lecslab/glosslm-corpus huggingface dataset:
Language: English
Transcription: Mawna mï na=n Yawat ma=tae mï mana
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ talk=OBL [name] 3SG.OBJ=say-DEP 3SG.SUBJ go-IRR
Translation: Mawna told Yawat to leave [but it is unclear whether or not he did].’ (Literally ‘[Since] Mawna told Yawat, he might have left’; or ‘[Since] Mawna told Yawat, he will leave.’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan na ma=kïta mï ndïambi=kulilïnda
Glosses: 1PL.INCL talk 3SG.OBJ=say-COND 3SG.SUBJ 3PL-TOP=throw-put-IRR
Translation: Let’s tell him to throw them away!’ (Literally ‘If we tell him, he will throw them away.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=n wapata mep
Glosses: 3PL=OBL dry sew-PFV
Translation: [He] made them [= sores] dry.’ (Literally ‘[He] sewed dry[ness] to them.’ In other words, ‘He healed the sores.’) [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ambla=n mundotoma menda
Glosses: PL.REFL=OBL short sew-IRR
Translation: [We] will make ourselves short.’ (Literally ‘[We] will sew short[ness] to ourselves.’ In other words, ‘We will become less populous as a village.’) [ulwa037_33:57]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kïka mï awlu apa ma=u ma=n tembi mep
Glosses: white.ant 3SG.SUBJ step house 3SG.OBJ=from 3SG.OBJ=OBL bad sew-PFV
Translation: The white ant nest has come to the house and made it bad.’ (Literally ‘… has sewn bad[ness] to it.’ In other words, ‘… has worsened it.’) [ulwa042_05:37]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: na=n ndï=tap ndï=n kalam mendat
Glosses: talk=OBL 3PL=say-PFV 3PL=OBL knowledge sew-IRR-SPEC
Translation: [We] told them so that [we] might teach them.’ (Literally ‘… might sew knowledge to them.’) [ulwa018_05:09]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï nji ngala=n un=nï kalam men[da]
Glosses: 1SG thing PL.PROX=OBL 2PL=OBL knowledge sew-IRR
Translation: I will teach you these things.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ambla=n ini tamndï mep
Glosses: PL.REFL=OBL ground owner sew-PFV
Translation: [They] made themselves the owners of the land.’ (Literally ‘[They] sewed [the title] of land-owner to themselves.’) [ulwa014_22:55]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: Simban yeta tï ambï=watlïpe
Glosses: [name] man take SG.REFL=atop-put-PFV-DEP
Translation: Simban made herself [like] a man.’ (Literally ‘Simban took “man” and put [it] atop herself.’) [ulwa034_00:35]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï yeta ambi tï ambï=watlïp
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ man big take SG.REFL=atop-put-PFV
Translation: He’s [like] a grown man!’ (Literally ‘He took “big man” and put [it] atop himself.’) [ulwa014_13:03]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=lakan ndï ma=pna
Glosses: 3PL=IRR-let-IMP 3PL 3SG.OBJ=be-IRR
Translation: Let them stay there!’ (Literally ‘Let them! They will be there.’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï nï=ul mbïi nï=n ka wolka nai
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 1SG=with here-go.PFV 1SG=OBL let.PFV again DETR-go.PFV
Translation: She came with me, left me, and went again.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ulum pul ma=alee we ndï=n ma=ka
Glosses: palm piece 3SG.OBJ=beat-DEP sago 3PL=OBL 3SG.OBJ=let
Translation: [They] were scraping a piece of sago palm but left the sago starch there.’ [ulwa037_60:30]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wana ma=lakana
Glosses: PROH 3SG.OBJ=IRR-let-IRR
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndïnji ndï=laka ndï mï=nap
Glosses: 3PL-POSS 3PL=IRR-let 3PL 3SG.SUBJ=DETR-be
Translation: [They] let their possessions [just] stay [as they are].’ (Literally ‘[They] let theirs; they stay.’) [ulwa014_71:31]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unannji ma=lakata mï ina
Glosses: 1PL.INCL-POSS 3SG.OBJ=IRR-let-COND 3SG.SUBJ come-IRR
Translation: Let our [granddaughter] come!’ (Literally ‘If [you] let our [granddaughter], she will come.’) [ulwa014_11:14]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=n mumneupen luwa lakata tomoy ndï=wat mana
Glosses: 3PL=OBL cold.and.dark-put-PFV-NMLZ place IRR-let-COND insect.species 3PL=atop go-IRR
Translation: If [they] were to leave them in a cold and dark place, [then] insects would go onto them.’ [ulwa014_69:01]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: a maambi=lakan
Glosses: ah 3SG.OBJ-TOP=IRR-let-IMP
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: maambilakan anankïn ngala
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-TOP-IRR-let-IMP blood PL.PROX
Translation: Amazing, the blood!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: sokoy ulwa=pe nï [nïnji wa mana] nakïp
Glosses: tobacco nothing=COP-DEP 1SG [1SG-POSS village go-IRR] DETR-say-PFV
Translation: Since there’s no tobacco, I want to go to my village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [kaukau=nï ma=nïkïna] nakïp
Glosses: [kaukau=OBL 3SG.OBJ=dig-IRR] DETR-say-PFV
Translation: [They] wanted to plant kaukau [= sweet potato].’ [ulwa037_55:30]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [nï=n u na tïna] nakïp
Glosses: [1SG=OBL from talk take-IRR] DETR-say-PFV
Translation: [He] wants to get stories from me.’ [ulwa032_05:24]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [na anda=n nïkïna] nakïp
Glosses: [talk SG.DIST=OBL 1SG=say-IRR] DETR-say-PFV
Translation: Do [you] want to tell me something?’ [ulwa014_03:57]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [nï mana] nakïp nï mïnja=n ma=ta
Glosses: [1SG go-IRR] DETR-say-PFV 1SG speech=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say
Translation: [Wala] wanted me to go, but I told him: …’ [ulwa037_35:55]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [na=n nï=kïna] nakïp na kali nï=watlïta
Glosses: [talk=OBL 1SG=say-IRR] DETR-say-PFV talk send 1SG=atop-put-COND
Translation: If [you] wanted to talk to me, [then you] should have sent a message to me.’ [ulwa014_14:24]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [wutï muneta lunda] nakïp
Glosses: [leg throw-COND put-IRR] DETR-say-PFV
Translation: If you want to throw your legs around …’ (i.e., play sports)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: [nï=ul mana] natae
Glosses: [1SG=with go-IRR] DETR-say-DEP
Translation: [He] wanted to go with me.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï lamndu ma=walinda
Glosses: 1SG pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-IRR
Translation: I want to kill a pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï awal we landa
Glosses: 1SG yesterday sago eat-IRR
Translation: I wanted to eat sago yesterday.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: an inamba[=n] sokoy innda
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL money[=OBL] tobacco get-IRR
Translation: We want to buy tobacco.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: apa mana i liawe numbu anïm nga ma=asa
Glosses: house go-IRR go.PFV down-put.IPFV-DEP post fork SG.PROX 3SG.OBJ=hit
Translation: [He] wanted to go home, but [he] went and fell, and the fork of the post pierced him.’ [ulwa021_00:10]
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ango wa londa
Glosses: 1SG NEG village go-IRR
Translation: I don’t want to go around in villages.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï kamb(e/p)
Glosses: 1SG shun(-IPFV/-PFV)
Translation: (a) ‘I don’t want to!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï mana tïna
Glosses: 1SG spear take-IRR
Translation: I want a spear.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï awal mana akïnaka tïna
Glosses: 1SG yesterday spear new take-IRR
Translation: I wanted a new spear yesterday.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï mana akïnaka tïna
Glosses: 1SG spear new take-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘I want a new spear.
Language: English
Transcription: ma=tï ip ul ma=nata
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take nose with 3SG.OBJ=give-COND
Translation: If [we] bring it first …’ (Literally ‘take it and give with nose’) [ulwa037_65:32]
Language: English
Transcription: unan wa lolop wa inji wopa=pta unan wa mbï napna
Glosses: 1PL.INCL just just just innards all=COP-COND 1PL.INCL village here DETR-be-IRR
Translation: If we just have full hearts, then we will stay here [safely] in the village.’ [ulwa037_30:45]
Language: English
Transcription: ala amun ma=nap lop
Glosses: PL.DIST now 3SG.OBJ=for go-PFV
Translation: They recently went [to Madang] for his sake.’ [ulwa032_29:18]
Language: English
Transcription: nï amun=pe wol amae
Glosses: 1SG now=COP-DEP breast eat-IPFV
Translation: I was still nursing.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wope nï ma=n Chris ma=ta
Glosses: sleep-PFV-DEP 1SG 3SG.OBJ=OBL [name] 3SG.OBJ=say
Translation: The next day, I told Chris.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ndï=wanap wop wolka ndï=tï tamndï ndï=n up
Glosses: 1SG 3PL=cook-PFV sleep-PFV again 3PL=take owner 3PL=OBL put-PFV
Translation: I cooked them, and the next day in turn gave them to the owners.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: awlu ilom nga=wat u ma=tï awe
Glosses: step day SG.PROX=atop from 3SG.OBJ=take put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: On the next day …’ (Literally ‘taking a step away from this day’)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ilom lele ndï=wope atana mï na=n wot yena ma=ta
Glosses: day three 3PL=sleep-PFV-DEP older.sister 3SG.SUBJ talk=OBL younger woman 3SG.OBJ=say
Translation: After three nights, the older sister said to the younger sister: …
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: iwïl lele ndï=tïne yeta nga na=n ma=ta
Glosses: moon three 3PL=take-PFV-DEP man SG.PROX talk=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say
Translation: After three months, the man told her: …’ (Literally ‘having taken three months’)
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: iya nï imba pe i wap
Glosses: yes 1SG night be-DEP go.PFV be.PST
Translation: Yes, I was going at night.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: imba pe mane
Glosses: night be-DEP go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [I] was going at night and …’ [ulwa037_01:29]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: Kapos wapata anda ma=tï indae wap
Glosses: [name] old SG.DIST 3SG.OBJ=take walk-IPFV be.PST
Translation: That old [man] Kapos used to carry it.’ [ulwa014_45:35]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ndï=alep ndï=alep ndï=alep yawt tï ndï=we[u]p
Glosses: 3PL=scrape-PFV 3PL=scrape-PFV 3PL=scrape-PFV machete take 3PL=cut-[put-]PFV
Translation: [They] scraped and scraped and scraped them, [and then] got machetes and cut them.’ [ulwa014_59:39]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: mï minyam tï ambï=lïp naie
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ feces take SG.REFL=put-PFV DETR-go.PFV-DEP
Translation: He kept soiling himself.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: Wopata ma=pen maka=pe wombïn ndï=n nie i
Glosses: [place] 3SG.OBJ=be-NMLZ thus=be-DEP work 3PL=OBL act-DEP go.PFV
Translation: Those who lived in Wopata were like this, doing work, for some time.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: unan awal ma=tane nai nai nai nai
Glosses: 1PL.INCL yesterday 3SG.OBJ=say-IPFV-DEP DETR-go.PFV DETR-go.PFV DETR-go.PFV DETR-go.PFV
Translation: We kept discussing it yesterday, over and over.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: unan wombïn=n nita ma ma ma
Glosses: 1PL.INCL work=OBL act-COND go go go
Translation: And when we work on and on …
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: nïambi Madang wap mbïie nï maka Wombasame mï Wonmelma min=tap
Glosses: 1SG-TOP [place] be.PST here-go.PFV-DEP 1SG thus [name] 3SG.SUBJ [name] 3DU=say-PFV
Translation: As for me, when I came from Madang, I talked about Wombasame and Wonmelma.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ma=tï lïp na amun wolka kwa nga=ul nie
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take put-PFV and now again one SG.PROX=with act-IPFV
Translation: [I] left it and now in turn [I] am making this one.’ (na < TP na ‘and’) [ulwa015_01:41]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: u imba pe i o ane pe i
Glosses: 2SG night be-DEP go.PFV or sun be-DEP go.PFV
Translation: Did you go at night or go during the day?’ (o < TP o ‘or’)
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: tem ndï ndïnji ngin ma=top inim [lï]pe wambana nungol ko=tïne mbay an ma=landa
Glosses: time 3PL 3PL-POSS net 3SG.OBJ=throw water [put-]PFV-DEP fish child INDF=take-PFV-DEP will 1PL.EXCL 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: Whenever they threw their net into the water and got a small fish, [then] we would eat it.’ (tem < TP taim ‘time, when’, mbay < TP bai ‘will’) [ulwa032_01:36]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: maski u ma awlop ma=ka lowonda
Glosses: although 2SG go in.vain 3SG.OBJ=at IRR-sleep-IRR
Translation: Even if you go and get lost, [you] can sleep there.’ (maski < TP maski ‘although’) [ulwa029_02:54]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: u mas ma=tan[a]
Glosses: 2SG must 3SG.OBJ=say-IRR
Translation: You should tell it!’ (mas < TP mas ‘should, must’)
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: un iken ma=wan utap ma ndï=n ma=nïkïna
Glosses: 2PL may 3SG.OBJ=above grind-PFV go 3PL=OBL 3SG.OBJ=dig-IRR
Translation: You can clear over it and plant them there.’ (iken < TP i ken ‘may, can’)
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: nïambi nï sawe inim lopoe
Glosses: 1SG-TOP 1SG HAB water wash-IPFV
Translation: As for me, I bathe.’ (sawe < TP save ‘know’; habitual marker)
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: unnji yena unnji ini=n paynim
Glosses: 2PL-POSS woman 2PL-POSS ground=OBL find
Translation: [They] are your women; [so] find your land!’ (payinim = TP painim) [ulwa014†]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ndï=n mboylim i ndï=ala ya ma=utap
Glosses: 3PL=OBL boil go.PFV 3PL=for coconut 3SG.OBJ=grind-PFV
Translation: [I] boiled them and ground a coconut for them.’ (mboylim = TP boilim) [ulwa014_17:31]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: unan gaden ngala=n pinisim ie
Glosses: 1PL.INCL garden PL.PROX=OBL finish go.PFV-DEP
Translation: We have finished these gardens.’ (pinisim, gaden = TP)
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ala ndï=n labisim mana
Glosses: PL.DIST 3PL=OBL rubbish go-IRR
Translation: They will mess with them.’ (labisim = TP rabisim)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unan unannji grup nga=n pasim ma
Glosses: 1PL.INCL 1PL.INCL-POSS group SG.PROX=OBL tie go
Translation: Let’s form a group!’ (Literally `form our group’; pasim, grup = TP)
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ala ambla=ul loe ambla=n winim undae
Glosses: PL.DIST PL.REFL=with go-DEP PL.REFL=OBL win go-IPFV
Translation: They go around with each other, competing with each other.’ (winim = TP)
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: u=alpim unji wombïn ma=n ninda
Glosses: 2SG=help 2SG-POSS work 3SG.OBJ=OBL act-IRR
Translation: [I] will help you do your work.’ (alpim = TP helpim) [ulwa031_00:55]
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: nungol ndï ma=alpim undae ma=ul inamba=n nji ndï=inae
Glosses: child 3PL 3SG.OBJ=help go-DEP 3SG.OBJ=with money=OBL thing 3PL=get-IPFV
Translation: The children are helping him buy things.’ (alpim = TP helpim)
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: nï ango tïki ankam kuma=n lukawtim=pna
Glosses: 1SG NEG again person some=OBL look.after=COP-IRR
Translation: I won’t look after other people anymore.’ (lukawtim = TP lukautim)
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: tembi anda wa nji=n anma=nï lukawtim=pen kom
Glosses: bad SG.DIST just thing=OBL good=OBL look.after=COP-NMLZ NEG
Translation: That bad one just doesn’t look after things well.
Language: Pondi
Transcription: iwa alan inim anda=awe umbenam undae ndï=i we ndï=in u kundan nïmban ndï=walie ndï=kuk nji awe
Glosses: basket PL.DIST=OBL water SG.DIST=put.IPFV-DEP morning 3PL=go.PFV go-DEP then 3PL=in from eel fish.species 3PL=hit-DEP 3PL=gather thing put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: [She] would put fish traps in the water, go to them in the morning, and then, from within them, kill eels and fish and gather them into something [i.e., a basket].
Language: Pondi
Transcription: ndï=kuk nji awe mï wolka i ndï=n up
Glosses: 3PL=gather thing put.IPFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ again go.PFV 3PL=OBL put-PFV
Translation: After gathering them into something, she again went and set them.
Language: Pondi
Transcription: ie wolka i ndï=kukaw
Glosses: go.PFV-DEP again go.PFV 3PL=gather-put.IPFV
Translation: Having gone, [she] again went and gathered them [= the fish].
Language: Pondi
Transcription: ndï=i we ie way nungol ko=tïn
Glosses: 3PL=go.PFV then go.PFV-DEP turtle child INDF=take-PFV
Translation: [She] went to them, and having gone, [she] caught a little turtle.
Language: Pondi
Transcription: way nungol mï iwa ma=ine
Glosses: turtle child 3SG.SUBJ basket 3SG.OBJ=in-IPFV
Translation: The little turtle was in the trap.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: manji nungol ma=tï ambï=n num ma=lïp
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS child 3SG.OBJ=take SG.REFL=OBL canoe 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: [She] got her child and put [him] in her canoe.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alum ulwa=p numan ulwa=pen=o
Glosses: child nothing=COP husband nothing=COP-NMLZ=VOC
Translation: [She] didn’t have a child – didn’t have a husband.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mawe awa ien
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-PART.INT INT go.PFV-NMLZ
Translation: She herself used to go out alone.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: yanat ma=tï nungol ma=tï ambï=n num ma=lïp
Glosses: daughter 3SG.OBJ=take child 3SG.OBJ=take SG.REFL=OBL canoe 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: [She] put her daughter – her son into her canoe.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wolka ma=ul i iwa ndï=i we ie way mï ma=tïne ma=tï nungol ma=nane
Glosses: again 3SG.OBJ=with go.PFV basket 3PL=go.PFV then go.PFV-DEP turtle 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV-DEP 3SG.OBJ=take child 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: [She] in turn went with him, went to the fish traps and then, having gone – the turtle – when [she] got it, [she] gave it to her son.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nungol mï ikali ma=si ma=tï uta anda=inlïp
Glosses: child 3SG.SUBJ hand-send 3SG.OBJ=push 3SG.OBJ=take shell SG.DIST=in-put-PFV
Translation: The son grabbed it and put it in a [coconut] shell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=tï uta anda=lïp ma=ala undae
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take shell SG.DIST=put-PFV 3SG.OBJ=for go-IPFV
Translation: [He] put it in the shell and started going around for the sake of it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=ala wambana mïnwata ndï=mokoe ma=nane
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=for fish rotten 3PL=take-DEP 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: For the sake of it, [he] gave rotten fish to it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï ndï=amae nai nai
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=eat-DEP DETR-go.PFV DETR-go.PFV
Translation: It ate them for quite some time.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: way mï nai ambi nap
Glosses: turtle 3SG.SUBJ DETR-go.PFV big DETR-be
Translation: And the turtle went and got big.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom mï ma=ul nai
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=with DETR-go.PFV
Translation: The mother went with him [= her son].
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom ma=ul ien maambi nungol mï ambi nap
Glosses: mother 3SG.OBJ=with go.PFV-NMLZ 3SG.OBJ-TOP child 3SG.SUBJ big DETR-be
Translation: And as for the mother who went around with him, [her] son got big.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ambi nape way mï luke ambi nap
Glosses: big DETR-be-DEP turtle 3SG.SUBJ too big DETR-be
Translation: [He] got big and the turtle got big, too.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ambi nape nogat
Glosses: big DETR-be-DEP no
Translation: [It] got big, but no!
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: wolka wop ma=ul ie nogat
Glosses: again sleep-PFV 3SG.OBJ=with go.PFV-DEP no
Translation: Again, the next day, [the mother] went with him [= the son], but no!
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: mï ikali way nungol ma=n uta ma=ul si
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ hand-send turtle child 3SG.OBJ=OBL shell 3SG.OBJ=with push
Translation: He held the little turtle with the [coconut] shell.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: kwa mangusuwa
Glosses: just 3SG.OBJ-poor
Translation: Just, the poor thing –
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: num ma=u nungol ma=n kwa way ma=ul tïn
Glosses: canoe 3SG.OBJ=from child 3SG.OBJ=OBL just turtle 3SG.OBJ=with take-PFV
Translation: [The eagle] got the boy with the turtle from the canoe.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=tï i ma=tï nowe anda=u ma=lïp
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=take sago.species SG.DIST=from 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: And [it] brought him and put him on a sago palm.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=tï nowe anda=u ma=lïpe mï ma=wat pe
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take sago.species SG.DIST=from 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=atop be-IPFV
Translation: Having put him on the sago palm, he [= the boy] stayed on top of it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï ma=wat pe way ma=tï ambï=ul indae
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=atop be-DEP turtle 3SG.OBJ=take SG.REFL=with walk-IPFV
Translation: While he was staying on top of it, [he] carried the turtle around with himself.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: way mï nai ambi nape inom mï wa ma na tap ma sal sap
Glosses: turtle 3SG.SUBJ DETR-go.PFV big DETR-be-DEP mother 3SG.SUBJ just 3SG.OBJ talk say-PFV 3SG.OBJ tear cry-PFV
Translation: After the turtle went and got big, the mother just spoke about him and cried about him [= the boy].
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï nai
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ DETR-go.PFV
Translation: He went.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ay nungol mï ulum ma=u ma=pe
Glosses: ay child 3SG.SUBJ palm 3SG.OBJ=from 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: Ay, the child was living within [a crevice in] the sago palm.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: way mï ma=u ma=p ma=ul mï=nawap
Glosses: turtle 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=from 3SG.OBJ=be 3SG.OBJ=with 3SG.SUBJ=DETR-be.PST
Translation: The turtle was [also] within it, living with him.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=wap ma=wap way mï keka ambi ngata nap
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=be.PST 3SG.OBJ=be.PST turtle 3SG.SUBJ completely big grand DETR-be
Translation: [They] stayed and stayed there, and the turtle got really huge.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: way mï keka ambi nape imba pe mï ma=ul awlu unum kwa ma=in u
Glosses: turtle 3SG.SUBJ completely big DETR-be-DEP night be-DEP 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=with step crevice one 3SG.OBJ=in from
Translation: Once the turtle was really big, one night, he [= the boy] stepped out with it from within one crevice [to another].
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: awlu atau unum kwa ma=in u lowonda mane
Glosses: step up-from crevice one 3SG.OBJ=in from IRR-sleep-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: Having stepped up into another crevice, [he] was going to sleep [there].
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: lowonda mane way mï ma=ala na=i
Glosses: IRR-sleep-IRR go-IPFV-DEP turtle 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=for DETR-go.PFV
Translation: As [he] was going to sleep, the turtle went for his sake.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: li nai
Glosses: down DETR-go.PFV
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ulum ma nambï ka lii wandam nai
Glosses: palm 3SG.OBJ skin on down-go.PFV jungle DETR-go.PFV
Translation: [It] went down along the bark of the sago palm and went toward the jungle.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: li wandam ma=i ma=lop
Glosses: down jungle 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=go-PFV
Translation: [It] went down to the jungle and went around.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=lop impul ko=tïn ma=si ambï awi lïp
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=go-PFV wood-piece INDF=take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=push SG.REFL shoulder put-PFV
Translation: [It] went around, got a piece of wood, and put it on its shoulder.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=si atau ambï mutoma watlïp
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=push up-from SG.REFL backbone atop-put-PFV
Translation: [It] put it [= the wood] up onto its back.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ata i wap wolka ma=tï i lii
Glosses: up go.PFV be.PST again 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV down-go.PFV
Translation: Having gone up, [the turtle] again brought it [= the wood] down.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=tï i li nai ma=tï lii wandam nai inakawana
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV down DETR-go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=take down-go.PFV jungle DETR-go.PFV liver-in-feel
Translation: [It] brought it, went down, brought it down, went to the jungle, and thought.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ta tata tïn ma=ul li ina mane
Glosses: 1SG already papa take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=with down come-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: “I’m already able to get papa and come down with him.”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï tata tïn ma=ul li ina
Glosses: 1SG papa take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=with down come-IRR
Translation: “So I’ll get papa and come down with him!”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=kïp
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=say-PFV
Translation: [It] thought this.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango amun=pe
Glosses: NEG now=COP-DEP
Translation: But not immediately.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ango amun=pe atai ma=tïna
Glosses: NEG now=COP-DEP up-go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=take-IRR
Translation: [It] wouldn’t go up and get him immediately.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kop ma=ala i inim i i wa ndï lii ndï=ule i apa ko=angomlïp
Glosses: just 3SG.OBJ=for go.PFV water go.PFV go.PFV village 3PL down-go.PFV 3PL=from-go-DEP go.PFV house INDF=pull.out-put-PFV
Translation: [It] just went for his sake, went to the water, went, went down to the villages, went around in them, went, and pulled out a house.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: apa ko=angomlïp wa ma=lop
Glosses: house INDF=pull.out-put-PFV village 3SG.OBJ=cut-PFV
Translation: [It] pulled out a house and cleared a village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: keka wandam ndï way maawa wandam ndï=lop
Glosses: completely jungle 3PL turtle 3SG.OBJ-INT jungle 3PL=cut-PFV
Translation: Completely, the gardens – the turtle itself cut the gardens.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: mï keka ndïn up
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ completely 3PL=OBL put-PFV
Translation: It planted them all.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: wowal lamndu mï ndï=tïn ndï=tï i ndï=kuk wandam ma=up
Glosses: chicken pig 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=take-PFV 3PL=take go.PFV 3PL=gather jungle 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV
Translation: Chickens and pigs – it got them, brought them, and gathered them into the garden.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: apa ma=imbamup
Glosses: house 3SG.OBJ=under-put-PFV
Translation: [The turtle] put [the livestock] under the house.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï wolka impul ma=tïn ma=tï ambï mutoma watlïpe
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ again wood-piece 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take SG.REFL back atop-put-PFV-DEP
Translation: It again got a piece of wood, got it and put it on its shell.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=ul i atai ulum ma=iya atai
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=with go.PFV up-go.PFV palm 3SG.OBJ=toward up=go.PFV
Translation: [It] went with it, went up, went up the sago palm.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=tï nai lii wandam i ambï=wana
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take DETR-go.PFV down-go.PFV jungle go.PFV SG.REFL=feel
Translation: [The turtle] bought it [= the wood] down, went to the jungle, and thought to itself.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=ta nï ata ma ma=tïn ma=ul li ina
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=say 1SG up go 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=with down come-IRR
Translation: [It] thought: “I shall go up, get him, and come down with him.”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: al ma=tïn
Glosses: net 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: al mï apa mï al anda ma=in wapen anda
Glosses: net 3SG.SUBJ house 3SG.SUBJ net SG.DIST 3SG.OBJ=in be.PST-NMLZ SG.DIST
Translation: The mosquito net, the house – there was a mosquito net in it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=n ma=ul tï i ma=tanelïpape mï imba pe nai mï nawowe
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.OBJ=with take go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=stand-put-PFV-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ night be-DEP DETR-go.PFV 3SG.SUBJ DETR-sleep-IPFV
Translation: After [the turtle] had brought it [= the mosquito net] with it [= the house] and stood it up, it went at night, while he [= the man] was sleeping.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: unum pe ma=in pe wowe mï i mokum nai i ma=imbam i
Glosses: crevice be-DEP 3SG.OBJ=in be-DEP sleep-DEP 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV stealth DETR-go.PFV go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=under go.PFV
Translation: While [the man] was sleeping in the crevice, inside it, it [= the turtle] went, went stealthily, went, went under him.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=tï atau ambï mutam watlïp
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take up-from SG.REFL back atop-put-PFV
Translation: [The turtle] got him and put him up onto its back.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam ngata=n ambï mutam watlïp
Glosses: person grand=OBL SG.REFL back atop-put-PFV
Translation: [It] put the huge person on its back.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ankam ngata=n ambï mutam watlïp ande mokum ma=tï loe
Glosses: person grand=OBL SG.REFL back atop-put-PFV ok stealth 3SG.OBJ=take go-IPFV
Translation: Having put the huge man on its back, OK, [it] began bringing him carefully.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: naie ulum ma nambï ka nai lii wandam nai
Glosses: DETR-go.PFV-DEP palm 3SG.OBJ skin on DETR-go.PFV down-go.PFV jungle DETR-go.PFV
Translation: [It] went and went down the bark of the palm and went to the jungle.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: al ma=in i ma=tï ma=inlïp
Glosses: net 3SG.OBJ=in go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=in-put-PFV
Translation: [It] went into the mosquito net and put him inside it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï al ma=in ka wop
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ net 3SG.OBJ=in at sleep-PFV
Translation: He slept in the mosquito net.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï al ma=in ka wop awlu anmbïu inakawanap a
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ net 3SG.OBJ=in at sleep-PFV step out-here-from liver-in-feel-PFV ah
Translation: He slept in the mosquito net, came out, and thought: “Ah!”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï anjikaka lii wap
Glosses: 1SG how down-go.PFV be.PST
Translation: “How did I come down like this?”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï anjikaka lii
Glosses: 1SG how down-go.PFV
Translation: “How did I get down like this?”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inakawanae nï anjikaka lii
Glosses: liver-in-feel-DEP 1SG how down-go.PFV
Translation: [He] was thinking: “How did I get down like this?”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï ata anda=wap nï anjikaka liie
Glosses: 1SG up SG.DIST=be.PST 1SG how down-go.PFV-DEP
Translation: “I was up there, so how did I get down like this?”
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: way nga ngusuwa nga=pnate mï ko mï mase
Glosses: turtle SG.PROX poor SG.PROX=be-IRR-SPEC-DEP 3SG.SUBJ just 3SG.SUBJ must-DEP
Translation: [And he thought:] “This turtle, the poor thing; it might be this [turtle] – it just; it must have – ”
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ata i ko nï=tïn nï=tï lii wap
Glosses: up go.PFV just 1SG=take-PFV 1SG=take down-go-PFV be.PST
Translation: “[It] went up and just got me and brought me down.”
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ma=kïp inakawanap
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=say-PFV liver-in-feel-PFV
Translation: [He] said it and thought.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: wolka nawowe mï ma=ala yana angla nalo
Glosses: again DETR-sleep.IPFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=for woman await DETR-go
Translation: After again sleeping, it [= the turtle] went searching for a wife for him.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: way nga wa ma=ala yana anglaloe
Glosses: turtle SG.PROX just 3SG.OBJ=for woman await-go-IPFV
Translation: This turtle was just searching for a wife for him.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï i apa ndï=in u loe i lïmndï ma=ala
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV house 3PL=in from go-DEP go.PFV eye 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: It went, went around inside the houses, went, and saw her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: lïmndï ma=ala mokum al ma=in u ma=tïn
Glosses: eye 3SG.OBJ=see stealth net 3SG.OBJ=in from 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: [It] saw her and stealthily got her from out of [her] mosquito net.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=tï ambï mutam watlïp ma=tï i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take SG.REF back atop-put-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV
Translation: [It] got her onto its back and brought her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom ma=iya apa i ma=tï ma=kanalïp
Glosses: father 3SG.OBJ=toward house go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=beside-put-PFV
Translation: [It] went home to the man and put her next to him.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=tï ie keka ma=ul i ma=iya al ma=in i ma=tï monilïp
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV-DEP completely 3SG.OBJ=with go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=toward net 3SG.OBJ=in go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=take among-put-PFV
Translation: Having brought her, [it] went all the way with her, went to him into [his] mosquito net, and put her within [it].
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï ma=ul wop
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=with sleep-PFV
Translation: She slept with him.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=ul wope yana mï tïnanga lïmndï wa ma=ala
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=with sleep-PFV-DEP woman 3SG.SUBJ arise eye just 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: Having slept with him, the woman got up and noticed him.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï keka sae wap sae wap sae wap sae wap keka awal pe imba pe wop
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ completely cry-DEP be.PST cry-DEP be.PST cry-DEP be.PST cry-DEP be.PST completely afternoon be-DEP night be-DEP sleep-PFV
Translation: And she cried and cried and cried throughout the afternoon, throughout the night, and into the next day.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: keka maka wap maka=pe imba pe wop
Glosses: completely thus be.PST thus=COP-DEP night be-DEP sleep-PFV
Translation: It was totally like that, like this, every night.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inim iwïl lele ndï=tïn
Glosses: water moon three 3PL=take-PFV
Translation: Three years – months passed.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nïawa ango kalam me nï i ungusuwa=lu i wap
Glosses: 1SG-INT NEG knowledge NEG 1SG go.PFV 2SG-poor=with go.PFV be.PST
Translation: “I really don’t know how I went and came to stay with you, you poor thing.”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: way nga tap ungusuwa tï i wapape
Glosses: turtle SG.PROX maybe 2SG-poor take go.PFV be.PST-PFV-DEP
Translation: “Maybe this turtle brought you, you poor thing.”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: awlop=pen luwa anda ngunan ma=p
Glosses: in.vain=COP-NMLZ place SG.DIST 1DU.INCL 3SG.OBJ=be
Translation: “That strange place – we are in it.”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ngunan mbï nanap
Glosses: 1DU.INCL here DETR-DETR-be
Translation: “We are staying here.”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï nasape mï ma=ala lii lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ DETR-cry-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=for down-go.PFV pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: After she cried, he went down for her and killed a pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: yeta mï ma=ala lii lamndu ma=asap ma=nïkïe ma=n up
Glosses: man 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=for down-go.PFV pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV 3SG.OBJ=dig-DEP 3SG.OBJ=OBL put-PFV
Translation: The man went down for her, killed a pig, butchered it, and put it [in the house] for her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=ul min ndï=mondop
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=with 3DU 3PL=dry-PFV
Translation: With her – the two dried them [= the butchered pieces of meat].
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=mondoe ndï=amae ndï=wat pe
Glosses: 3PL=dry-DEP 3PL=eat-DEP 3PL=atop be-DEP
Translation: [They continued] drying them, eating them, and relying’ on them.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: way nga min=ïn twa kana ma=pe mï na=n ma=ta
Glosses: turtle SG.PROX 3DU=OBL hearth beside 3SG.OBJ=be-DEP 3SG.SUBJ DETR=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say
Translation: And while this turtle stayed there with them next to the hearth, he [= the man] said to her:
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: way nga mï tap u=tïn u=tï i wap
Glosses: turtle SG.PROX 3SG.SUBJ maybe 2SG=take-PFV 2SG=take go.PFV be.PST
Translation: “This turtle, maybe he got you and brought you.”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: min=ïn twa kana ma=pe min amae
Glosses: 3DU=OBL hearth beside 3SG.OBJ=be-DEP 3DU eat-IPFV
Translation: While [it] stayed with them there by the hearth, the two would eat.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mundu ndï=kuk ma=n awe mï ndï=amae
Glosses: food 3PL=gather 3GSG=OBL put.IPFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=eat-IPFV
Translation: [They] would gather food for it and it would eat them [= the items of food].
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=amae nai nai way mï keka nai ambi nïpat ngata nap
Glosses: 3PL=eat-DEP DETR-go.PFV DETR-go.PFV turtle 3SG.SUBJ completely DETR-go.PFV big giant grand DETR-be
Translation: [It] ate them and ate them until the turtle totally went and got big, giant, huge.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: way mï keka nai ambi nïpat ngata nap ande
Glosses: turtle 3SG.SUBJ completely DETR-go.PFV big huge giant DETR-be ok
Translation: The turtle completely went big, giant, huge, OK.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï inakawanae
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ liver-in-feel-DEP
Translation: He was thinking –
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ita tata mï inakawanae mï=na=pe
Glosses: go.PFV-COND papa 3SG.SUBJ liver-in-feel-DEP 3SG.SUBJ=DETR-be-DEP
Translation: If [he] went – the papa was thinking around there.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: min yena ma=ul mï=nap min alum ndï=nanain
Glosses: 3DU woman 3SG.OBJ=with 3SG.SUBJ=DETR-be 3DU child 3PL=DETR-DETR-get
Translation: They – [he] stayed around there with his wife, and they had children.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: min alum ndï=nanaine
Glosses: 3DU child 3PL=DETR-DETR-get-IPFV
Translation: They had children.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: e yeta uwe ko way ma na=n alum ndï=kïna
Glosses: hey man 2SG-PART.INT just turtle 3SG.OBJ talk=OBL child 3PL=say-IRR
Translation: Hey, man, you yourself should have just told the children about the turtle!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: un wana mbïwap angos nga=n anjikalakana
Glosses: 2PL PROH here-be.PST what SG.PROX=OBL how.many-IRR-let-IRR
Translation: “Don’t do something [bad] to this [turtle] here!”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï alum ndï=naine way mï ma=ala inim namana man
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ child 3PL=DETR-get-DEP turtle 3SG.OBJ 3SG.OBJ=from water DETR-go-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: [After] he [= the man] had children, the turtle was going to go away from him, [back] to the water.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=ala inim namana mane
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=from water DETR-go-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [It] was going to go away from him to the water.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: imba pe ala maka longom tï ma=nana
Glosses: night be-DEP PL.DIST thus dream take 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV
Translation: At night, they gave him [= the man] a dream like this.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: na=n ma=ta nï u=andïm inim namana
Glosses: talk=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say 1SG 2SG=from water DETR-go-IRR
Translation: [It] told him: “I will go from you [back] to the water.”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom mï wop umbenam lamndu ma=asap
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ sleep-PFV morning pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: The man slept and in the morning killed a pig.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: lamndu manji wi Wonmelma
Glosses: pig 3SG.OBJ-POSS name [name]
Translation: The pig’s name was Wonmelma.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=asape way ma=ul mï=nanaamap
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV-DEP turtle 3SG.OBJ=with 3SG.SUBJ-DETR-DETR-eat-PFV
Translation: After [he] killed it, [he] ate it with the turtle.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: at kwa ma=n mï ma=tï ma=n ani lïp
Glosses: end one 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=OBL bilum put-PFV
Translation: One piece [of the meat] – he put it in the bilum [= string bag] for it [= the turtle].
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: way mï ango ma=n ka li mana
Glosses: turtle 3SG.SUBJ NEG 3SG.OBJ=OBL let down go-IRR
Translation: The turtle would not [yet] leave him and go down.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï kop ma=ul ma=pe
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ just 3SG.OBJ=with 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: It just stayed with him.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: mï ko ma=ul ma=pe nogat
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ just 3SG.OBJ=with 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV no
Translation: It just stayed with him – no!
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: itom manji alum ndï ndï
Glosses: father 3SG.OBJ-POSS child 3PL 3PL
Translation: The father’s children, they –
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: min numan yena ul wandam mane
Glosses: 3DU husband woman with jungle go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: They – the husband was going around the jungle with [his] wife.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: alum yeta mï ko ma=wap nali wongïta tïn ko way ngusuwa ma=n lïmndï ma=u maka ma=asa
Glosses: child man 3SG.SUBJ just 3SG.OBJ=be.PST spine bow take-PFV just turtle poor 3SG.OBJ=OBL eye 3SG.OBJ=from thus 3SG.OBJ=hit
Translation: The son just stayed there and got a sago frond bow and just hit the poor turtle like this in the eye.
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: ma=asae mïka nali mï nungun ma lïmndï upe
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=hit-DEP thus spine 3SG.SUBJ break 3SG.OBJ eye put-PFV-DEP
Translation: Having hit it, the spine thus broke into its eye.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: itom mï wa i ma=anglalop
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ village go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=await-go-PFV
Translation: The man went to the village and searched for it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inom ngata ngusuwa anda ango luwa nai
Glosses: mother grand poor SG.DIST which place DETR-go.PFV
Translation: “Where did that poor grandmother go?”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï atwana nungolke ndï=tae
Glosses: 3PL question child 3PL=say-DEP
Translation: They asked the children.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: alum ndï=tae alum ndï nata an ango kalam me
Glosses: child 3PL=say-DEP child 3PL DETR-say 1PL.EXCL NEG knowledge NEG
Translation: [They] asked the children and the children replied: “We don’t know.”
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: yenanu nungol ma=wape na=n ma=ta nogat ya
Glosses: woman child 3SG.OBJ=be.PST-DEP talk=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say no yes
Translation: But the daughter later told him [= the father]: “Not at all!”
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: yeta anda ma=asa wape
Glosses: man SG.DIST 3SG.OBJ=hit be.PST-DEP
Translation: “That boy hit it!”
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: nali wongïta anda=n mangusuwa lïmndï anda=ka ma=asa wap
Glosses: spine bow SG.DIST=OBL 3SG.OBJ-poor eye SG.DIST=in 3SG.OBJ=hit be.PST
Translation: “[He] hit the poor thing in the eye with that sago frond bow.”
Language: Tok Pisin
Transcription: way mï ta awal pe imba pe i ma=iya apa i lïmndï ma=n ma=ul si
Glosses: turtle 3SG.SUBJ already afternoon be-DEP night be-DEP go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=toward house go.PFV eye 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.OBJ=with push
Translation: The turtle – already in the afternoon – went at night, went to him in the house, and showed him [its injured] eye.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: nï u=andïm namana man
Glosses: 1SG 2SG=from DETR-go-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: “So I’m going to go to away from you.”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wolka lamndu kwa ma=asape ma=ul mï=nanaamap at kuma ndï=n ma=n ame naitap
Glosses: again pig one 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV-DEP 3SG.OBJ=with 3SG.SUBJ=DETR-DETR-eat-PFV end some 3PL=OBL 3SG.OBJ=OBL basket DETR-tie-PFV
Translation: Having killed another pig, [he] ate it with it [= the turtle] and tied some pieces [of meat] up in his basket.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=tï ma=nane mï ndï=tï nai inim nai
Glosses: 3PL=take 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=take DETR-go.PFV water DETR-go.PFV
Translation: [He] gave them [= the pieces of meat] to it [= the turtle], and it took them and went, went into the water.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: inim naie unan amun lïmndï way ambi anda=andïen
Glosses: water DETR-go.PFV-DEP 1PL.INCL now eye turtle big SG.DIST=see-NMLZ
Translation: Having gone into the water, we now see that big turtle.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï angumoni nïmal anda=u inim p[e]
Glosses: 3PL swelling river SG.DIST=from water be[-IPFV]
Translation: They are in the swelling river, in the water.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï angumoni nïmal ma=u inim pe
Glosses: 3PL swelling river 3SG.OBJ=from water be-IPFV
Translation: They are in the water in the swelling river.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndïnam ndï angumoni nïmal ma=p
Glosses: 3PL-EMPH 3PL swelling river 3SG.OBJ=be
Translation: They’re the ones; they live in the swelling river.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï nungolke ndï=n ma=n lïp
Glosses: 3PL child 3PL=OBL 3SG.OBJ=OBL put-PFV
Translation: They [= other villagers] left [their] children with her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wandam undae ulum alie mï wa ma=pe
Glosses: jungle go-DEP palm scrape-DEP 3SG.SUBJ village 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: When [they] would go around in the jungle and scrape sago palms, she stayed in the village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndïnji unduwan ndï=we we ndï=amae uma ndï=tï li undae ndï=kuk maka ulum nowe anda ndï=n
Glosses: 3PL-POSS head 3PL=cut then 3PL=eat-DEP bone 3PL=take down go-DEP 3PL=gather thus palm sago.species SG.DIST 3PL=OBL
Translation: [She] would cut off their heads and then eat them, bring [their] bones down, and pile them – like, that sago palm – with them –
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ndï=kuk ma=u ma awi up
Glosses: 3PL=gather 3SG.OBJ=from 3SG.OBJ shoulder put-PFV
Translation: [She] piled them there onto its shoulder.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: i ma na=n ambla=kïp
Glosses: go.PFV 3SG.OBJ talk=OBL PL.REFL=say-PFV
Translation: They went and talked about her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=atïna nakïp ie
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=hit-IRR DETR-say-PFV go.PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] wanted to kill her.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wutota=pe ndï wongïta tïn ma=ul asap ulwa=pe
Glosses: tall=COP-DEP 3PL bow take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=with hit-PFV nothing=COP-DEP
Translation: Since [it] was tall, they could hit nothing when they got a bow and shot with it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kwa ngaawa wandam nga=u i ndï=iya wa i
Glosses: one SG.PROX-INT jungle SG.PROX=from go.PFV 3PL=toward village go.PFV
Translation: But someone just came from out of the jungle and went to them in the village.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: wongïta ma=tïn ma=n ma=ul asa
Glosses: bow 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.OBJ=with hit
Translation: [He] took the bow and shot at her with it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: manji sawi ma=nip ma=ul asae
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS magic 3SG.OBJ=act-PFV 3SG.OBJ=with hit-DEP
Translation: [He] sang his magic charm and shot with it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kwa mï ma=n ambï aweta kïp
Glosses: one 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=OBL SG.REFL friend say-PFV
Translation: Someone said that it was his friend.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: a nïnji aweta anda ko ma=atïna
Glosses: ah 1SG-POSS friend SG.DIST just 3SG.OBJ=hit-IRR
Translation: “Ah, that friend of mine will really hit her!”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï asika sawi ma=nip ulwa=pe
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ sit-let magic 3SG.OBJ=act-PFV nothing=COP-DEP
Translation: He [= the stranger] sat and sang the magic spell to the end –
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: keka ma=n u wongïta ma=tïn keka ma=asae mï keka nip
Glosses: completely 3SG.OBJ=OBL from bow 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV completely 3SG.OBJ=hit-DEP 3SG.SUBJ completely die-PFV
Translation: Totally – [he] got the bow from him [= his friend] and totally hit her and she died completely.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ulum ma=lop li lïp ma=in u uma ndï=kuk anmbïup
Glosses: palm 3SG.OBJ=cut-PFV down put-PFV 3SG.OBJ=in from bone 3PL=gather out-here-put-PFV
Translation: [They] cut the sago palm down and gathered the bones out from within it.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: ma=nïkïp at ko=tï ma=nanda natae
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=dig-PFV end INDF=take 3SG.OBJ=give-IRR DETR-say-DEP
Translation: [They] butchered her and talked about giving a piece [of her body] to him [= the stranger].
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: un maka ma nambï pen nga=tï nï=nata nï ma=tï mana
Glosses: 2PL thus 3SG.OBJ body be-NMLZ SG.PROX=take 1SG=give-COND 1SG 3SG.OBJ=take go-IRR
Translation: “If you, like this, give me this thing on her body, I will take it and go.”
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï ma=tï i ma=si isi pul ma=tï lïp
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=push young.pangal piece 3SG.OBJ=take put-PFV
Translation: He brought it and pushed it onto a piece of palm frond.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: kukumbe isi pul ma=tï lïpe mï tembi=p
Glosses: sago.species pangal piece 3SG.OBJ=take put-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ bad=COP
Translation: [He] put it on a piece of kukumbe sago frond, but it was bad.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: mï ma=si nowe isi pul ma=tï lïpe mï anma=p
Glosses: 3S.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=push sago.species young.pangal piece 3SG.OBJ=take put-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ good=COP
Translation: So he pushed it onto a piece of a nowe sago fond, and it was good!
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: pe mï ma anenisi=n namndu ndï=walie=p
Glosses: be-DEP 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ sun-flower.sheath=OBL pig 3PL=hit-DEP=COP
Translation: And then he, with its torch, was killing pigs.
Language: Unknown language
Transcription: manji aweta mï i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS friend 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV
Translation: But then his friend came.