lecslab/glosslm-corpus-split huggingface dataset:
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ane=ma nä katan zokwasi nima=me=nzo fof zfrä (.) nzone katan masis=ma (.) ane mni=ma zöbthé mane zukonzrmth kidn o zfth mni
Glosses: DEM=CHAR INDF small words like.this=INS=ONLY EMPH 3SG.F:RPST:IPFV/be (.) 1SG.POSS small matches=CHAR (.) DEM fire=CHAR before which(ABS) 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:PST:DUR/speak kidn or base fire
Translation: This was another small story like this … about my small matches … about the fire, which they were calling Kidn or base fire before.'tci20120909-06KAB #126-127
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kabe=f tauri samg ŋatha tüfr=karä mane yé
Glosses: man=ERG.SG wallaby 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:RPST:PFV/shoot dog plenty=PROP who(ABS) 3SG.MASC:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Translation: The man who has many dogs shot the wallaby.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: be kma=m nabi thar nafanm mane wtri ŋarärth
Glosses: 2SG.ERG POT=APPR bow 2SG:SBJ>2|3PL:IO:IMP:PFV/give :DAT who(ABS) fear 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/do
Translation: You must not give a bow to those who are fearful.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: be fam kwot karäré tosin mafan kwa yarithr
Glosses: 2SG.ERG thought properly 2SG:SBJ:IMP:IPFV/do torch who.SG.DAT FUT 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:IO:NONPAST:IPFV/give
Translation: You have to think properly to whom you will give the torch.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wati net ane mane erä markai=aneme erä ane
Glosses: then fishing.net DEM which 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be outsider=POSS.NSG 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be DEM
Translation: Okay, as for the fishing nets, they are the white man's (things).' tci20120906SKK #53-54
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: watik fi komnzo zathfär (.) bäne=ma fof nima rirk-si=ma b=rä (.) nima kwarirkwrm (.) fi mafa keke kwarirkwrmth (.) watik tek=mär esufakwa kwik-kwik=f thufathwrm
Glosses: then 3.ABS only 3SG.F:SBJ:RPST:PFV/jump (.) DEM:MED=CHAR EMPH like.this respect-NMLZ=CHAR MED=3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be (.) like.this 2|3SG:SBJ:PST:DUR/respect (.) but who.NSG.ERG NEG 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/respect (.) then duration=PRIV 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:IPFV/grow.old REDUP-sickness=ERG 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:PST:DUR/hold
Translation: She just lives on … because of her respect … she was respecting (the law) … but those who did not respect (the law) … well, they grew old quickly and they got sick.'tci20120922-26DAK #22-27
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ŋanz=märe fthé gnräré frasi kwa nrä
Glosses: row=PRIV when 2SG:SBJ:IMP:IPFV/be hunger FUT 2SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Translation: If you are without a row (of yams in the garden), you will be hungry.' tci20130822-08LNA #17
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wati zena fthé zanmar (.) yusi fr mane rä (.) ane fof nzone far-si=ma rä
Glosses: then today when 2SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:IMP:PFV/see (.) grass stem which 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be (.) DEM EMPH 1SG.POSS fell-NMLZ=CHAR 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Translation: If/When you look at it … the grassland there … that is from my cutting down (the trees).'tci20120805-01ABB #614
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: zbo fthé sakwr fefe=n o wämn=en (.) keke kwa srannor
Glosses: PROX.ALL when 2SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:IMP:PFV/hit body=LOC or tree=LOC (.) NEG FUT 3SG.MASC:SBJ:IRR:IPFV/shout
Translation: If you hit it here against the body or against a tree, it will not make a sound.' tci20120914RMA #31-33
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: zizi zä keke kwarafinzrmth ŋoŋoyam=karä (.) bäne=ma fthé ŋoŋoyam=karä kwarafinzrmth menz=f thfruthrm (.) bthan=me
Glosses: afternoon PROX NEG 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/paddle noise=PROP … RECOG=CHAR when noise=PROP 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/paddle story.man=ERG.SG 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:PST:DUR/shoot (.) magic=INS
Translation: They did not paddle her with a lot of noise in the afternoon. If they were paddling making a lot of noise, the story man was shooting them with.' tci20120922-19DAK #14-15
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: watik srank kma sakora nima srank ni krafare
Glosses: then srank POT SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:PST:PFV/speak QUOT srank 1NSG 2|3DU:SBJ:IRR:PFV/set.off
Translation: Well, he tried to tell Srank: “Srank, we go!
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: srank=f zenaftha keke efoth zizi fefe rä nzä kayé woräro
Glosses: srank=ERG.SG SG:SBJ:PST:IPFV/say NEG sun afternoon really 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be 1SG.ABS tomorrow 1SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV:AND/be
Translation: Srank said: “No, it is late afternoon. I will go tomorrow.”' tci20111107-01MAK #44-45
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: naf nima nakre wimäs=en mni b=ŋasog
Glosses: 3SG.ERG QUOT nakre mango.tree=LOC fire MED=2|3SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/climb
Translation: He said: “Nakre! The fire is climbing up the mango tree.”' tci20130901-04RNA #152-153
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: emoth=f ŋatrikwr mon=me zfnnzr
Glosses: girl=ERG.SG 2|3SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/tell how=INS 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:PST:IPFV/hit
Translation: The girl reports how he hit her.'tci20120925MAE #102
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fam zära kar bä rä a kar töna fobo fof wyak fof
Glosses: thought SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/do village MED 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be and place high.ground DIST.ALL EMPH 1SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/walk EMPH
Translation: He thought “There is a village. I will walk there to the high ground.”' tci20131013-01ABB #259
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fam ane fof ŋarär mon=me sufnnzrmth mon=me santhbath
Glosses: thought DEM EMPH 2|3SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/do how=INS 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:PST:DUR/hit how=INS 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:PST:DUR:VENT/put.inside
Translation: He is thinking how they were hitting him and how they locked him up.' tci20111004RMA #457
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: dgwr=fa enrgegwr bäne dgwr boba mane themare b=erä
Glosses: orchid=ABL 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:NONPAST:IPFV:VENT/pull-off DEM:MED orchid MED.ABL which 1PL:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:RPST:PFV/see MED=2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Translation: (The bowerbird) pulls them off the orchid. That orchid, which we saw over there.' tci20120815ABB #32
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: brubru mane änor wath=ma änor (.) zane frü=me=wä
Glosses: drum which 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/shout dance=CHAR 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/shout (.) DEM:PROX alone=INS=EMPH
Translation: As for the drums, they are resonating for the dance … only for this.' tci20121019-04ABB #46
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: komnzo zokwasi mane rä (.) farem=ane zokwasi fefe ane fof rä (.) komnzo
Glosses: komnzo language which 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be (.) farem=POSS.SG language real DEM EMPH 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be (.) komnzo
Translation: When it comes to Komnzo, this is the Farem's real language … Komnzo!' tci20120924-02ABM #4-5
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: mane ynzänza (.) büdisn mä nzrugrm (.) oroman fä fof samara (.) ŋafe
Glosses: who SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:PST:IPFV:VENT/carry (.) büdisn where 1PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/sleep (.) old.man DIST EMPH SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:PST:IPFV/see (.) father
Translation: As he was carrying him … at Büdisn where we were sleeping … the old man, father, saw him there.'tci20110810-02MAB #55-56
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kukufia mane yara masu=n swamnzrm
Glosses: kukufia which 3SG.MASC:PST:IPFV/be masu=LOC 3SG.MASC:PST:DUR/dwell
Translation: Kukufia lived in Masu.'tci20100905ABB #8-9
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fafen nge zi swathizrm (.) ekri zi (.) kofä ys=ma
Glosses: meanwhile child pain 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:DUR/die (.) body pain (.) fish bone=CHAR
Translation: In the meantime, the child was in pain … body pain from the fish bones.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: watik nafa-ŋafe mane yanra nagayé thrathorthm
Glosses: then 3.POSS-father which 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:IPFV:VENT/be children 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:IRR:PFV/search
Translation: Then … As for their father, he was looking for the children.' tci20100905ABB #90-95
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kukufia näbi zamatha dunzi=karä (.) ŋakwir e masu kräkwther
Glosses: kukufia one 3SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/run arrow=PROP (.) 3SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/run until masu 3SG:IRR:PFV/change
Translation: Kukufia ran away with the arrow (inside him) … He was running until Masu where he changed (his appearance).
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nafane ŋare mane zfrärm (.) eda=ma (.) thrma ŋare wati mäme=n fobo zämira fof
Glosses: 3SG.POSS woman which 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR/be (.) two=CHAR (.) after woman then breast=LOC DIST.ALL 2|3SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/hang EMPH
Translation: It was his wife … the second … the latter wife. He was hanging on her breast.' tci20100905ABB #117-121
Language: Anta (English translation)
Transcription: watik kraritth b=ern (.) sukufa ärithr nafa-thufth=nm (.) nafa-ngom kar=nm
Glosses: then 2|3DU:SBJ:IRR:PFV/go.across MED=2|3DU:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be (.) tobacco 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:IO:NONPAST:IPFV/give 3.POSS-in.law=DAT.NSG (.) 3.POSS-brother.in.law village=DAT.NSG
Translation: Then they went across there … He shared tobacco with his in-laws … with the people of his brother-in-law place.'tci20111119-01ABB #88-91
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: zafe=wä (.) fthé kabe keke kwot tüfr thfrärm
Glosses: before=EMPH (.) when man NEG properly plenty 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/be
Translation: Long time ago, that is when there were not many people
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: thwamnzrm zane kafar bad=en thé z kabe enrära
Glosses: 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell DEM:PROX big ground=LOC when IAM man 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:IPFV:VENT/be
Translation: and they were living here on this land. That is the time when people came.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nä kabe thfamnzrm (.) mogarkam=en (.) kar nima rä mogarkam
Glosses: INDF man 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell (.) mogarkam=LOC (.) village like.this 3SG.F:NONPAST:IPFV/be mogarkam
Translation: Some people lived in Mogarkam … There is a village there … Mogarkam.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: okay nä thfamnzrm firra=n
Glosses: okay INDF 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell firra=LOC
Translation: Okay, others lived in Firra.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: okay nä fä fefe thwamnzrm mä=wä kar bramöwä erä
Glosses: okay INDF DIST really 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell where=EMPH place all 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Translation: Okay, others lived right there, where all the villages (and hamlets) are.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: firra mrmr=en (.) mane zfrärm (.) nzürna ŋare bobo zwamnzrm
Glosses: firra inside=LOC (.) which 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR/be (.) nzürna woman MED.ALL 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell
Translation: As for Firra, a nzürna woman lived in the village.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nzürna ŋare nafa-fis=r=wä thfrnm
Glosses: nzürna woman 3.POSS-husband=ASSOC.DU=EMPH 2|3DU:SBJ:PST:DUR/be
Translation: The nzürna woman was with her husband.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nafane ŋare (.) nzürna ŋare fof yf mane zfrärm zafo (.) nafrr thwamrnm
Glosses: 3SG.POSS woman (.) nzürna woman EMPH name which 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR/be zafo (.) .ASSOC 2|3DU:SBJ:PST:DUR/be
Translation: His wife … the nzürna woman whose name was Zafo … He lived with her.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wati , mä fefe thwamrnm wäsü (.) nafanme mnz zfrärm
Glosses: then where really 2|3DU:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell wäsü (.) .POSS house 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR/be
Translation: Where they really lived (was) the wäsü tree (Ficus elastica) … it was their house.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wäsü kafar sukogrm (.) ane yfö=n thuthkrnm
Glosses: wäsü big 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:DUR:STAT/stand (.) DEM hole=LOC 2|3DU:SBJ:PST:DUR:STAT/be.inside
Translation: There was a big wäsü tree standing … They were inside that hole.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: boba mnz nafanme zfrärm mä thwamrnm
Glosses: MED.ABL house .POSS 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR/be where 2|3DU:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell
Translation: This was their house, where they were living
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kabe fthé kwarfakunzrmth fthé thfyakm
Glosses: man when 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/sprinkle when 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/walk
Translation: When the people spread out, when they went …
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nima ŋarake zn=fo o fiyaf=r o (.) nima efoth=en (.) etfth=me=wä fthé thfyakm
Glosses: like.this fence place=LOC or hunting=PURP or (.) like.this day=LOC (.) sleep=INS=EMPH when 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/walk
Translation: like this to the garden place or hunting or during the day … or when they went overnight
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ane nzürna ŋare ausi fof kwänzinzr (.) fi zwanyakm
Glosses: DEM spirit woman old_woman EMPH 2|3SG:SBJ:ITER:VENT/replace (.) 3.ABS 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR:VENT/walk
Translation: that nzürna woman, that old woman always took over the place … she came.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: gatha_kar fthé thumarwrm (.) gathagatha=me thfnakwrmth mnz gatha_kar
Glosses: rubbish when 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:PST:DUR/see (.) bad=INS 2|3PL:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:PST:DUR/put.down house rubbish
Translation: When she saw the rubbish … they had carelessly put down the rubbish in the house
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: dödö thfefaf ane zurenwrmo mnz fath thwafiyokwrm
Glosses: broom 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:ITER/hold DEM SG:SBJ>3SG.F:PST:DUR:AND/sweep house clear.place SG:SBJ>2|3PL:IO:PST:DUR/make
Translation: She always grabbed the broom, swept the house and cleaned it for them.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nafanme k-kauna mon=me gathagatha=me thfnakwrmth kwot namä=me thfanakwrm
Glosses: .POSS REDUP-stuff how=INS bad=INS 2|3PL:SBJ>2|3PL:IO:PST:DUR/put.down properly good=INS 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:PST:DUR/put.down
Translation: How they had dropped their things carelessly, she was sorting them properly.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: mnz=en thwarakthkwrmo (.) mni tnz-tnz rä (.) kwanbrigwrm nafaneme=wä mnz=fo
Glosses: house=LOC SG:SBJ>2|3PL:IO:PST:DUR:AND/put.on.top (.) firewood REDUP-short 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be (.) 2|3SG:SBJ:PST:DUR/return .POSS=Emph house=ALL
Translation: She put their (things) back in the house … for example the small pices of firewood … She brought them back to their house.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fthé we thwanyakm thwänthor (.) ane mnz woga fthé swänthor
Glosses: when also 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR:VENT/walk 2|3PL:SBJ:ITER:VENT/arrive (.) DEM house man when 3SG.MASC:SBJ:ITER:VENT/arrive
Translation: When they were coming back, each time they arrived … each time when the houseowner arrived
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: oh zane ŋare z nz=wänyak mnz fath zf nz=wrenwro z=rä
Glosses: oh DEM:PROX woman IAM IPST=3SG.F:NONPAST:IPFV:VENT/walk house clear_place IMM IPST=SG:SBJ>3SG.F:NONPAST:IPFV:AND/sweep PROX=3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Translation: (he said) “Oh, this woman already came. She has swept the houseyard just now.”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: zafe kabe miyatha thfrärm nafanme rzar-si mon=me zfrärm (.) ane kar woga=nzo
Glosses: before man knowledgeable 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/be .POSS tie-NMLZ how=INS 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR/be (.) DEM village man=ONLY
Translation: Before, the people people knew about their ties (to her) … only those village people.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nafä fi mon=me nzürna ŋare=ä kwarzarwrmth
Glosses: 3PL.ASSOC 3.ABS how=INS spirit woman=ASSOC.PL 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/tie
Translation: how they were behaving towards the nzürna woman.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: keke thufnnzrm ane kar=ma kabe naf (.) bäne=ma fi nar woga=thatha bäne thfrärm nima
Glosses: NEG 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:PST:DUR/hit DEM village=CHAR man 3SG.ERG (.) DEM:MED=CHAR 3.ABS friend man=SIMIL DEM:MED 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/be like.this
Translation: She did not attack the people from that village … because they were like friends …
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: miyatha thfrärm (.) nafane nagayé thfrärm naf thwamonegwrm (.) kabe fefe
Glosses: knowledgeable 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/be (.) .POSS children 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/be 3SG.ERG 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:IO:PST:DUR/look.after (.) man really
Translation: They knew about this. They were her children. She looked after them … really the people.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wati nä kayé (.) mogarkam=ma kabe nima sfyakm firra=fo
Glosses: then INDF yesterday (.) mogarkam=CHAR man like.this 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:DUR/walk firra=ALL
Translation: Well, one day, a man from Mogarkam walked this way to Firra.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wati fi mane yara nama zokwasi woga yara
Glosses: then 3.ABS which 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:IPFV/be nama language man 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:IPFV/be
Translation: As for this one, he was a speaker of Nama.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: firra=n mane thwamnzrm mema zokwasi woga yara (.) fthé thwamnzrm kabe
Glosses: firra=LOC which 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell mema language man 3SG.MASC:PST:IPFV/be (.) when 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell man
Translation: As for the ones who lived in Firra, they were speaker of Mema. That'a when the people lived in Firra.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wati fi mane yaka e 3xkrara
Glosses: then 3.ABS which 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:IPFV/walk until 3xsound.of.coockatoo
Translation: Well, when he walked. “krara krara krara”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: firra sathora fof with fr=en fof 3xkrara
Glosses: firra 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:PFV EMPH banana stem=LOC EMPH 3xsound.of.coockatoo
Translation: He arrived in Firra (and he went) between the banana trees “krara krara krara”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fi zära yakme we senis zära (.) kabe woku-thé zäkora nima kabe
Glosses: 3.ABS 2|3SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/do quickly also change 2|3SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/do (.) man skin-ADLZR 2|3SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/become like.this man
Translation: He quickly changed. He became like a human being … like a man.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ane si thäbu zanfr ra zane thfrärm (.) ofe ŋarärath (.) zäwthefa (.) kabe zäkora
Glosses: DEM eye hair long what DEM:PROX 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/be (.) absence 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:IPFV/do (.) 2|3SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/change (.) man 2|3SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/become
Translation: These long eyebrows and whatever else there was, it disappeared. He changed. He became a human.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: watik ŋare nima zräzigrm awe nzone moba nzranyak
Glosses: then woman QUOT 3SG.F:SBJ:IRR:PFV/look.around come 1SG.POSS where.ABL 2SG:SBJ:IRR:IPFV:VENT/walk
Translation: Well, the woman was looking around and said “Come my friend, where do you come from?”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kabe matak erä nima z bramöwä kwafarkwrth nima erä ŋars=fo (.) awow
Glosses: man nothing 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be like.this IAM all 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:IPFV/set.off like.this 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be river=ALL (.) okay
Translation:  “Nobody is here. All the people left this way to the river.” … “Okay”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: yame=nzo srathams (.) kramath with tayo yanrkunzr (.) yarithr
Glosses: mat=ONLY 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:IO:IRR:PFV/spread.out (.) 2|3SG:SBJ:IRR:PFV/run banana ripe 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:IO:NONPAST:IPFV/knock.down (.) 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:IO:NONPAST:IPFV/give
Translation: She spread (the mat) for him, ran and knocked down some ripe banana for him … and gave them to him.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kafar fam=ä zäkora nima nzone dagon=ma zane zf yé z nz=yanyak
Glosses: big thought=ASSOC 2|3SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/become QUOT 1SG.POSS food=CHAR DEM:PROX IMM 3SG.MASC:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be IAM IPST=3SG.MASC:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV:VENT/walk
Translation: She had big thoughts “This one here is my dinner. He came already.”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: bäne=ma yrgfakwa nima zane kar=ma keke yé moba zane nm nz=yanyak
Glosses: DEM:MED=CHAR 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:PST:IPFV/recognise QUOT DEM:PROX village=CHAR NEG 3SG.MASC:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be where.ABL DEM:PROX maybe IPST=3SG.MASC:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV:VENT/walk
Translation: because she realised “He is not from this village. Where might he have come from?”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: keke zä zf kwa worugr kwa fof thrämonesé kayé fthé thräthor
Glosses: NEG PROX IMM FUT 1SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/sleep FUT EMPH 1SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:IRR:PFV/wait tomorrow when 2|3PL:SBJ:IRR:PFV/arrive
Translation:  “No, I will sleep right here. I will wait until they return tomorrow.”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: zbär (.) faf ŋathamsakrnth (.) etfth kramnzerth
Glosses: night (.) place 2|3DU:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/spread.out (.) sleep 2|3DU:SBJ:IRR:PFV/fall.asleep
Translation: The night came and they spread the mats. They fell asleep.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: etfth kwosi krämnzer (.) ausi nzürna ŋare krebnaf 4x(züm)
Glosses: sleep dead 2|3SG:SBJ:IRR:PFV/fall.asleep (.) old_woman spirit woman 2|3SG:SBJ:IRR:PFV/wake.up 4x(centipede)
Translation: He was fast asleep! The nzürna woman woke up (and called out) “centipedes! centipedes! centipedes! centipedes!”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: subnazrm fof (.) sain swarithrm (.) wati
Glosses: SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:PST:DUR/wake.up EMPH (.) sign SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:IO:PST:DUR/wake.up (.) enough
Translation: She was really waking him up, giving him a sign … but no.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: keke zethäkna ane
Glosses: NEG SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/shake DEM
Translation: That guy did not move.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: di fof safrnza kwosi
Glosses: back.of.head EMPH SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:PST:PFV/uproot dead
Translation: She whacked him on the head and killed him.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kwot yanatha fä fof (.) bramöwä
Glosses: properly SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:PST:IPFV/eat DIST EMPH (.) all
Translation: She ate him there … all of him.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: sabtha wth=nzo ezänzr füni komnzo b=ykogr firra=n
Glosses: SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:PST:PFV/finish intestines=ONLY 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/carry füni still MED=3SG.MASC:SBJ:NONPAST:STAT/stand firra=LOC
Translation: She finished him and carried away only the intestines. The füni tree still stands in Firra.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wämne (.) yf füni yé (.) firra=n bä ykogr
Glosses: tree (.) name füni 3SG.MASC:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be (.) firra=LOC MED 3SG.MASC:SBJ:NONPAST:STAT/stand
Translation: The name of the tree is füni. It stands there in Firra
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nä kayé fthé boba gnyako nima kwa ymarwr (.) ane kafar wämne
Glosses: INDF yesterday when MED.ALL 2SG:SBJ:IMP:IPFV:AND/go like.this FUT 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:NONPAST:IPFV/see (.) DEM big tree
Translation: When you go there some day, you will see it … that big tree.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: z nyakako (.) zba moth=fa mane ykogr füni
Glosses: IAM 2SG:SBJ:PST:IPFV:AND/walk (.) PROX.ABL path=ABL which 3SG.MASC:SBJ:NONPAST:STAT/stand füni
Translation: You already went? It is here on the road, where the füni tree stands.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ane baf=en (.) yaka=n dga=nzo saräsa
Glosses: DEM RECOG=LOC (.) yamstick=LOC bifurcation=ONLY SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:PST:PFV/erect
Translation: At that place … on the yamstick … she rammed it in the ground.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wth fobo fof thämira (.) ane kabe=ane wth fi zäbrimako (.) zäthbako mnz=en
Glosses: intestines DIST.ALL EMPH SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:PST:PFV/hang (.) DEM man=POSS intestines 3.ABS SG:SBJ:PST:PFV:AND/return (.) SG:SBJ:PST:PFV:AND/enter house=LOC
Translation: She hanged the intestines up there … that guy's intestines! Then she went back. She went inside the house.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nafa-fis oroman=f zräses fof be ra=nzo änfiyokwr ah (.) bä moba nrä (.) mä nznrugr
Glosses: 3.POSS-husband old.man=ERG.SG 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:IRR:PFV/ask EMPH 2SG.ERG what=ONLY 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:NONPAST:IPFV:VENT/make ah (.) 2.ABS where.ABL 2SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be (.) where 2SG:SBJ:RPST:IPFV/sleep
Translation: Her husband, the old man, asked her “Hey, just what have you been up to? Where are you coming from? Where have you slept?”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: mä kwa bä fof zämnzeré (.) zbär=ma
Glosses: where FUT MED EMPH 1SG:SBJ:RPST:PFV/fall.asleep (.) night=CHAR
Translation: She replied “Where do you think? I slept there because it got night.”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nagayé=aneme znsä=n zwäfonz ane gathagatha=me k-kauna mane egathikwroth
Glosses: children=POSS.NSG work=LOC 1SG:SBJ:RPST:PFV/be.caught.by.nightfall DEM bad=INS REDUP-thing which PL:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:NONPAST:IPFV:AND/leave
Translation: `I was caught by nightfall while working for the children sorting those things which they leave scattered around.”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nafa-fis miyamr
Glosses: 3.POSS-husband ignorance
Translation: Her husband was clueless.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fi fthé enthorakwa (.) mnz kabe fof (.) nima thäzigrthma
Glosses: 3.ABS when 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:IPFV:VENT/arrive (.) house people EMPH (.) QUOT 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:PFV/look
Translation: At that time the house owners returned to the village. They looked around and said,
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nä tmatm fefe nz=ŋawänzr (.) mane=ma kabe zä naf nz=yanathr
Glosses: INDF event real IPST=2|3SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/happen (.) which=CHAR man PROX 3SG.ERG IPST=2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/eat
Translation:  “Something terrible has just happened. From which village was the man who she ate here?”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: änyaka zbär zf zukwinzrmth zfkonzrmth
Glosses: 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:IPFV:VENT/walk night IMM 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:PST:DUR/argue 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:PST:DUR/tell
Translation: In the night, they came right here and they cursed her and told her.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: zäbrimath mon kwa wäfiyokwre bäne=ma kabe z nz=yrärkwr (.) z nzyanathr
Glosses: 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:PFV/return how FUT 1PL:SBJ>:3SG.F:OBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/make RECOG=CHAR man IAM IPST=2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/mess.up (.) IAM IPST=2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/eat
Translation: They returned and said “What are we going to do with her? She already messed up this man. She already ate him.”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wati bthan kabe thfrärm (.) kabe firra=n mane thwamnzrm
Glosses: then magic man 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/be (.) men firra=LOC who 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/be
Translation: Okay, there were sorcerers living in Firra.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wati t-tmatm äfiyokwrth t-tmatm zwafiyokwrmth
Glosses: then REDUP-action 2|3PL:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/make REDUP-action 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.F:PST:DUR/make
Translation: Okay, they make their magic things. They were doing this to her.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fam wäfiyokwrth näbi=nzo mni=me n zräföfe (.) nima tmatm=r rä
Glosses: thought 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.F:NONPAST:IPFV/make one=ONLY fire=INS IMN 1PL:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:IRR:PFV/burn (.) like.this action=PURP 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Translation: They came up with a plan “We will burn her with fire.” This was the plan.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wati bthan tmatm=me nafane fam zwarmänwrmth
Glosses: then magic action=INS 3SG.POSS though 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.F:IO:PST:DUR/close
Translation: Okay, they were distracting her mind with magic.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wärmänwath e ane baf=en keke kwamätrakwrm bäne=ma fam z zürmänth
Glosses: 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG:OBJ:IO:NONPAST:IPFV/close until DEM RECOG=LOC NEG SG:SBJ:PST:DUR/come.out RECOG=LOC thought IAM 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.F:IO:ITER/close
Translation: They were distracting her so that she did not come out of that place, because her thoughts were always distracted.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wtri we z zära nima z zwemarth ane yam fiyok-si=n
Glosses: fear also IAM 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:IPFV/be QUOT IAM 2|3PL:SBJ>1SG:OBJ:RPST:PFV/see DEM event make-NMLZ=LOC
Translation: She was also afraid and thought “They already know that I have done this.”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fi yame yr-si=f=nzo zukonzrm boba wämne yfö=n fof
Glosses: 3.ABS mat weave-NMLZ=ERG=ONLY SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:PST:DUR/become MED.ABL tree hole=LOC EMPH
Translation: She was preoccupied with weaving the mat there in the tree hole.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nafa-fis bana krebnaf krekaris u mni u .kwan fof
Glosses: 3.POSS-husband poor 2|3SG:SBJ:IRR:PFV/wake.up 2|3SG:SBJ:IRR:PFV/hear u fire sound.of.strong.wind EMPH
Translation: Her husband woke up and heard it:“uh” the sound of the fire.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kafar wäsü sukogrm mrab fr=en
Glosses: big tree.species 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:DUR/stand bamboo grove=LOC
Translation: The big wäsü tree was standing there in a bamboo grove.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: waisamen (.) waisamen ane kar yf rä mobo zwamnzrm (.) mrab fr thd=en
Glosses: waisamen (.) waisamen DEM place name 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be where.ALL 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell (.) bamboo grove middle=LOC
Translation: Waisamen … Waisamen is the name of that place where she was living … in the middle of a bamboo grove.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: krär (.) nafa-fis zräs be ra=nzo kayé thwanfiyokwr
Glosses: 2|3SG:SBJ:IRR:PFV/do (.) 3.POSS-husband 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.F:IRR:PFV/ask 2SG.ERG what=ONLY yesterday 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:RPST:IPFV:VENT/make
Translation: He got up. Her husband asked “Just what have you done to them yesterday?”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ra kwa thanfiyokwé
Glosses: what FUT 1SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:RPST:IPFV:VENT/make
Translation: She replied “What do you think I have done?”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ra kwan we rä ah
Glosses: what sound also 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be ah
Translation: He asked “and what is that sound, eh?”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nzu-kar bana=fa borbor bana sathor kma borbor u_kwan zfrärm zufsgwrm fof
Glosses: 1SG.POSS-place poor=ABL thunderstorm poor 3SG.MASC:RPST:PFV/arrive POT thunderstorm roaring.sound 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR/be SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:PST:DUR/blow EMPH
Translation: She replied “The thunderstorm is coming from my poor village. It must be the sound of the storm blowing.”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: mni kwarsirm mni komnzo zöfthé zethkäfa
Glosses: fire SG:SBJ:PST:DUR/burn fire just before SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/start
Translation: It was the fire burning. The fire which has just started to burn.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nima sräzigrm nafa-fis bana fof zänmätra fof mni zbo z zamara
Glosses: like.this 3SG.MASC:SBJ:IRR:PFV/look 3.POSS-husband poor EMPH SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/exit EMPH fire PROX.ALL IAM SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:PST:PFV/see
Translation: He looked around. Her poor husband stepped outside and saw the fire close by.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: rürä fthé zagathifa nima sathfärako
Glosses: alone when SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:PST:PFV/leave like.this 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:PFV:AND/jump
Translation: That was when he left her alone. He jumped out.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nima fi fthé sathfärako yak=ä=sü (.) trtha zuthorakwrm
Glosses: like.this 3.ABS when 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:PFV:AND/jump run=ASSOC=ETC (.) life SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:PST:DUR/search
Translation: When he jumped out in a rush, he was running for his life.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: foba näbi fthé zanmatha fof
Glosses: DIST.ABL one when SG:SBJ:PST:PFV:VENT/ran EMPH
Translation: From there, he ran for good.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: emoth fäth nima ämnzr ote=n
Glosses: girl DIM like.this 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/dwell ote=LOC
Translation: The daughters are living there in Ote.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: komnzo zena bobo rä ane kar we nä fof rä trik-si kar fof
Glosses: still today MED.ABL 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be DEM village also INDF EMPH 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be tell-NMLZ village EMPH
Translation: This place is still there and there is also a story about that place.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä ( translation)
Transcription: dödö fr rä kafar dödö fr zbo thd=en rä
Glosses: tree.species grove 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be big tree.species grove 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be middle=LOC 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: näbi-wä fthé zanmatha ote emoth fäth=nm thrätrif
Glosses: one=EMPH when SG:SBJ:PST:PFV:VENT/run ote girl DIM=DAT.NSG 2|3SG:SBJ>2|3PL:IO:IRR:PFV/tell
Translation: Then he ran off for good to Ote. He told the girls:
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: be-ŋame ausi (.) b=zaföfth (.) nafane=ma=wä
Glosses: 2NSG.POSS-mother old_woman (.) MED=2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:PST:PFV/burn (.) 3SG.POSS=CHAR=EMPH
Translation:  “Your mother, the old woman … they burned her there! It was all her own fault!”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kafar yam zwafiyokwr (.) kabe nä z swanathr
Glosses: big event 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:RPST:IPFV/make (.) man INDF IAM 2|3SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:RPST:IPFV/eat
Translation:  “She has made a big mistake. She ate a man!”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fi nima=nzo fefe yarako
Glosses: 3.ABS like.this=ONLY really 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:IPFV:AND/be
Translation: He had left just like this.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fi nima mni zewaräfa (.) ŋarsira
Glosses: but like.this fire SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/burn.down (.) SG:SBJ:PST:IPFV/burn
Translation: But the fire burned down … it was burning
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ŋarsira kma zräzigrm moba kwa krämätré moba
Glosses: SG:SBJ:PST:IPFV/burn POT 3SG.F:SBJ:IRR:PFV/burn where.ABL FUT 1SG:SBJ:IRR:PFV/exit where.ABL
Translation: It was burning and she tried to escape and said “Where will I get out? Where?”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: näbi fefe zaföfath ŋarsira eee kwot zäbtha
Glosses: one really 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.F:PST:PFV/burn.down SG:SBJ:PST:IPFV/burn until properly SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/finish
Translation: They really burned her for good. The fire burned until she was finished.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kuka kuka fä mane wänor kuka kuka
Glosses: kuka kuka DIST who 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/shout kuka kuka
Translation:  “kuka kuka” the one that shouts out “kuka kuka” over there.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: krärth ane bthan woga ane kuka kuka zrämgth krätr
Glosses: 2|3PL:SBJ:IRR:PFV/do DEM magic man DEM kuka kuka 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.F:IRR:PFV/shoot 2|3SG:SBJ:IRR:PFV/fall
Translation: They got up. The sorcerers shot that kuka kuka bird and it fell down.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wati fefe zaföfath ane fobo fä zäbtha
Glosses: then really 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.F:PST:PFV/burn.down DEM DIST.ALL DIST SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/finish
Translation: They burned the bird over there until that it was finished.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ane thrma mni fthé zäbtha wati nagawa ŋabrigwa si=r
Glosses: DEM after fire when SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/finish then nagawa SG:SBJ:PST:IPFV/return eye=PURP
Translation: After the fire had finished, Nagawa went back to see.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: komnzo rä o z kwarsir mni=n
Glosses: sill 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be or IAM SG:SBJ:RPST:IPFV/burn fire=LOC
Translation: He asked himself “Is she still alive or did she burn in the fire?”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ŋabrigwa bobomr we waisam (.) wäsü thé sanmara watik fi nafa-zfth=en=wä
Glosses: SG:SBJ:PST:IPFV/return until also waisam (.) wäsü when SG:SBJ:PST:PFV:VENT/see then 3.ABS 3.POSS-fault=LOC=EMPH
Translation: He walked until Waisam. When he saw the wäsü tree he said “Well, it was her own fault.”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ya=nzo bobo yanora (.) nafa-ŋare=ane=ma (.) wati fi näbi zäbrima
Glosses: cry=ONLY MED.ALL 3SG.MASC:SBJ:PST:IPFV/shout (.) 3.POSS-woman=POSS=CHAR (.) then 3.ABS one SG:SBJ:PST:PFV/return
Translation: He was crying badly for his wife. Then he returned for good.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: zbo yamnzr ane woga ote=n emoth fäth=ä ämnzr
Glosses: PROX.ALL 3SG.MASC:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/dwell DEM man ote=/Loc girl DIM=ASSOC.PL 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/dwell
Translation: That man lives here in Ote. He lives together with his daughters.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: watik kabe=yé komnzo fä nomai sumarwrth ymarwre fthé
Glosses: then man=ERG.NSG still DIST always 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:RPST:IPFV/see 1NSG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:RPST:IPFV/see when
Translation: The people still see him there, we see him when…
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: tnz fäth ane kabe yé
Glosses: short DIM DEM man 3SG.MASC:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Translation: He is a short guy.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ane nzürna ŋare=ane (.) zokwasi nima=me fof rä fof
Glosses: DEM nzürna woman=POSS (.) speech like.this=INS EMPH 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be EMPH
Translation: This nzürna woman's story really happened like this.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: mane bobo firra=n zwamnzrm
Glosses: who MED.ALL firra=LOC 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell
Translation: The nzürne who was living there in Firra.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: tüfr yam nä ffé thwafiyokwrm
Glosses: many event INDF really SG:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:PST:DUR/make
Translation: She did many things,
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fi fath=fa ane fof wäfiyokwa
Glosses: but clear.place=ABL DEM EMPH SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:PST:IPFV/make
Translation: but she did this one thing in public.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nä kar=ma kabe mane yanatha mogarkam=ma .
Glosses: INDF village=CHAR man who SG:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:PST:IPFV/eat mogarkam=CHAR
Translation: Eating this man from another village from Mogarkam.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nafane zokwasi (.) ane trik-si fobo=nzo wythk fof b=rä (.) ane nzürna ŋare=ane=ma
Glosses: 3SG.POSS words (.) DEM tell-NMLZ DIST.ALL=ONLY 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/come.to.end EMPH MED=3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be (.) DEM nzürna woman=POSS.SG=CHAR
Translation: Her story story finishes there, the one about that nzürna woman.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: watik fobo fof zräkoré
Glosses: then DIST.ALL EMPH 1SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:IRR:PFV/speak
Translation: Well, I have told it from there.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nä kar=en nima nä .bun=é bäne=ma
Glosses: INDF village=LOC like.this INDF=ERG.NSG RECOG=CHAR
Translation: In other villages, others can tell
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nä nzürna ŋare zokwasi trik-si bä räro fi ane kar woga mane erä fi ane miyatha erä
Glosses: INDF nzürna woman words tell-NMLZ MED 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV:AND/be but DEM village man who 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be 3.ABS DEM knowledgeable 2|3PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Translation: other nzürna stories there. But it is those other village people who know about these.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nze=wä nz=wäbragwé nima ni miyatha nrä
Glosses: 1SG.ERG=EMPH IPST=1SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/follow like.this 1NSG knowledgeable 1PL:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Translation: I just followed the story as we know it.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nze-kar=en ane yam kwafiyokwrm nzenme ŋafe=yé mä thwamnzrm
Glosses: 1NSG.POSS-village=LOC DEM event SG:SBJ:PST:DUR/make 1NSG.POSS father=ABS.NSG where 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell
Translation: She was doing this in our village, where our fathers were living
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ŋafe=yé we nzenm natrikwath
Glosses: father=ERG.NSG also 1NSG.DAT 2|3PL:SBJ>1PL:IO:PST:IPFV/tell
Translation: and our fathers also told us about it.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nima zbo zf zakoré (.) fof zäbthé .
Glosses: like.this PROX.ALL IMM 1SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:RPST:PFV/speak (.) EMPH 1SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:RPST:PFV/finish
Translation: I said it like this and I finished it.' tci20120901-01
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: moba zrathkäfe
Glosses: where.ABL 1DU:SBJ:IRR:PFV/start
Translation: Where do we start?
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wawa moba enrära
Glosses: yam where.ABL 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:IPFV:VENT/be
Translation: Where did the yams come from?
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: okay kwa zöbthé zrathkäfe nima=me trik-si fof (.) kwafar (.)
Glosses: okay FUT first 1DU:SBJ:IRR:PFV/start like.this=INS tell-NMLZ EMPH (.) kwafar (.)
Translation: Okay, first we will start the story really … with Kwafar.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nima=me fof nzranyan e zbo zrabthe
Glosses: like.this=INS EMPH 1DU:SBJ:IRR:IPFV:VENT/walk until PROX.ALL 1DU:SBJ:IRR:PFV/finish
Translation: We will go like this until we finish the story here:
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ra nzigfu enfathwath
Glosses: what magic.stone 2|3PL:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:PST:IPFV:VENT/hold
Translation: about what magic rain stones were they holding
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: ra fofosa nzigfu enfathwath
Glosses: what heart magic.stone 2|3PL:SBJ>2|3PL:OBJ:PST:IPFV:VENT/hold
Translation: and what magic yam stones were they holding.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: watik zbo zf zrabthe ane=me fof
Glosses: then PROX.ALL IMM 1DU:SBJ:IRR:PFV/finish DEM=INS EMPH
Translation: We will finish with this topic right here.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: trik-si näbi kwa wänyak
Glosses: tell-NMLZ one FUT 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV:VENT/walk
Translation: In this way, it will come as one story.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: zrethkäfé
Glosses: 1SG:SBJ>3SG.F:OBJ:IRR:PFV/start
Translation: Should I start?
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: okay zane mane rä (.) zane trik-si (.) ŋafe=f bäi=f mane ŋatrikwa
Glosses: okay DEM:PROX who 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/be (.) DEM:PROX tell-NMLZ (.) father=ERG.SG bäi=ERG.SG who SG:SBJ:PST:IPFV/tell
Translation: As for this one, this story, it was father Bäi who told it.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: nzenm natrikwa (.) watik ane trik-si fof zena ŋaritakwr
Glosses: 1NSG.DAT SG:SBJ>1PL:IO:PST:IPFV/tell (.) then DEM tell-NMLZ EMPH today 2|3SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/cross.over
Translation: He told it to us and today it will pass on.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: trik-si mane rä kwafar=ma rä
Glosses: tell-NMLZ which 3SG.F:NONPAST:IPFV/be kwafar=CHAR 3SG.F:NONPAST:IPFV/be
Translation: This story is about Kwafar.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kwafar ŋafe=f nima fof kwatrikwrm kwafar mane rära thd=en rära
Glosses: kwafar father=ERG.SG QUOT EMPH SG:SBJ:PST:DUR/tell kwafar which 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:IPFV/be middle=LOC 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:IPFV/be
Translation:  “Kwafar”, father was telling us, “Kwafar was in the middle.”
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: zane zena mane bad mane wythk
Glosses: DEM:PROX today which ground which 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/come.to.end
Translation: Here, where this land ends today,
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: mazo mä ŋakonzr a australia=ane bad mä wythk
Glosses: ocean where 2|3SG:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/become until australia=POSS.SG ground where 3SG.F:SBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/come.to.end
Translation: where the ocean begins until where the Australian continent ends:
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: fä mä fi zfrärm ane kwafar fof (.) kabe mä kwamosinzrmth
Glosses: DIST where 3.ABS 3SG.F:SBJ:PST:DUR/be DEM kwafar EMPH (.) people where 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/gather
Translation: that's where Kwafar was located and where the people were gathering.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wäsi warfo thfrugrm
Glosses: wäsi above 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/sleep
Translation: People were sleeping on top of the wäsi tree (Ficus elastica).
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: wäsi bäne ykonzrth nä bä b=ykogro (.) zär=karä
Glosses: wäsi DEM:MED 2|3PL:SBJ>3SG.MASC:OBJ:NONPAST:IPFV/speak INDF MED MED=3SG.MASC:NONPAST:IPFV:AND/stand (.) shade=PROP
Translation: They call this one wäsi. There is one standing over there … the one with shade.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: kabe fä fof thwamnzrm fof
Glosses: people DIST EMPH 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell EMPH
Translation: The people were living there.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: zokwasi f-frü=me=nzo (.) nä zfth=en thwamnzrm nä thd=en thwamnzrm nä kerker thwamnzrm
Glosses: language REDUP-single=INS=ONLY (.) INDF base=LOC 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell INDF middle=LOC 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell INDF tail 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/dwell
Translation: They spoke different languages … some people were living at the base, some people were living in the middle and some people were living up in the branches.
Language: Anta-Komnzo-Wára-Wérè-Kémä (English translation)
Transcription: watik zokwasi ane f-frü=me=nzo kwanafrmth
Glosses: then language DEM REDUP-single=INS=ONLY 2|3PL:SBJ:PST:DUR/talk
Translation: Well, they were speaking different languages.