lecslab/glosslm-corpus huggingface dataset:
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Emeria fain Eema=ki ?
Glosses: woman this Eema=CF.QM
Translation: Is this woman Eema?
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Emeria fain Eema=ki e emeria oko=ke ?
Glosses: woman this Eema=CF.QM or woman other=CF
Translation: Is this woman Eema or another woman?
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Iwer(a) eka=ki e mauwa=ki , owora=ki , episowa=ki ika-i-non …
Glosses: coconut water=CF.QM or what=CF.QM betelnut=CF.QM tobacco=CF.QM be-NP-FU.3s …
Translation: If there is coconut water, or something else, betelnut, or tobacco …
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Aaya=ko niar ik-ua=i ?
Glosses: sugar=NF 2p.DAT be-PA.3s=QM
Translation: Do you have (ANY) SUGAR?
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ikiw-ep maa en-owa=ko nop-aka .
Glosses: go-SS.SEQ food eat-NMZ=NF fetch-IMP.2s
Translation: Go and fetch (SOME) FOOD.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Owowa oko=ko me uf-e-mik .
Glosses: village other=NF not dance-PA-1/3p
Translation: OTHER VILLAGES did not dance.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yo aakisa opaimika=ko ma-i-nen .
Glosses: 1s.UNM now talk/story=NF say-NP-FU.1s
Translation: Now I will tell A STORY.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: ...emer en-ow mua=ko eka en-ep momor-ar-ep …
Glosses: sago eat-NMZ man=NF water eat-SS.SEQ fool-INCH-SS.SEQ …
Translation: … A SEPIK MAN had drunk beer and became drunk and …
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Nan iimar-ep ika-eya urema=ko ekap-eya miim-a-k .
Glosses: there stand.up-SS.SEQ be-2/3s.DS bandicoot=NF come-2/3s.DS hear-PA-3s
Translation: He was standing there and he heard A BANDICOOT coming.' (Lit: `…a bandicoot came and he heard it').
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Mua nain=ko onak-e .
Glosses: man that1=NF feed.him-IMP.1s
Translation: Give it to THAT MAN to eat.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Miiw-aasa era=pa=ko me yiar samor-ar-e-k .
Glosses: land-canoe road=LOC=NF not 1p.DAT bad-INCH-PA-3s
Translation: Our truck did not break ON THE ROAD.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne samor akena=ko aruf-a-mik .
Glosses: ADD badly very=NF hit-PA-1/3p
Translation: And they beat him VERY BADLY.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ikos=ko niir-u .
Glosses: together=NF play-IMP.1d
Translation: Let's play TOGETHER.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Amerika kerer-e-mik na-i-ya , ikiw-ep=ko wia uruf-ik-ua .
Glosses: America appear-PA-1/3p say-NP-PR.3s go-SS.SEQ=NF 3p.ACC see-be-PA.3s
Translation: He says that the Americans have arrived, let's GO and see them.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Takira me=ko wia aruf-a-mik .
Glosses: boy not=NF 3p.ACC hit-PA-1/3p
Translation: It is NOT the case that we hit the boys.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: No=ko era=ko imen-ap=ko yia asip-e .
Glosses: 2s.UNM=NF way=NF find-SS.SEQ=NF 1p.ACC help-IMP.2s
Translation: If you find a way, please help us.' Or: `Please find a way to help us.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wi kema ma-e-mik , “O=ko=ko amukar-ek-a-n nom . Moram me amukar-e-n ?”
Glosses: 3p.UNM liver say-PA-1/3p 3s.UNM=NF=NF scold-CNTF-PA-2s please why not scold-PA-2s
Translation: They said in their hearts, “C'mon, you should have scolded HIM. Why didn't you scold him?”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yos=ke maa nain=ko me aaw-e-m .
Glosses: 1s.FC=CF thing that1=NF not take-PA-1s
Translation: It wasn't I who took that thing.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Mua nain i=ko me yia far-e-k .
Glosses: man that1 1p.UNM=NF not 1p.ACC call-PA-3s
Translation: The man didn't call US.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I=ko mua nain-(ke) me yia far-e-k .
Glosses: 1p.UNM=NF man that1-(CF) not 1p.ACC call-PA-3s
Translation: US the man didn't call.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yo me uruf-a-m .
Glosses: 1s.UNM not see-PA-1s
Translation: I didn't see it.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yos=ke me uruf-a-m .
Glosses: 1s.FC=CF not see-PA-1s
Translation: It wasn't I who saw it (but someone else).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yo=ko me uruf-a-m .
Glosses: 1s.UNM=NF not see-PA-1s
Translation: I didn't see it (regardless of whether anyone else did or not)
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I mua=ko me wia furew-a-mik ne yiena pun mukuna=ko me op-a-mik .
Glosses: 1s.UNM man=NF not 3p.ACC sense-PA-1/3p ADD 1p.GEN also fire=NF not hold-PA-1/3p
Translation: We didn't sense (ANY) PEOPLE (there) and we ourselves didn't carry fire either.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Owowa=pa emeria unowa wia maak-e-mik .
Glosses: village=LOC woman many 3p.ACC tell-PA-1/3p
Translation: IN THE VILLAGE they told it to many women.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Maa nain aaw-ep iima=pa wu-om-ap om-em-ik-ua , sawur emeria nain=ke .
Glosses: thing that1 take-SS.SEQ chest=LOC put-BEN-BNFY2.SS.SEQ cry-SS.SIM-be-3s.PA spirit woman that1=CF
Translation: She took the thing and put it on his chest, the spirit woman (did).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Saapara=pa nan suusa iw-e-mik , wiena ifa suusa nain .
Glosses: Saapara=LOC there needle give.him-PA-1/3p 3p.GEN snake needle that1
Translation: There in Saapara they gave him an injection, their snake (antivenene) injection.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Aaya puuk-ap iimar-ep ik-ua , manin(a) afua=pa .
Glosses: sugarcane change.into-SS.SEQ stand.up-SS.SEQ be-PA.3s garden old(garden)=LOC
Translation: It had changed into a sugarcane and was standing in the old garden.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I me amis-ar-em-ik-omkun iinan aasa iinan-pa fan ekap-emi paran-em-yi-omak-e-k .
Glosses: 1p.UNM not knowledge-INCH-SS.SIM-be-1s/p.DS sky canoe sky-LOC here come-SS.SIM rumble-SS.SIM-wander-DISTR/PL-PA-3s
Translation: We were not aware, when airplanes came here rumbling on the sky.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I naap koora=pa ik-e-mik , koora=pa ik-e-mik .
Glosses: 1p.UNM thus house-LOC be-PA-1/3p house-LOC be-PA-1/3p
Translation: We were in the house like that, we were in the house.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Aria yena mua pun irak-owa kerer-owa epa weeser-em-ik-eya iirar-iwkin owowa ekap-o-k , o amia mua=pa ik-ok .
Glosses: alright 1s.GEN man too fight-NMZ appear-NMZ time finish-SS.SIM-be-2/3s.DS dismiss-2/3p.DS village come-PA-3s 3s.UNM weapon man-LOC be-SS
Translation: Alright my husband too, when the fighting time was getting close, was dismissed and came to the village, he having been a policeman.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Maak-e-mik , “No ikiw-e , irak-owa maneka fan-e-k a ,” ne ekap-o-k .
Glosses: tell-PA-1/3p 2s.UNM go-IMP.2s fight-NMZ big be.here-PA-3s INTJ ADD come-PA-3s
Translation: They told him, “Go, the big war is here,” and he came.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yo efa aaw-eya i owawiya ik-omkun Yaapan=ena Wewak kame=pa nan ir-a-mik .
Glosses: 1s.UNM 1s.ACC take-2/3s.DS 1p.UNM together be-1s/p.DS Japan-TP Wewak side-LOC there come-PA-1/3p
Translation: He married me and when we were together the Japanese came from the direction of Wewak there.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne i Emer Era=pa nan ik-e-mik , ne oos onaiya Nemuru lul nan ir-am-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: ADD 1p.UNM sago road-LOC there be-PA-1/3p ADD horse with Nemuru black.sand there come-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation: And we were there in Sago Road (hamlet), and they were coming with horses there along Nemuru black sand beach.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ir-am-ik-aiwkin yena mua Sarak=ke wia uruf-ap ma-e-k , “Yaapan nan-e-mik .
Glosses: come-SS.SIM-be-2/3p.DS 1s.GEN man Sarak-CF 3p.ACC see-SS.SEQ say-PA-3s Japan come.there-PA-1/3p
Translation: As they were coming my husband Sarak saw them and said, “The Japanese have come there.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Saa=iw ir-am-ika-i-mik , oos ono-onaiya ir-am-ika-i-mik .”
Glosses: sand-INST come-SS.SIM-be-Np-PR.1/3p horse RDP-with come-SS.SIM-be-Np-PR.1/3p
Translation: They are coming along the beach, they are coming with many horses.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne i owowa ir-a-mik .
Glosses: ADD 1p.UNM village come-PA-1/3p
Translation: And we came to the village.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Owowa=pa fan yia maak-e-mik , “Yaapan fan ikiw-e-mik , oos onaiya Madang ikiw-e-mik .
Glosses: village-LOC here 1p.ACC tell-PA-1/3p Japan here go-PA-1/3p horse with Madang go-PA-1/3p
Translation: Here in the village they told us, “The Japanese went this way, they went to Madang with horses.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wi sawur nain ir-ami fan yiar pok-a-mik .”
Glosses: 3p.UNM spirit that1 come-SS.SIM here 1p.DAT sit-PA-1/3p
Translation: Those spirits came and sat here with us.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wi Yaapan nain naap wia ma-e-mik , “Sawur=ke fan ikiw-e-mik .”
Glosses: 3p.UNM Japan that1 thus 3p.ACC say-PA-1/3p spirit-CF here go-PA-1/3p
Translation: We said like that about the Japanese, “The spirits went this way.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Aria naap ik-ok i baurar-e-mik .
Glosses: Alright thus be-SS 1p.UNM flee-PA-1/3p
Translation: Alright we were like that and (then) we ran away.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Muakura=ke ma-e-k , “Ikoka Yaapan=ke ekap-emi ni emeria unowa fain nia aaw-urum-i-kuan .”
Glosses: Muakura-CF say-PA-3s later Japan-CF come-SS.SIM 2p.UNM woman many this 2p.ACC take-DISTR/A-Np-FU.3p
Translation: It was Muakura who said, “Later the Japanese will come and take all of you women.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I uura maa unowa op-ap baurar-ep koka ikiw-e-mik .
Glosses: 1p.UNM night thing many grab-SS.SEQ flee-SS.SEQ jungle go-PA-1/3p
Translation: At night we grabbed our belongings and fled and went into the jungle.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Iki(w-e)p koka=pa nan in-em-ik-e-mik , ikoka Yaapan me yia aaw-uk na-ep .
Glosses: go-SS.SEQ jungle-LOC there sleep-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p later Japan not 1p.ACC take-IMP.3p say-SS.SEQ
Translation: We went and kept sleeping in the jungle so that the Japanese would not take us.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “Ni ikoka Yaapan=ke emeria niar aaw-emi ni umakuna nia puuk-i-kuan .”
Glosses: 2p.UNM later Japan-CF woman 2p.DAT take-SS.SIM 2p.UNM neck 2p.ACC cut-Np-FU.3p
Translation:  “Later the Japanese will take your wives and cut your necks.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I nain kema tooton-ep , ikoka Yaapan me yia aaw-uk na-ep uura kuisow baurar-e-mik , maa unowa owowa=pa feeke ika-eya .
Glosses: 1p.UNM that1 liver fear-SS.SEQ later Japan not 1p.ACC take-IMP.3p say-SS.SEQ night one flee-PA-1/3 thing many village-LOC here.CF be-2/3s.DS
Translation: We were afraid of that, (and) so that the Japanese would not take us we ran away right that night, (with) many belongings staying here in the village.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Aakisa Malala suule ik-ua , i naap ikiw-ep yiena manina on-a-mik nan ik-e-mik .
Glosses: now Malala school be-PA.3s 1p.UNM thus go-SS.SEQ 1p.GEN garden make-PA-1/3p there be-PA-1/3p
Translation: Now there is the Malala school, we went like that and stayed where we (had) made our gardens.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I miiwa nan aruf-am-ik-e-mik , ne iki(w-e)p nan in-em-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: 1p.UNM ground there hit-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p ADD go-SS.SEQ there sleep-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation: We kept tilling the soil there, and we went and kept sleeping there.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Emeria teeria unow=iya baurar-ep koka ikiw-urum-e-mik , kuisow owowa=pa=ko me ik-ua .
Glosses: woman group many-COM flee-SS.SEQ jungle go-DISTR/A-PA-1/3p one village-LOC-IF not be-PA.3s
Translation: The whole group of women fled into the jungle, not even one stayed in the village.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Mua muutiw owowa=pa ik-e-mik .
Glosses: man only village-LOC be-PA-1/3p
Translation: Only men stayed in the village.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Mua kuisow , Muakura=ke i yia p-ikiw-o-k .
Glosses: man one Muakura-CF 1p.UNM 1p.ACC Bpx-go-PA-3s
Translation: One man, Muakura, was the one who took us (to the jungle).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “Karu-eka , ikoka Yaapan ir-ami ni nia aaw-emi yo efa ifakim-i-kuan ,” na-eya i karu-em-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: run-IMP.2p later Japan come-SS.SIM 2p.UNM 2p.ACC take-SS.SIM 1s.UNM 1s.ACC kill-Np-FU.3p say-2/3s.DS 1s.UNM run-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation:  “Run, (otherwise) later the Japanese will come and take you and kill me,” he said, and we kept running.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Irak-owa maneka ewur me imen-ar-e-k , wi Yaapan naap kuisow=iw ekap-em-ik-e-mik , owowa yiar kuuf-owa .
Glosses: fight-NMZ big quickly not find-INCH-PA-3s 3p.UNM Japan thus one-LIM come-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p village 1p.DAT see-NMZ
Translation: The big fight did not start quickly, the Japanese kept coming one by one to see/look at our village(s).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ekap-ep , ekap-ep , aakisa fan unowa Wewak=pa nan urup-e-mik .
Glosses: come-SS.SEQ come-SS.SEQ now here many Wewak-LOC there ascend-PA-1/3p
Translation: The came and came, and just now many landed (lit: came up) there in Wewak.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne ekap-ep Numbia=pa nan urup-e-mik .
Glosses: ADD come-SS.SEQ Numbia-LOC there ascend-PA-1/3p
Translation: They came and landed there at Numbia.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Maa unowa ifer aasa=ke p-urup-eya miiw-aasa=ke fan p-ir-am-ik-ua .
Glosses: thing many sea canoe-CF Bpx-ascend-2/3s.DS land-canoe-CF here Bpx-come-SS.SIM-be-PA.3s
Translation: Many things were brought up by the ships and brought here by trucks.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yaapan feenap Madang kame ikiw-e-mik .
Glosses: Japan like.this Madang side go-PA-1/3p
Translation: The Japanese went towards Madang like this.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ikoka Yaapan=ke i emeria yia aaw-urum-i-kuan na-eya , i amirika owowa ewur me ekap-em-ik-e-mik , Yaapan fan naap ekap-em-ika-iwkin .
Glosses: Later Japan-CF 1p.UNM woman 1p.ACC take-DISTR/A-Np-FU.3p say-2/3s.DS 1p.UNM daytime village quickly not come-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p Japan here thus come-SS.SIM-be-2/3p.DS
Translation: He (had) said that the Japanese will take all of us women, and (so) we did not come quickly to the village in the daytime (i.e. we kept staying away from the village), as the Japanese kept coming here like that.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Me fan Madang kame=pa ekap-e-mik , Wewak kame=pa fan naap ir-am-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: not here Madang side-LOC come-PA-1/3p Wewak side-LOC here thus come-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation: They did not come here from the Madang side/direction, they came here like that from the Wewak side.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wilkar , miiw-aasa , Madang naap irak-owa ikiw-em-ik-e-mik , wi Amerika wiamiya irak-owa na-ep .
Glosses: cart land-canoe Madang thus fight-NMZ go-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p 3p.UNM America 3p.COM fight-NMZ say-SS.SEQ
Translation: Carts, trucks - they kept going like that to fight in Madang, to fight with the Americans.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I owowa=pa fan yiar ik-e-mik .
Glosses: 1p.UNM village-LOC here 1p.DAT be-PA-1/3p
Translation: They were here in our village(s).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Uura feenap nain , wi wilkar nain muf-emi “Wensa , wensa , wensa”, naap kirir-em-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: night like.this that1 3p.UNM cart that1 pull-SS.SIM wensa wensa wensa thus shout-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation: On nights like this they kept pulling the carts and shouting, “Wensa, wensa, wensa.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wi owow mua=ke wilkar wia muf-em-ik-om-a-mik , mua kui-kuisow wia maak-iwkin .
Glosses: 3p.UNM village man-CF cart 3p.ACC pull-SS.SIM-be-BEN-BNFY2.PA-1/3p man RDP-one 3p.ACC tell-2/3p.DS
Translation: The village men pulled carts for them, when they (the Japanese) had talked to a few men.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “I wilkar yia muf-om-aka ,” na-iwkin .
Glosses: 1p.UNM cart 1p.ACC pull-BEN-BNFY2.IMP.2p say-2/3p.DS
Translation: When they had said, “Pull our carts for us.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wi Malala=ke muf-ep ekap-emi i Moro mua wia wu-om-am-ik-om-a-mik .
Glosses: 3p.UNM Malala-CF pull-SS.SEQ come-SS.SIM 1p.UNM Moro man 3p.ACC put-BEN-BNFY2.SS.SIM-be-BEN-BNFY2.PA-1/3p
Translation: The Malala people kept pulling them and coming and putting them for the Moro men.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wilkar nain wiena maa koorma unowa ipar-iwkin wia muf-em-ik-om-a-mik , feenap Madang p-ikiw-em-ik-e-mik , Australia wiamiya irak-owa nain .
Glosses: cart that1 3p.GEN thing cargo many fill-2/3p.DS 3p.ACC pull-SS.SIM-be-BEN-BNFY2.PA-1/3p ike.this Madang Bpx-go-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p Australia 3p.COM fight-NMZ that1
Translation: They (J) filled the carts with lots of their cargo and they (=villagers) kept pulling them for them – this way they (J) kept taking it to Madang, for the fighting with Australians.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Nepa opaimika me baliwep amis-ar-ep wiena opaimik=iw yia maak-em-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: bird talk not well knowledge-INCH-SS.SEQ 3p.GEN talk-INST 1p.ACC tell-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation: They didn’t know Tok Pisin well and kept telling us in their own language.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Aria ‘taro’ yia na-iwkin miim-ap ma-em-ik-e-mik , “Wi moma yia maak-i-mik , moma=ko wi-i-yen .”
Glosses: alright taro 1p.ACC say-2/3p.DS hear-SS.SEQ say-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p 3p.UNM taro 1p.ACC tell-Np-PR.1/3p taro-IF give.them-Np-FU.1p
Translation: Alright when they said to us ‘Taro’, we heard and said, “They tell us (to get them) taro, (so) we’ll give them taro.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “Banana mau oo , yasi kongkang ,” iwera yia ir-om-aka , “yasi kongkang .”
Glosses: banana mau oo yasi kongkang coconut 1p.ACC climb-BEN-BNFY2.IMP.2p yasi kongkang
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Naeya iwera wia uruk-am-ik-om-a-mik .
Glosses: so coconut 3p.ACC drop-SS.SIM-be-BEN-BNFY2.PA-1/3p
Translation: So they (=men) kept dropping coconuts for them.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Iwera uruk-am-ika-i-wkin wi ikiw-emi aaw-em-ik-e-mik , iwera=ke wia aruf-eya ma-em-ik-e-mik , “Oo kanaka oo , yasi paitim mi oo ,” na-em-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: coconut drop-SS.SIM-be-2/3p.DS 3p.UNM go-SS.SIM take-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p coconut-CF 3p.ACC hit-2/3s.DS say-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p “Oo kanaka oo, yasi paitim mi oo” say-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation: When they kept dropping the coconuts, they went and got them, and when the coconuts hit them they said (in Tok Pisin), “Oh savages, yasi hit me”, they kept saying (like that).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I me wia amukar-e-mik , wis pun naap , i me yia damol-a-mik .
Glosses: 1p.UNM not 3p.ACC scold-PA-1/3p 3p.FC also thus 1p.UNM not 1p.ACC bad-PA-1/3p
Translation: We didn’t scold them / quarrel with them, and they too likewise, they did not do damage to us.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne eka opora biiris marew nain wiena on-am-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: ADD river mouth bridge no(ne) RM 3p.GEN make-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation: And they themselves kept making bridges to rivers that didn’t have them.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Nemuru biiris on-a-mik .
Glosses: Nemuru bridge make-PA-1/3p
Translation: They made the Nemuru bridge.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Biiris me eliwa , damo-damola=ko .
Glosses: bridge not good, RDP-bad-IF
Translation: The bridge was not good, it was very bad.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Dabuel poka-poka , nomokowa galua-galua , nain=iw biiris on-am-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: papaya RDP-trunk tree RDP-soft that1-INST bridge make-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation: Papaya trunks, soft timber, that’s what they kept making the bridges with.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ikoka kuisow miiw-aasa=ke karu-eya ku-ku-ep or-om-ik-ua .
Glosses: later one land-canoe-CF run-2/3s.DS RDP-break-SS.SEQ descend-SS.SIM-be-PA.3s
Translation: Straight away when trucks ran (over them) they kept breaking and falling down.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne uurika naap nain nainiw , mauw-am-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: ADD tomorrow thus that1 again work-SS.SIM-be-PA.1/3p
Translation: And the following day it was like that again, they kept on working.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Aria naap ik-ok wi Australia kerer-e-mik .
Glosses: alright thus be-SS 3p.UNM Australia arrive-PA-1/3p
Translation: Alright it was like that and then the Australians arrived.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne wi Yaapan ikiw-ep Ulingan=pa owowa war-e-mik .
Glosses: ADD 3p.UNM Japan go-SS.SEQ Ulingan-LOC village found-PA-1/3p
Translation: And the Japanese (had) set up a village at Ulingan.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne nan wi owow mua wia maak-e-mik , “Ni kanaka yia uf-om-aka .”
Glosses: ADD there 3p.UNM village man 3p.ACC tell-PA-1/3p 2p.UNM kanaka 1p.ACC dance-BEN-BNFY2.IMP.2p
Translation: And there they told the village men, “You kanakas (savages), dance for us.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I Moro wenup uf-e-mik , i bidaru uf-e-mik .
Glosses: 1p.UNM Moro separately dance-PA-1/3p 1p.UNM bidaru dance-PA-1/3p
Translation: We Moro people danced on our own, we danced “bidaru.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Uf-em-ika-iwkin , Amerika irak-ow iinan aasa ekap-ep Ulingan nan bom fu-fuurik-ikiw-e-mik .
Glosses: dance-SS.SIM-be-2/3p.DS America fight-NMZ sky canoe come-SS.SEQ Ulingan there bomb RDP-drop-go-PA-1/3p
Translation: As they were dancing, American fighter planes came and went dropping bombs at Ulingan.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Iinan=iw iinan=iw wu-ami feenap Wewak kame naap ikiw-o-k .
Glosses: on.top-INST on.top-INST put-SS.SIM like.this Wewak side thus go-PA-3s
Translation: They stayed really high up and went like this towards Wewak.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne Sarak opaimika wiar paayar-e-k , siiwa , epa maak-e-mik nain paayar-ep ma-e-k , “Amerika aakisa irak-owa kerer-e-mik ,” na-ep wi Yaapan wia uf-om-owa ikiw-e-mik nain wia maak-e-k , “Ni uf-owa ikiw-eka , yo miatin-i-yem .
Glosses: ADD Sarak talk 3.DAT understand-PA-3s moon place tell-PA-1/3p RM understand-SS.SEQ say-PA-3s America now fight-NMZ arrive-PA-1/3p say-SS.SEQ 3p.UNM Japan 3p.ACC dance-BEN-NMZ go-PA-1/3p RM 3p.ACC tell-PA-3s 2p.UNM dance-NMZ go-IMP.2p 1s.UNM dislike-Np-PR.1s
Translation: And/but Sarak understood their talk, and he knew the month and place/time that they had told, and he said, “The Americans have now arrived to fight” - he said that and told those who went to dance for the Japanese, “You go to dance, I don’t like (to go).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Irak-owa maneka ikoka kerer-i-non .
Glosses: fight-NMZ big later appear-Np-FU.3s
Translation: The big fighting will start later.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ni uf-ep=na ni maadara me iirar-eka , mokok urupa kaik-i-man nain feekiya Nomon owowa , Medebur karu-eka , baurar-eka .
Glosses: 2p.UNM dance-SS.SEQ-TP 2p.UNM forehead.ornament not remove-IMP.2p eye cup tie-Np-PR.2p RM with stone/reef village Medebur run-IMP.2p flee-IMP.2p
Translation: If/when you have danced, don’t remove your forehead ornaments, and, with your eye cups that you have tied on, run to the reef village, Medebur, flee (there).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne wi ikiw-iwkin Amerika iinan aasa nainiw kir-e-k .
Glosses: ADD 3p.UNM go-2/3p.DS America sky canoe again turn-PA-3s
Translation: And when they had gone the American planes turned again (and came back).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Iinan=iw iki(w-e)p kirip-ap enen=iw , enen=iw wu-a-k ne i fiker gone=pa ik-emkun ekap-o-k .
Glosses: on.top-INST go-SS.SEQ turn-SS.SEQ low.down-INST low.down-INST put-PA-3s ADD 1p.UNM kunai.grass middle-LOC be-1s/p.DS come-PA-3s
Translation: They went high up and turned and flew down, and came when we were in the middle of the kunai grass.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Malala suule ik-ua nain , Siburten ema , oram tene-ten-ep or-op epa iiwawun ifemak-ep ekap-e-mik .
Glosses: Malala school be-PA.3s that1 Siburten hill just RDP-fall-SS.SEQ descend-SS.SEQ place altogether press-SS.SEQ come-PA-1/3
Translation: Where the Malala school is, and Siburten hill - (the bombs) just fell down and came covering the whole place.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne bom=iya , kateres=iya , bom=iya , kateres=iya .
Glosses: ADD bomb-COM, cartridge-COM, bomb-COM, cartridge-COM
Translation: And boms and cartridges, bombs and cartridges.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Koora pun ariwa=ke kuum-eya aw-omak-e-k , i koora kuisow yiar aw-o-k .
Glosses: house also arrow-CF burn-2/3s.DS burn-DISTR/PL-PA-3s 1p.UNM house one 1p.DAT burn-PA-3s
Translation: Many houses too were burned by their firing, one house burned from us.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne yena aamun ariwa=ke aaw-o-k , weepa Aduna ikos iimar-ep ika-iwkin , owow erepura=pa fan .
Glosses: ADD 1s.GEN 1s/p.younger.sibling arrow-CF get-PA-3s 3s/p.elder.sibling Aduna with stand.up-SS.SEQ be-2/3p.DS village outskirts-LOC here
Translation: And my younger brother was killed by a bullet, as he was standing with his elder brother Aduna, here on the outskirts of the village.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wi Amerika=ke war-e-mik .
Glosses: 3p.UNM America-CF shoot-PA-1/3p
Translation: The Americans shot him.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yena aamun unuma Saawoka .
Glosses: 1s.GEN 1s/p.younger.sibling name Saawoka
Translation: The name of my younger brother was Saawoka.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I fiker gone=pa ik-emkun kiikir iinan aasa=ke maifa fu-fuurk-ikiw-o-k , wi Amerika=ke .
Glosses: 1p.UNM kunai.grass middle-LOC be-1s/p.DS first sky canoe-CF paper RDP-drop-go-PA-3s 3p.UNM America-CF
Translation: When we were in the middle of the kunai grass, first the planes went dropping papers, the Americans (did that).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ulingan fa=na iinan aasa nepa saarik , unow akena .
Glosses: Ulingan INTJ-TP sky canoe bird like many very
Translation: Ulingan, phew! There were planes like birds, very many.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I karan-e-mik , yena mua Sarak=na fiker gone nomokowa onoma=pa in-ep ik-ua .
Glosses: 1p.UNM shake-PA-1/3p 1s.GEN man Sarak-TP kunai.grass middle tree base-LOC sleep-SS.SEQ be-PA.3s
Translation: We were afraid, (but) my husband Sarak was asleep at the base of a tree in the middle of the kunai grass area.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne yo iki(w-e)p mesa asia aaw-em-ik-e-m , mesa asia fiker gone=pa ika-i-ya nain aaw-em-ik-e-m .
Glosses: ADD 1s.UNM go-SS.SEQ winged.bean wild get-SS.SIM-be-PA-1s winged.bean wild kunai.grass middle-LOC be-Np-PR.3s RM get-SS.SIM-be-PA-1s
Translation: And I went and was picking wild winged beans, I was picking those wild winged beans that grow in the middle of the kunai grass.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne iinan aasa uruf-ap fiker tepak iw-ap naap ik-e-m , ne iinan aasa yia nomak-ep ikiw-eya Sarak far-e-m , “Sarak , yo damol-al-e-m oo , fiker fufa iw-a-m oo !”
Glosses: ADD sky canoe see-SS.SEQ kunai.grass inside enter-SS.SEQ thus be-PA-1s ADD sky canoe 1p.ACC pass-SS.SEQ go-2/3s.DS Sarak call-PA-1s Sarak 1s.UNM bad-INCH-PA-1s INTJ kunai.grass old.grass enter-PA-1s INTJ
Translation: And when I saw the planes I went inside the kunai grass and stayed like that, and when the planes passed over us and went I called to Sarak, “Sarak, oh I'm in a bad way, I am hiding among the kunai grass!”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “Wia , nos=na , yo fiker fufa iw-ap nefa far-i-yem .”
Glosses: no 2s.FC-TP 1s.UNM kunai.grass old.grass enter-SS.SEQ 2s.ACC call-Np-PR.1s
Translation:  “No, you see, I went inside the kunai grass and am calling you (from there).”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “Momora , no naap me ma-e .
Glosses: fool 2s.UNM thus not say-IMP.2s
Translation:  “Fool, don’t say like that.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yo kema efa bagiw-ir-ow-a-n , yaa .”
Glosses: 1s.UNM liver 1s.ACC anger-come-APPL-PA-2s INTJ
Translation: You really made me angry.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yo me efa war-e-mik , yo iinan aasa fan or-om-ik-omak-eya mesa fufa=pa fan erewar-ep iima ifemak-ep ik-e-m .
Glosses: 1s.UNM not 1s.ACC shoot-PA-1/3p 1s.UNM sky canoe here descend-SS.SIM-be-DISTR/PL-2/3s.DS winged.bean old.grass-LOC here shelter-SS.SEQ chest press-SS.SEQ be-PA-1s
Translation: They didn’t shoot me; when the many planes were coming down here, I sheltered among the winged bean grass and was lying face down.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Irak-owa nain kekan-owa akena , Amerika kerer-e-k nain , ne irak-owa naap ik-ua .
Glosses: fight-NMZ that be.strong-NMZ very America arrive-PA-3s that1 ADD fight-NMZ thus be-PA.3s
Translation: The fighting was very strong when the Americans came, and the fighting continued like that.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Uura feenap nain , i me in-em-ik-e-mik , amirika maa me en-em-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: night like.this that1 1p.UNM not sleep-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p daytime food not eat-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation: On nights like this we did not sleep, in the daytime we did not eat.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Maa uura uup-ep en-em-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: food night cook-SS.SEQ eat-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation: The food we used to cook at night.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ikoka epia wilin-owa uruf-ap bom yia fuurk-om-i-kuan na-ep .
Glosses: later fire shine-NMZ see-SS.SEQ bomb 1p.ACC drop-BEN-Np-FU.3p say/think-SS.SEQ
Translation: We thought that later when they see the shine of the fire(s) they will drop bombs at us (and so we did like that).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Iinan aasa gurun-owa miim-ap eka=iw umuk-owa ewur .
Glosses: sky canoe rumble-NMZ hear-SS.SEQ water-INST extinguish-NMZ quickly
Translation: When we heard the rumble of the planes, we extinguished (the fires) quicky with water.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Epia wilinowa urufap bom yia wafur-om-i-kuan na-ep naap on-am-ik-e-mik .
Glosses: fire shine-NMZ see-SS.SEQ bomb 1p.ACC throw-BEN-Np-FU.3p say/think-SS.SEQ thus do-SS.SIM-be-PA-1/3p
Translation: We thought that when they see the shine of the fire they will throw bombs at us, and we did like that.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yiena koora pun me aw-o-k .
Glosses: 1p.GEN house also not burn-PA-3s
Translation: Our house too did not burn.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wi yapen=pa ik-omak-iwkin Amerika kerer-ep “Eliwa , eliwa” nae-ekap-e-mik , “irak-owa weeser-e-k .”
Glosses: 3p.UNM inland-LOC be-DISTR/PL-2/3p.DS America arrive-SS.SEQ good good say-come-PA-1/3p fight-NMZ finish-PA-3s
Translation: When they (=other villagers) were inland the Americans arrived saying, “Good, good - the war is finished.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wi Yaapan pun iiwawun ikiw-urum-e-mik .
Glosses: 3p.UNM Japan also altogether go-DISTR/A-PA-1/3p
Translation: Also, all the Japanese went.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wi Yaapan Madang kame ikiw-iwkin Amerika irak-owa mua urup-e-mik .
Glosses: 3p.UNM Japan Madang side go-2/3p.DS America fight-NMZ man ascend-PA-1/3p
Translation: When the Japanese went/had gone towards Madang, the American soldiers came up (here).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Urup-ep koka-koka=pa nan , “Yapen oo , Luluai , Tultul , ni kaaneke ik-e-man oo , ni ekap-omak-eka oo !”
Glosses: ascend-SS.SEQ RDP-jungle-LOC there inland INTJ Luluai Tultul 2p.UNM where be-PA-2p INTJ 2p.UNM come-DISTR/PL-IMP.2p INTJ
Translation: They came up and (shouted) all over the jungle: “You in the inland, local administrators, wherever you are – come!”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Wi Amerika fan “Epa eliwa” nae-ekap-e-mik , “Yaapan weeser-e-mik .”
Glosses: 3p.UNM America here time good say-come-PA-1/3p Japan finish-PA-1/3p
Translation: The Americans came here saying, “It is peace, the Japanese are finished.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Naap yia maake-miaw-e-mik .
Glosses: thus 1p.ACC tell-go.around-PA-1/3p
Translation: They went around telling us like that.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I amirik=iw yapen yiena Gawar wiar ikiw-e-mik .
Glosses: 1p.UNM daytime-INST inland 1p.GEN Gawar 3.DAT go-PA-1/3p
Translation: In the daytime we went to our (relatives at) Gawar.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne Sarak ikos Gawar=pa ik-emkun yia maak-e-mik “Sarak oo , Amerika ekap-ep Ulingan nan ik-e-mik , nefa ikum-i-mik na-i-mik oo .”
Glosses: ADD Sarak with Gawar-LOC be-1s/p.DS 1p.ACC tell-PA-1/3p Sarak INTJ America come-SS.SEQ Ulingan there be-PA-1/3p 2s.ACC wonder.about-Np-PR.1/3p say-Np-PR-1/3p INTJ
Translation: And when Sarak and I were at Gawar they told us, “Sarak oh, the Americans have come and are there in Ulingan and they say that they are wondering about you.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “Aria , Kalina , Amerika ekap-e-mik na-i-mik .
Glosses: alright Kalina America come-PA-1/3p say-Np-PR.1/3p
Translation:  “Alright, Kalina, they say that the Americans have come.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I or-u”.
Glosses: 1p.UNM descend-IMP.1d
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Aria i yapen=pa ik-ok owowa or-o-mik .
Glosses: alright 1p.UNM inland-LOC be-SS village descend-PA-1/3p
Translation: Alright, after having stayed inland we went down to the village.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Or-omi yo koka koora=pa nan efa wu-ami ma-e-k , “No feeke ik-e , yo Amerika wia akup-ikiw-i-yem .”
Glosses: descend-SS.SIM 1s.UNM jungle house-LOC there 1s.ACC put-SS.SIM say-PA-3s 2s.UNM here.CF be-IMP.2s 1s.UNM America 3p.ACC search-go-Np-PR.1s
Translation: When we were coming down he put me in (our) jungle house and said, “Stay here, I go and look for the Americans.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ikiw-o-k=na wi Amerika maneka unuma Magerka , o kerer-ep nan ik-ua .
Glosses: go-PA-3s-TP 3p.UNM America big name MacArthur 3s.UNM arrive-SS.SEQ there be-PA.3s
Translation: He went, and the chief of the Americans, whose name was MacArthur. he had arrived and was there.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: O ik-ip uruf-eya maak-ek , “O Sarak , no kaaneke ik-ok kerer-e-n a ?
Glosses: 3s.UNM go-SS.SEQ see-2/3s.DS tell-PA-3s INTJ Sarak 2s.UNM where be-SS arrive-PA-2s INTJ
Translation: He (Sarak) went and saw him, and he (MacA.) said, “Sarak, where have you been?”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “Yo koka=pa ik-e-m .”
Glosses: 1s.UNM jungle-LOC be.PA-1s
Translation:  “I have been in the jungle.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Na-eya Magerka=ke Ø , “No kamenap ik-o-n noma ?
Glosses: say-2/3s.DS MacArthur-CF Ø 2s.UNM how be-PA-2s INTJ
Translation: He said that and MacArthur asked, “Well, how are you?
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yo irak-owa nomak-e-m .
Glosses: 1s.UNM fight-NMZ win-PA-1s
Translation: I won the war.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Nomak-ep fan kerer-e-m .”
Glosses: win-SS.SEQ here arrive-PA-1s
Translation: I won and I arrived here.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “Yo bom yo kateres koor miira=pa efar or-om-ik-ua .
Glosses: 1s.UNM bomb 1s.UNM cartridge house front-LOC 1s.DAT descend-SS.SIM-be-PA.3s
Translation:  “Bombs and cartridges kept dropping in front of my house.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I iinan aasa ekap-em-ika-eya uruwa ain-ep or-op yena koor miira=pa iimar-ep ik-e-m , yena emeria sosora ain-ep or-op koor miira=pa iimar-em-ik-ua .
Glosses: 1p.UNM sky canoe come-SS.SIM-be-2/3.DS loincloth tie-SS.SEQ descend-SS.SEQ 1s.GEN house front-LOC stand.up-SS.SEQ be-PA-1s 1s.GEN woman grass.skirt tie-SS.SEQ descend-SS.SEQ house front-LOC stand-SS.SIM-be-PA.3s
Translation: When the planes kept coming I tied the loincloth and went down and stood in front of my house, and my wife used to tie the grass skirt and go down and stand in front of the house.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne i me yiar-e-mik , Amerika iinan aasa ekap-em-ik-ua nain .
Glosses: ADD 1p.UNM not shoot-PA-1/3p America sky canoe come-SS.SIM-be-PA.3s RM
Translation: And/but they didn’t shoot at us, the American planes that kept coming.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Amina , woowa , eka napia koor miira=pa iimar-aw-ikiw-e-mik , yena emeria ikos , ne wi unowa baurar-e-mik .
Glosses: pot spear water bamboo.container house front-LOC stand.up-APPL-go-PA-1/3p 1s.GEN woman with ADD 3p.UNM many flee-PA-1/3p
Translation: We lined up pots, spears and bamboo water containers in front of the house, (I) with my wife, but many people fled.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: I iisow naap ik-emkun Amerika kerer-e-mik .”
Glosses: 1p.UNM 1p.ISOL thus be-1s/p.DS America arrive-PA-1/3p
Translation: When we were by ourselves like that, the Americans arrived.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “Ni yapen koka-koka=pa wiar in-em-ik-e-man nain kerer-omak-eka .”
Glosses: 2p.UNM inland RDP-jungle-LOC 3.DAT sleep-SS.SIM-be-PA-2p RM arrive-DISTR/PL-IMP.2p
Translation: Those (many) of you who have stayed in the inland villages, arrive (back to your villages).”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Amerika fan ekap-ep Uligan=pa manua maneka urup-ep irak-ow(a) mua wia wu-eya nan ik-e-mik .
Glosses: America here come-SS.SEQ Ulingan-LOC maneuver big ascend-SS.SEQ fight-NMZ man 3p.ACC put-2/3s.DS there be-PA-1/3p
Translation: The Americans came here and went up to Ulingan for a big maneuver and put soldiers to stay there.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Palauwa tin , maa eneka kes mane-maneka fa , oram iw-e-mik , Sarak iw-e-mik .
Glosses: flour tin thing tooth case RDP-big INTJ just give.him-PA-1/3p Sarak give.him-PA-1/3p
Translation: Flour tins, big cases of meat (tins), wow, they gave to him for nothing, they gave them to Sarak.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “No fain wiim-ep amap-ikiw-e .”
Glosses: 2s.UNM this take.along-SS.SEQ Bpx-go-IMP.2s
Translation:  “Take these along and go.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: O wi Laman , Malager naap wia maak-e-k , “Arika , takira , yo yook-eka .”
Glosses: 3s.UNM 3p.UNM Laman Malager thus 3p.ACC tell-PA-3s alright boy 1s.UNM follow.me-IMP.2p
Translation: He (Sarak) had told Laman and Malager, “Alright boys, follow me.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Amerika kerer-e-mik naeya ikiwep=ko wia uruf-ikua .
Glosses: America arrive-PA-1/3p so go-SS.SEQ-IF 3p.ACC see-IMP.1p
Translation: The Americans have arrived, so let’s go and see them.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: O Ulingan ikiw-eya bom iw-e-mik .
Glosses: 3s.UNM Ulingan go-2/3s.DS bomb give.him-PA-1/3p
Translation: When he went to Ulingan they gave him a bomb/bombs.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: “No bom fain=iw mera kuum-e ,” naak-e-mik .
Glosses: 2s.UNM bomb this-INST fish burn-IMP.2s tell-PA-1/3p
Translation:  “Blast fish with this bomb/these bombs,” they told him.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Maa en-owa iw-e-mik , palauwa dram , bata tin naap nain , ne rais weetak .
Glosses: thing eat-NMZ give.him-PA-1/3p flour drum butter tin thus that1 ADD rice no
Translation: They gave him food, flour drums, and things like butter tins, but no rice.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne irak-owa weeser-eya i owowa or-o-mik .
Glosses: ADD figth-NMZ finish-2/3s.DS 1p.UNM village descend-PA-1/3p
Translation: And when the war ended we came down to the village.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Irak-owa fa , opaimika eeya akena yaa , kamenap aakun-i-yen yaa ?
Glosses: fight-NMZ INTJ talk long.lasting very INTJ how talk-Np-FU.1p INTJ
Translation: Oh the war - the talk lasts very long - how can we talk about it?
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Aakun-i-yen , aakun-i-yen , me pepek , me welaw-i-yen .
Glosses: talk-Np-FU.1p talk-Np-FU.1p not enough not finish-Np-FU.1p
Translation: We will talk and talk, but it is not enough, we won’t finish it.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yo yena yaiya Tup ifa ku-o-k nain opaimika ma-i-yem .
Glosses: 1s.UNM 1s.GEN uncle Tup snake bite-PA-3s that1 talk say-Np-PR.1s
Translation: I tell a story about that when my uncle Tup was bitten by a snake.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Urup-ep ek-a-k .
Glosses: ascend-SS.SEQ go.eastwards-PA-3s
Translation: He went up and eastwards.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ek-ap umuk-i-nen na-ep on-am-ik-eya ifa=ke keraw-a-k , mamepaperuma gele-gelemuti-tik nain=ke .
Glosses: go.eastwards-SS.SEQ extinguish-Np-FU.1s say-SS.SEQ do-SS.SIM-be-2/3s.DS snake-CF bite-PA-3s death.adder RDP-small-RDP that1-CF
Translation: He went eastwards and when he was trying to extinguish the fire a snake bit him, the very small death adder.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Keraw-eya , aria nomokowa gelemuta puuk-ap ifa makena nain ifakim-o-k .
Glosses: bite-2/3s.DS alright tree small cut-SS.SEQ snake being that1 kill-PA-3s . 
Translation: It bit him, and he cut a small tree and killed the snake.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ifakim-ep , nomokowa ekeka=pa sererim-ep-pu-a-k .
Glosses: kill-SS.SEQ tree branch-LOC hang-SS.SEQ-CMPL-PA-3s
Translation: He killed it and hung it on a tree branch.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Sererim-ep-pu-ap or-o-k , owowa or-o-k .
Glosses: hang-SS.SEQ-CMPL-SS.SEQ descend-PA-3s village descend-PA-3s
Translation: He hung it and came down, he came down to the village.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Owowa or-op , wuailal-ep , akia ik-e-k .
Glosses: village descend-SS.SEQ hunger-SS.SEQ banana roast-PA-3s
Translation: He came down to the village and was hungry and roasted bananas.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Akia ik-ep en-em-ik-ok , ifa marasin nain=ke kema wiar iw-a-k .
Glosses: banana roast-SS.SEQ eat-SS.SIM-be-SS snake medicine that1-CF liver 3.DAT enter-PA-3s
Translation: He roasted bananas and when he was eating them the snake poison entered his liver.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne auwa ame wia maak-eya res aaw-ep merena ifa keraw-a-k nain puuk-a-mik .
Glosses: ADD 1s/p.father ASS 3p.ACC tell-2/3s.DS razor take-SS.SEQ leg snake bite-PA-3s that1 cut-PA-1/3p
Translation: And when he told my father and others, they took a razor and made a cut into the leg that the snake had bitten.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Puuk-ap marasin wu-om-a-mik .
Glosses: cut-SS.SEQ medicine put-BEN-BNFY2.PA-1/3p
Translation: They made a cut and put medicine into it.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Marasin wu-om-a-mik na weetak .
Glosses: medicine put-BEN-BNFY2.PA-1/3p TP no
Translation: They put medicine but no (it didn’t help).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Iiriw ifa marasin=ke kekan-e-k .
Glosses: earlier snake medicine-CF be.strong-PA-3s
Translation: The snake poison was already strong.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne akia ik-e-k nain me en-e-k .
Glosses: ADD banana roast-PA-3s that1 not eat-PA-3s
Translation: And he didn’t eat the bananas that he roasted.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Nan mukuna=pa ik-eya o nan samor aaw-o-k .
Glosses: There fire-LOC be-2/3s.DS 3s.UNM there badly get-PA-3s
Translation: They were there on the fire and he really got bad there.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Miira saawirin-e-k .
Glosses: face become.round-PA-3s
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne wi emeria papako wia maak-e-k , “Ni ifa nia keraw-i-ya nain sira kamenap on-i-man ?”
Glosses: ADD 3p.UNM woman some 3p.ACC tell-PA-3s 2p.UNM snake 2p.ACC bite-Np-PR.3s that1 custom what.like do-Np-PR.2p
Translation: And he asked some women, “When a snake bites you, what do you do?”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne maak-e-mik , “Ifa yia keraw-i-ya nain miira saawirin-i-mik , ookakim-i-nan .”
Glosses: ADD tell-PA-1/3p snake 1p.ACC bite-Np-PR.3s that1 face become.round-Np-PR.1/3p vomit-Np-FU.2s
Translation: And the told him, “When a snake bites us, we feel dizzy, you will vomit.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Epa naap kokom-ar-eya o lawisiw samor aaw-o-k .
Glosses: place thus dark-INCH-2/3s.DS 3s.UNM somewhat badly get-PA-3s
Translation: When it got dark he became worse.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne haussik p-ek-u na-ep miiw-aasa nop-a-mik .
Glosses: ADD aidpost Bpx-go-IMP.1d say-SS.SEQ land-canoe search-PA-1/3p
Translation: And they looked for a vehicle to take him to the aidpost.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Miiw-aasa nop-ap , iiriw Naawura miiw-aasa awona nain wiar aaw-e-mik .
Glosses: land-canoe search-SS.SEQ earlier Naawura land-canoe old that1 3.DAT get-PA-1/3p
Translation: They looked for a vehicle and got Naawura’s earlier old vehicle/truck.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Aaw-ep p-ikiw-e-mik , haussik .
Glosses: get-SS.SEQ Bpx-go-PA-1/3p aidpost
Translation: They got it and took him to the aidpost.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Saapara p-ek-ap , Saapara=pa neeke ikemika kaik-ow(a) mua pun iiriw ona owowa Medebur ek-a-k .
Glosses: Saapara Bpx-go-SS.SEQ Saapara-LOC there.CF wound tie-NMZ man also earlier 3s.UNM village Medebur go-PA-3s
Translation: They took him to Saapara, and there in Saapara (they found that) the health officer too had already gone to his village, Medebur.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne kiiriw nan Medebur ek-a-mik , mua napuma onaiya .
Glosses: ADD again there Medebur go-PA-1/3p man sick with
Translation: And again from there they went to Medebur, with the sick man.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ek-ap Medebur=pa neeke ikemika kaik-owa mua nain nop-a-mik , imen-ap maak-iwkin o miim-o-k .
Glosses: go-SS.SEQ Medebur-LOC there.CF wound tie-NMZ man that1 search-PA-1/3p find-SS.SEQ tell-2/3p.DS 3s.UNM precede-PA-3s
Translation: They went and there in Medebur they searched for the health officer, and when they found him and told him he went ahead of them (to the aidpost).
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Aria , wi kiiriw neeke miiw-aasa um-o-k .
Glosses: alright 3p.UNM again there.CF land-canoe die-PA-3s
Translation: Alright, again when they were there the truck broke down.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Miiw-aasa ume-ya miiw-aasa nain on-am-ikai-wkin epa kokom-ar-e-k , epa iimeka tuun-e-k .
Glosses: land-canoe die-2/3s.DS land-canoe that1 do-SS.SIM-be-2/3p.DS place dark-INCH-PA-3s place/time ten count-PA-3s
Translation: The truck broke down and while they were working on the truck it became dark, it became past midnight.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne kiiriw miiw-aasa nan ik-eya mua nain nabena suuw-a-mik .
Glosses: ADD again land-canoe there be-2/3s.DS man that1 carrying.pole push-PA-1/3p
Translation: And again the truck stayed there and they carried the man on a carrying pole.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Saapara=pa nan suusa iw-e-mik , wiena ifa suusa nain .
Glosses: Saapara-LOC there needle give.him-PA-1/3p 3p.GEN snake needle that1
Translation: There in Saapara they gave him an injection, that snake injection of theirs.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Nain iw-iwkin , weetak , me pepek .
Glosses: that1 give.him-2/3p.DS no not enough/able
Translation: They gave him that but no, it was not enough.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne nan ik-e-mik .
Glosses: ADD there be-PA-1/3p
Translation: And they stayed there.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Nan ik-ok ik-ok neeke pu-o-k .
Glosses: there be-SS be-SS there.CF die-PA-3s
Translation: They stayed and stayed there and there he died.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Neeke pu-eya oram akua aaw-e-mik .
Glosses: there.CF die-2/3s.DS just shoulder take-PA-1/3p
Translation: There he died and they just carried him on their shouders.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Miiw-aasa samor-ar-eya oram akua aaw-ep ekap-e-mik .
Glosses: land-canoe bad-INCH-2/3s.DS just shoulder take-SS.SEQ come-PA-1/3p
Translation: The truck was broken and they just carried him on their shoulders and came.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Akua aaw-ep ekap-em-ika-iwkin senam pin-ar-e-k .
Glosses: shoulder take-SS.SEQ come-SS.SIM-be-2/3p.DS too.much heavy-INCH-PA-3s
Translation: They carried him on their shoulders and as they were coming he got very heavy.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Pin-ar-eya aria Kuten ame=ke miim-e-mik .
Glosses: heavy-INCH-2/3s.DS alright Kuuten ASS-CF precede-PA-1/3p
Translation: He got heavy and so Kuuten and (some) others walked ahead.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Miim-ep ekap-ep owow mua wia maak-e-mik .
Glosses: precede-SS.SEQ come-SS.SEQ village man 3p.ACC tell-PA-1/3p
Translation: They came ahead and told the village people.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne owow mua wia aaw-ep kiiriw kir-e-mik .
Glosses: ADD village man 3p.ACC get-SS.SEQ again turn-PA-1/3p
Translation: And they got village men and turned back again.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Miiw-aasa awona nain miiw-aasa fa-owa mua=ke neeke wia aaw-o-k .
Glosses: land-canoe old that1 land-canoe drive-NMZ man-CF there.CF 3p.ACC take-PA-3s
Translation: The driver of that old truck took them from there.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Neeke wia aaw-ep ep-a-mik .
Glosses: there.CF 3p.ACC take-SS.SEQ come-PA-1/3p
Translation: He took them from there and they came.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ep-ap ona koora=pa in-aw-ap naap arew-ap pok-ap ik-e-mik .
Glosses: come-SS.SEQ 3s.GEN house-LOC sleep-APPL-SS.SEQ thus wait-SS.SEQ sit-SS.SEQ be-PA-1/3p
Translation: They came and laid him in his house and they/we sat and waited like that.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Pok-ap ik-omkun epa wiim-o-k .
Glosses: sit-SS.SEQ be-1s/p.DS place dawn-PA-3s
Translation: As we were waiting it dawned.
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Karer-ap ma-e-mik , mua iperowa=ke ma-e-mik , “I feeke me soop-i-yen , ona owowa p-ikiw-i-yan .
Glosses: gather-SS.SEQ say-PA-1/3p man middle.aged-CF say-PA-1/3p 1p.UNM here.CF not bury-Np-FU.1p 3s.GEN village Bpx-go-Np-FU.1p
Translation: They gathered and said - the middle-aged men/elders said, “We will not bury him here, we’ll take him to his own village.”
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Ne wia , papako=ke ma-e-mik , “Weetak , moram owowa p-ikiw-i-yan ?
Glosses: ADD no some-CF say-PA-1/3p no why village Bpx-go-FU.1p
Translation: But no, others said, “No, why take him to his village?
Language: Mauwake
Transcription: Yiena miiwa kuisow , eliw feeke soop-i-yen .”
Glosses: 1p.GEN land one well here.CF bury-Np-FU.1p
Translation: Our land is one, we can well bury him here.”