ga xéta ṱ-áṯi yátwi tàma.ˈ mə́re ṱ-áṯi xá-ga xéta l-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ zílɛle ʾáw l-ʾə̀rxe,ˈ mṭúšyəlle gyān-dìye.ˈ ʾanna-ʾə̀ṯye.ˈ ṯíṯɛla də̀bba,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle kàlba,ˈ ṯíṯɛla qàṭu,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾaqùbra,ˈ sab-wíḏe-wɛwa tàgbirˈ ʾap-tə́mməl táfqəx b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ xá-bena hò!ˈ hóle ṯéle téla tə́ngər tə̀ngər,ˈ ʾáqle twìrta-wˈ xáṣe šmìṭa.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle tə́ngər tə̀ngər,ˈ mə́ṭyɛle tàma,ˈ mə́ra mà-lux xóni téla?ˈ mòdi ṯíṯa ʾə́bbux?ˈ júlle díye kúlle mpurə̀pṭe.ˈ kɛ̀la ʾan-júllux?ˈ mòdi ṯíṯa ʾə́bbux?ˈ hádəx ṱ-ítwa mčok̭ə̀bna tə́mməl.ˈ ʾə́dyo mòdi ṯíṯa ʾə́bbux?ˈ mə́re hā̀l-uˈ hàtxa-wawa.ˈ xa-náša ʾə́ṯyɛle mə̀xyəlli,ˈ ʾu-šqíləlle kúlla dáwa ʾu-nùbləlle.ˈ ʾu-lán-ḏaʾa dáxile ḏìya.ˈ ʾána kázən xáṯi də́bba lá mtanə́nna qə̀ṣṣətˈ m-ɛ́ka dàwe.ˈ mə́rəx ʾə́lla mtanìla.ˈ ʾu-xa-mašmóye-wewa ʾəllɛ̀ni lázəm.ˈ ʾɛ̀ka ṱ-áwe mašmóye?ˈ xìrɛle.ˈ mə́re b-xšáwən gu-d-ay-ʾə̀rxe-wewa.ˈ mṭúšyəlle gyān-díye gu-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ mə́re bálki ṱ-ile-ʾáp-ʾədyo ʾə̀ṯya.ˈ qíme wìre.ˈ mə́re wúru ṭằyəx.ˈ bálki ṱ-ile-ʾə́ṯya ʾap-ʾə́dyo tàma.ˈ wírela gu-ʾə́rxe ṭằya.ˈ ʾu-Jə́ndo xá-bena xìrɛleˈ ʾína ʾáni kúlla wìre,ˈ šmáʾəlle qalèy.ˈ qímɛle mṭúšyəlle gyān-dìye.ˈ w-ánna ṭíye ṭíye ṭìye.ˈ xa-bènaˈ xa-mənnèyˈ tfìqɛle b-áqle díyeˈ mə́re hòle!ˈ ʾáxxa mṭùšyəlle gyáne.ˈ ʾu-rípeləlle kùlla,ˈ nyása-w xàla ʾə́bbe-diye.ˈ ʾaw-ràqa-wˈ hal-ʾɛ́-ga ṱ-ile-mə́ṭya l-màṯa,ˈ pálge zìla-wewa,ˈ ma-t-wɛ́wa xìləlle.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle gu-máṯa npìlɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯye reše-dìyeˈ mà-lux xóni Jə́ndo?!ˈ mòdi qəṣṣə́ttux?ˈ mə́re b-álaha hàtxa ṯéle ʾə́bbi.ˈ manay-díye mòdi?ˈ náša gắrəg lá mṭằmeˈ kút ṱ-ile-wíḏa xà-mdi,ˈ ʾána ṱ-óḏən ʾaxwàṯe-diye.ˈ	There were two friends, one called Nanno and the one called Jəndo. Now, one day Nanno went to the water-mill, he took grist to the water-mill. He brough his grist into the water-mill and it started to be ground. Then, he looked and saw that a bear had come. It had come and sat in front of the door of the mill. He looked and said ‘By God, that bear has come and sat down. How can I get out?!’ He stayed in the mill. After a while, a fox came. ‘Greetings to you, sister bear!’. She said ‘Welcome brother fox! How are you?’ He said ‘Thank you, I am well, sister bear. How are you?’ She said ‘I am well, thank you’. ‘What are you doing?’ ‘By God, I am sitting here to rest a little’. He said ‘I also shall sit here with you’. They sat. Not long passed before a dog came. He also (said) ‘Greetings to you!’ ‘You are most welcome!’ He also sat down. A little more (time) went by and a cat came. She also (said) ‘Greetings to you!’ ‘You are most welcome!’ She also sat down. They sat a little longer, then a mouse came on the back of a horse, riding, dressed in fine clothes, riding on the back of his horse, passing by. He stopped his horse and looked ‘Greetings to you all!’ They said ‘You are most welcome. Where (are you going) brother mouse?’ He said ‘By God, I am going to a wedding’. They said ‘Where (are you going) while so festively dressed, with your sword and with tastles on your clothes?’ He said ‘I am going to a wedding. But, while you are sitting, I shall sit with you and have fun. I’ll reach the wedding (before it finishes)’. He also sat down there. Now, they sat in this way for a while and then the bear said ‘Is anyone of you for a song or something to entertain us while we sit here?’ The cat said ‘Yes, by God, sister bear, I know how to sing’. The cat sang and sang. They got up and danced. The mouse drew his sword, while in the middle of the gathering. They danced and it seemed as if there was a wedding there. They rested a little. They said ‘Let’s rest a little’. The bear asked the cat, she said ‘Sister cat, where did you learn those songs of yours, which are so beautiful?’ She said ‘Sister bear, I was an interpreter in Wolto for seven years’. She (the bear) said ‘Sister cat, your songs are beautiful, sing to us some more’. The cat sang again and they got up and danced. They finished and they said ‘Where did you learn these songs from? They are more beautiful than the others’. I learnt them in Halmun. I went on business there. I heard the girls singing and I learnt them from them’. While they were sitting, they saw that the fox was dressed up, that his clothes were very fine. They said ‘From where (did you get) these clothes of yours that are so fine, brother fox? Your clothes are something special compared with ours’. He said ‘Sister bear, that is a (long) story’. They said ‘What is the story? Tell us!’ He said ‘No. It cannot be told, lest people hear us’. They said ‘There is nobody here’. They looked. They saw nobody. ‘We are alone. We are brothers’. He said ‘Once I came across a bag that was full like this of gold. I went and dug (a hole) under a tree and hid it there. Every so often I take from it for myself a gold coin. I sleep under that tree, on top of my gold, so that somebody does not come and take it’. Nanno was listening. He said ‘Fox, I shall show you. I curse your father! I shall take that gold from you’. Nanno waited until they had all gone, each had gone away. Then he followed after the fox. He followed after the fox and went a long way, then saw the fox sleeping under a tree. He came and took a walking stick, a piece of wood. He struck the fox. The fox ran away. He came and dug. He took out the gold of the fox and took it home. He went (home). He took all of his gold. He became a millionaire. He bought a house, he bought things. He became something special in the village, richer than everybody else. Jəndo, his friend, came. He asked Nanno ‘Brother, where is this wealth from?’ He said ‘It is a long story’. He pressed him, since he wanted to know where it was from. He said ‘By God, the story is like this. I went on my way and some animals came and sat down. They sang and then the fox said “I have some gold” and revealed where he had hidden it. I followed him and took it’. He said ‘Where were you sitting?’ He said ‘In the water-mill’. The next day Jəndo went to the water-mill. He said ‘They will come again and sit there’. He said ‘They will come again to the water-mill’. He went to the water-mill and hid himself. They came. The bear came, the dog came, the cat came, the mouse came, for they had made a plan ‘Also tomorrow we shall get together’. Then the fox came, limping, his leg broken, his back crushed. He came, limping and when he arrived there, they said ‘What is the matter with you brother fox? What has happened to you? All your clothes are torn. Where are those (fine) clothes of yours? What has happened to you? You were so well-decked out yesterday. What has happened to you today?’ He said ‘This is what has happened. A man came and struck me. He took all the gold and carried it off. I don’t know how he knew. I tried, my sister bear, not to tell the story of where the gold coins were from, but you said “You must tell it”. Somebody must have been listening to us’. ‘Where can he be listening?’ He looked and said ‘I think he was in this mill. He had hidden himself in the mill’. Perhaps he has gone there also today’. They went into the mill to search. Jəndo then looked and saw that they all had entered. He heard their voices. He went and hid himself. They searched and searched and searched. Then one of them came across his foot. He said ‘Here he is! He has hidden himself here. They all attacked him, biting and gnawing him. He ran away and by the time he reached the village half of him was gone, since they had eaten so much of him. He arrived in the village and fell down. People came to him (and said) ‘What is the matter with you, brother Jəndo? What has happened to you?’ He said ‘By God, such-and-such has happened to me’. What is its meaning? A man should not covet by saying ‘Whoever has done something, I shall do like him’.

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ʾíṯwa tré xawràne,ˈ xa-šə́mme Nànno,ˈ xa-šə́mme Jə̀ndo.ˈ màra,ˈ xà-yoma,ˈ Nànnoˈ zílle l-ʾə̀rxeˈ nubə́lle ṭxúna l-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ qəm-máwər txúne díye gu-ʾə̀rxeˈ ʾu-ṭxàna-wewa.ˈ xa-bènaˈ xírre hàtxaˈ ʾína ṯéla ḏa-də̀bba.ˈ ṯéla tíwla qam-tắrət ʾə̀rxe.ˈ xìrreˈ mə́re ʾe-b-álaha ʾɛ-də́bba ṯéla tìwla.ˈ dáx pálṭən ʾàna?!ˈ har-píšɛle gu-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ bar-xáčča xènaˈ mára ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-tèla.ˈ šláma-lləx xáṯi də̀bba.ˈ mə́ra b-šɛ́na xóni tèla!ˈ ʾat-dàx-it?ˈ mə́re háwət basìmta,ˈ spày-in,ˈ xáṯi də̀bba,ˈ ʾàt dáx-it?ˈ mə́re spày-in,ˈ basíma.ˈ mòt wáḏa?ˈ b-álaha hon-tíwta làxxa,ˈ xánči manyòxe.ˈ mə́re ʾáp-ʾana ṱ-átwən ʾáxxa kə̀sləx.ˈ tìwɛle.ˈ xáčča xéna lɛ́la zìlta,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-kàlba.ˈ ʾáp-aw šlàma llɛ́xu!ˈ b-šɛ́na-w ṭawàṯa!ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw tìwɛle.ˈ xáčča xéna zìltɛla,ˈ ṯíṯɛla ḏa-qàṭu.ˈ ʾáp-ay šlàma llɛ́xu!ˈ b-šɛ́na-w ṭawàṯa!ˈ ʾáp-ay tìwtɛla.ˈ tíwe xáčča xèna,ˈ xa-béna ʾə́ṯyɛle xa-ʾaqúbra xāṣ-sùsa,ˈ maṭròye,ˈ ʾu-lwíša júllət xumàla,ˈ ʾu-maṭróye xāṣ-súse dìye,ˈ pyáḏa táma tàma.ˈ mukə̀lyəlle súse díye.ˈ xìrɛle.ˈ šlàma llɛ́xu!ˈ mə́ra b-šɛ́na-w ṭawàṯa.ˈ há xóna ʾaqúbra lɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́re b-álaha hon-zála xlùla.ˈ mə́ra lɛ́ka hátxa ṱ-it-mxùmla-wˈ sɛ́pux ʾu-gugíye b-jùllux?ˈ mə́re hon-zála xlùla.ˈ bas-mádam ṱ-ítu tìwe,ˈ ṱ-átwən ʾáxxa kəslɛ́xu xàmlən.ˈ har-ṭapə̀nne xlúla.ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw tíwɛle tàma.ˈ mára xa-béna hádəx ʾáni tìwe,ˈ də́bba mə̀raˈ ʾáp-xa mənnɛ́xu lɛ́le l-zmárta xa-mə̀ndiˈ maxmə́llɛni hox-tíwe ʾàxxa?ˈ qáṭu mə́ra he-b-álaha xáṯi də̀bba,ˈ ʾána yắḏən zàmrən.ˈ zmìrra qáṭu,ˈ zmìrra.ˈ ʾu-qímla ʾánna har-rqàḏa.ˈ ʾaqúbra gríšle sɛ́pe dìye,ˈ be-pálgət dìwənile.ˈ rqàḏɛla,ˈ ʾu-píšla ṱ-ámrət xlùlɛle táma.ˈ munìxla xáčča.ˈ mə́ra manìxəx xáčča.ˈ də́bba qəm-mbaqràla qáṭu,ˈ mə́ra xáṯi qàṭu,ˈ ʾánna zmaryàṯəx,ˈ m-ɛ́kət líptəlla hátxa basìme?ˈ mə́ra xáṯi də̀bba,ˈ šáwwa šə́nne tarjə́mən-wənwa gu-Wòlto.ˈ mə́ra xáṯi qàṭuˈ zmaryáṯəx basìmelaˈ zmúrrən xánči xèna.ˈ zmìrtɛla qáṭu xá-ga xétaˈ ʾu-qíme rqàḏɛla.ˈ prìqelaˈ ʾu-mə̀raˈ ʾánna zmaryáṯa m-ɛ̀kət líptəlla?ˈ biš-basímela m-ănàha.ˈ ʾána gu-Hàlmun-in líptəlla.ˈ zíltənwa tajərúṯa tàma.ˈ šămánwa ʾánna bnáṯa zmàraˈ ʾu-lìptənna mənnéy.ˈ har-tìwewa,ˈ xzéley téla lwíša … júlle díye rába šapìre-wɛwa.ˈ mə́ra ʾánna júllux hátxa šapíre m-ɛ̀ka xóni téla?ˈ yáʿni rába xá-mdi prìšɛla júllux gu-d-ánna diyɛ́ni.ˈ mə́re xáṯi də́bba ʾay-qə̀ṣṣətila.ˈ mə́ra mòdi qə́ṣṣət?ˈ tànilɛni!ˈ mə́re làˈ lɛ-ʾáṯya mtanòye,ˈ xā́f náše šmàʾəllɛni.ˈ mə́ra ʾàp-xa líṯ.ˈ xìrelaˈ ʾáp-xa lɛ́la xə̀zye.ˈ har-ʾàxnəx,ˈ ʾáxni xonăwàṯəx.ˈ mə́re ʾána xá-bena tfíqən xa-kísa hátxa ṃə̀ḷyɛwa dáwa.ˈ ʾu-zìlɛn,ˈ xpírɛn xo-ḏà ʾilána,ˈ mṭúšyənne tàma-wˈ ʾu-kút-bena-bena šaqlə́nni xa-dàwa mə́nne díye.ˈ ʾu-dámxən xo-d-à ʾilánaˈ rəš-d-ó-dawa dìyi,ˈ ta-t-lá-ʾaṯe xa-šaqə̀lle.ˈ

Nánno hóle maṣyòṯe.ˈ mə́re téla maxzə̀nnux.ˈ bábux mnalə̀nne!ˈ ʾó-dawa šaqlə̀nne mə́nnux.ˈ spírɛle Nánno hál ʾɛ-gə-ṱ-ila kúlla zìle,ˈ kút-xa zílɛle ḏà-gota,ˈ ʾáw npílɛle báṯra báṯra tèla.ˈ npílɛle báṯra báṯra tèla,ˈ zílɛle, zílɛle, zìlɛle,ˈ xə́zyɛle téla dmíxa xo-ḏa-ʾilàna.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyɛle,ˈ šqíləlle ḏa-qaṭìta,ˈ xa-qɛ̀sa.ˈ mə̀xyəlle téla.ˈ téla rìqɛle.ˈ ʾaw-ʾə́ṯyɛle xpírɛle mpúlṭəlla dáwət tèlaˈ ʾu-nùbləllaˈ l-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ zìlɛle.ˈ qəm-nabə́lle dáwa kúlle mə́nne dìye.ˈ píšle milyonèr.ˈ zwínne bɛ̀ṯa-wˈ zwínne məndiyàne,ˈ píšle xá-məndi prìša gu-d-a-máṯa,ˈ biš-zángin m-kùlla.ˈ ṯéle Jə̀ndo,ˈ xáwre dìye.ˈ qəm-mbaqə̀rreˈ Nánno xòni,ˈ ʾáwwa mā̀l,ˈ m-ɛ̀ka?ˈ mə́re qə́ṣṣət rìxtɛla.ˈ ʾu-dbìšle ʾə́bbe díye,ˈ bắye t-yắḏe m-ɛ̀kɛla.ˈ mə́re b-álaha hàtxɛla qə́ṣṣət.ˈ zìlənwa-wˈ ṯèla,ˈ tíwla haywàne-wˈ ʾu-zmírra-w xárṯa téla mə́re ʾítli dàwa.ˈ ʾu-gléle ʾɛ́ka mṭùšyəlle.ˈ npílli báṯre dìye,ˈ qəm-šaqlə̀nne.ˈ mə́re ʾɛ̀kətwa tíwa?ˈ mə́re gu-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ

qímɛle Jə́ndo yómət trè,ˈ zílɛle l-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ mə́re xá-ga xéta ṱ-áṯi yátwi tàma.ˈ mə́re ṱ-áṯi xá-ga xéta l-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ zílɛle ʾáw l-ʾə̀rxe,ˈ mṭúšyəlle gyān-dìye.ˈ ʾanna-ʾə̀ṯye.ˈ ṯíṯɛla də̀bba,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle kàlba,ˈ ṯíṯɛla qàṭu,ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle ʾaqùbra,ˈ sab-wíḏe-wɛwa tàgbirˈ ʾap-tə́mməl táfqəx b-ġḏàḏe.ˈ xá-bena hò!ˈ hóle ṯéle téla tə́ngər tə̀ngər,ˈ ʾáqle twìrta-wˈ xáṣe šmìṭa.ˈ ʾə́ṯyɛle tə́ngər tə̀ngər,ˈ mə́ṭyɛle tàma,ˈ mə́ra mà-lux xóni téla?ˈ mòdi ṯíṯa ʾə́bbux?ˈ júlle díye kúlle mpurə̀pṭe.ˈ kɛ̀la ʾan-júllux?ˈ mòdi ṯíṯa ʾə́bbux?ˈ hádəx ṱ-ítwa mčok̭ə̀bna tə́mməl.ˈ ʾə́dyo mòdi ṯíṯa ʾə́bbux?ˈ mə́re hā̀l-uˈ hàtxa-wawa.ˈ xa-náša ʾə́ṯyɛle mə̀xyəlli,ˈ ʾu-šqíləlle kúlla dáwa ʾu-nùbləlle.ˈ ʾu-lán-ḏaʾa dáxile ḏìya.ˈ ʾána kázən xáṯi də́bba lá mtanə́nna qə̀ṣṣətˈ m-ɛ́ka dàwe.ˈ mə́rəx ʾə́lla mtanìla.ˈ ʾu-xa-mašmóye-wewa ʾəllɛ̀ni lázəm.ˈ ʾɛ̀ka ṱ-áwe mašmóye?ˈ xìrɛle.ˈ mə́re b-xšáwən gu-d-ay-ʾə̀rxe-wewa.ˈ mṭúšyəlle gyān-díye gu-ʾə̀rxe.ˈ mə́re bálki ṱ-ile-ʾáp-ʾədyo ʾə̀ṯya.ˈ qíme wìre.ˈ mə́re wúru ṭằyəx.ˈ bálki ṱ-ile-ʾə́ṯya ʾap-ʾə́dyo tàma.ˈ wírela gu-ʾə́rxe ṭằya.ˈ ʾu-Jə́ndo xá-bena xìrɛleˈ ʾína ʾáni kúlla wìre,ˈ šmáʾəlle qalèy.ˈ qímɛle mṭúšyəlle gyān-dìye.ˈ w-ánna ṭíye ṭíye ṭìye.ˈ xa-bènaˈ xa-mənnèyˈ tfìqɛle b-áqle díyeˈ mə́re hòle!ˈ ʾáxxa mṭùšyəlle gyáne.ˈ ʾu-rípeləlle kùlla,ˈ nyása-w xàla ʾə́bbe-diye.ˈ ʾaw-ràqa-wˈ hal-ʾɛ́-ga ṱ-ile-mə́ṭya l-màṯa,ˈ pálge zìla-wewa,ˈ ma-t-wɛ́wa xìləlle.ˈ mə́ṭyɛle gu-máṯa npìlɛle.ˈ ʾə́ṯye reše-dìyeˈ mà-lux xóni Jə́ndo?!ˈ mòdi qəṣṣə́ttux?ˈ mə́re b-álaha hàtxa ṯéle ʾə́bbi.ˈ

manay-díye mòdi?ˈ náša gắrəg lá mṭằmeˈ kút ṱ-ile-wíḏa xà-mdi,ˈ ʾána ṱ-óḏən ʾaxwàṯe-diye.ˈ

Translation:

There were two friends, one called Nanno and the one called Jəndo. Now, one day Nanno went to the water-mill, he took grist to the water-mill. He brough his grist into the water-mill and it started to be ground. Then, he looked and saw that a bear had come. It had come and sat in front of the door of the mill. He looked and said ‘By God, that bear has come and sat down. How can I get out?!’ He stayed in the mill. After a while, a fox came. ‘Greetings to you, sister bear!’. She said ‘Welcome brother fox! How are you?’ He said ‘Thank you, I am well, sister bear. How are you?’ She said ‘I am well, thank you’. ‘What are you doing?’ ‘By God, I am sitting here to rest a little’. He said ‘I also shall sit here with you’. They sat. Not long passed before a dog came. He also (said) ‘Greetings to you!’ ‘You are most welcome!’ He also sat down. A little more (time) went by and a cat came. She also (said) ‘Greetings to you!’ ‘You are most welcome!’ She also sat down. They sat a little longer, then a mouse came on the back of a horse, riding, dressed in fine clothes, riding on the back of his horse, passing by. He stopped his horse and looked ‘Greetings to you all!’ They said ‘You are most welcome. Where (are you going) brother mouse?’ He said ‘By God, I am going to a wedding’. They said ‘Where (are you going) while so festively dressed, with your sword and with tastles on your clothes?’ He said ‘I am going to a wedding. But, while you are sitting, I shall sit with you and have fun. I’ll reach the wedding (before it finishes)’. He also sat down there. Now, they sat in this way for a while and then the bear said ‘Is anyone of you for a song or something to entertain us while we sit here?’ The cat said ‘Yes, by God, sister bear, I know how to sing’. The cat sang and sang. They got up and danced. The mouse drew his sword, while in the middle of the gathering. They danced and it seemed as if there was a wedding there. They rested a little. They said ‘Let’s rest a little’. The bear asked the cat, she said ‘Sister cat, where did you learn those songs of yours, which are so beautiful?’ She said ‘Sister bear, I was an interpreter in Wolto for seven years’. She (the bear) said ‘Sister cat, your songs are beautiful, sing to us some more’. The cat sang again and they got up and danced. They finished and they said ‘Where did you learn these songs from? They are more beautiful than the others’. I learnt them in Halmun. I went on business there. I heard the girls singing and I learnt them from them’. While they were sitting, they saw that the fox was dressed up, that his clothes were very fine. They said ‘From where (did you get) these clothes of yours that are so fine, brother fox? Your clothes are something special compared with ours’. He said ‘Sister bear, that is a (long) story’. They said ‘What is the story? Tell us!’ He said ‘No. It cannot be told, lest people hear us’. They said ‘There is nobody here’. They looked. They saw nobody. ‘We are alone. We are brothers’. He said ‘Once I came across a bag that was full like this of gold. I went and dug (a hole) under a tree and hid it there. Every so often I take from it for myself a gold coin. I sleep under that tree, on top of my gold, so that somebody does not come and take it’.

Nanno was listening. He said ‘Fox, I shall show you. I curse your father! I shall take that gold from you’. Nanno waited until they had all gone, each had gone away. Then he followed after the fox. He followed after the fox and went a long way, then saw the fox sleeping under a tree. He came and took a walking stick, a piece of wood. He struck the fox. The fox ran away. He came and dug. He took out the gold of the fox and took it home. He went (home). He took all of his gold. He became a millionaire. He bought a house, he bought things. He became something special in the village, richer than everybody else. Jəndo, his friend, came. He asked Nanno ‘Brother, where is this wealth from?’ He said ‘It is a long story’. He pressed him, since he wanted to know where it was from. He said ‘By God, the story is like this. I went on my way and some animals came and sat down. They sang and then the fox said “I have some gold” and revealed where he had hidden it. I followed him and took it’. He said ‘Where were you sitting?’ He said ‘In the water-mill’.

The next day Jəndo went to the water-mill. He said ‘They will come again and sit there’. He said ‘They will come again to the water-mill’. He went to the water-mill and hid himself. They came. The bear came, the dog came, the cat came, the mouse came, for they had made a plan ‘Also tomorrow we shall get together’. Then the fox came, limping, his leg broken, his back crushed. He came, limping and when he arrived there, they said ‘What is the matter with you brother fox? What has happened to you? All your clothes are torn. Where are those (fine) clothes of yours? What has happened to you? You were so well-decked out yesterday. What has happened to you today?’ He said ‘This is what has happened. A man came and struck me. He took all the gold and carried it off. I don’t know how he knew. I tried, my sister bear, not to tell the story of where the gold coins were from, but you said “You must tell it”. Somebody must have been listening to us’. ‘Where can he be listening?’ He looked and said ‘I think he was in this mill. He had hidden himself in the mill’. Perhaps he has gone there also today’. They went into the mill to search. Jəndo then looked and saw that they all had entered. He heard their voices. He went and hid himself. They searched and searched and searched. Then one of them came across his foot. He said ‘Here he is! He has hidden himself here. They all attacked him, biting and gnawing him. He ran away and by the time he reached the village half of him was gone, since they had eaten so much of him. He arrived in the village and fell down. People came to him (and said) ‘What is the matter with you, brother Jəndo? What has happened to you?’ He said ‘By God, such-and-such has happened to me’.

What is its meaning? A man should not covet by saying ‘Whoever has done something, I shall do like him’.