Buksa-1 text: “The Buffalo”

F.3 Buksa-1 text: “The Buffalo”

Sentence 1: t̪o sɐb me gau

mehmɐnd̪ɐɾime.

I went guest.as Sir, I went out as a guest.

sir

Sentence 2: aᵘɾ mehmɐnd̪ɐɾi

bədʒese mene ki tʃəlo meɾo and guest

me nɪkəl

gau

ɪsi

I go.out went this time

I went my

ko bʰi kɐm hojɐvo

məge mɪl dʒɐvuŋge. also work get.done and money also money

aᵘɾ pæⁱse

bʰi pæⁱse

get will.do

I went out as a guest this time to find work and to get some money.

Sentence 3: aᵘɾ ʊsne d̪əs d̪ɪn

ko

bɐⁱd̪o

d̪ʰəɾd̪ʰəᵘ.

and he ten days for promise gave He (doctor) promised to give me money after ten days.

Question 1: After how many days did the man promise to give him money? Answer 1: Ten days.

Sentence 4: ɔᵘr bʰɐⁱd̪o

d̪ʰənːki bɐdme sukːəɾ ko d̪in ho t̪o sukːəɾ d̪in and promise gave

Friday day

ʃʲɐmko kʰeⁱd̪ei ʊsne ʃɐ̃dʒko

pæⁱse

d̪et̪ahũ.

told

he evening money will.give

After he had promised to give the money, Friday came and he said he would give me the money that evening.

Sentence 5: ʃɐ̃dʒko

bʰi neⁱ d̪et̪a pæⁱsɐ

nɐ

mɪl pɐje.

evening also not give money didn’t get But again in the evening he didn’t give me the money. So I didn’t receive any money.

Sentence 6: bolo

əb t̪u ɾʊkdʒɐ. told

now you stay.here He said: “You stay here.”

Sentence 7: t̪o me ɾukgaᵘ aᵘr e ɾukne ki kɐɾən eⁱsi d̪ʰəɾguʈnɐ

bʰɐji.

ke

I stayed and

stayed

reason like unfortunate.thing brother

gʰəɾ

be kʰəʈɾɐ

gʰəɾ

me məɾgaᵘ.

house in buffalo house in

died

So I stayed there and because I stayed there an unfortunate thing happened, brother. In my house a buffalo died.

Sentence 8: aᵘɾ gʰəɾ

se pʰɪɾ dʒo ɐd̪mi

pãᵘtʃo.

and house form then

one.man reached

Then a man arrived from my house.

Sentence 9: bolo

mere told

t̪umɐɾe gʰəɾ

me kʰəʈɾɐ

məɾgaᵘ aᵘr kʰəʈɾɐ

mərnese

you house in

buffalo died

and buffalo died(death) my

d̪ɪl kɐ̃pʰən ləgaᵘ. heart troubled started

He said, “A buffalo has died in your house.” Due to this death, my heart began to be troubled.

Question 2: Due to the death of his buffalo, what happened in his heart? Answer 2: It began to be troubled.

Sentence 10: d̪ɪl

me ɪnko dʒot heart troubled

kɐ̃pʰneke bɐd̪me

bəɽɐ pəɾiɕɐni

me suʃ. bʰəⁱ

after.that great difficulty in

brother I

these

dʒot həməɾi kʰəɾɐb hogəⁱ. my

bad

became

After that my heart was troubled with great difficulty, brother, because these bad things had happened.

Sentence 11: ɔɾ

kɐ hogaᵘ. and what happened

And what could I do?

Sentence 12: geɾib ɐd̪mi e kɐ

kəɾeŋge.

poor man what will.do

I am a poor man, so what to do?

Sentence 13: pure

hɐt̪ʰ peɽ ẽhi hemɐɾi.

(Meaning of sentence unclear.)

Sentence 14: me

ɐgəᵘ.

I came

I came home.

Sentence 15: bətʃʰose

mene

budʒi.

from.children I

enquired

I enquired of the children.

Sentence 16: ʊnse kəji ɪnki kɐkɐ me ke ɪs kʰəʈɾɐ

ko kɐ

bʰəᵘ.

they said this uncle

buffalo

what happened

(Meaning of sentence unclear.)

Sentence 17: bolekɐ tʃou kʰɐɾo ɪsne kʰɐs kʰɐ o

this grass ate and water drank

They said, “It (the buffalo) ate this grass and drank this water.

Sentence 18: pɐni

bɐd̪ kʰəʈɾɐ water drinking after

pineke bɐd̪me pɐni

pit̪eⁱ

kʰəɾib d̪əs miləʈ

water drinking about ten minutes after buffalo

pʰəʈpʰəɖəne ləgaᵘ. restless

became “About ten minutes after drinking the water, the buffalo started acting restless.”

Question 3: About ten minutes after drinking the water, what did the buffalo start to do? Answer 3: They started to act restless.

Sentence 19: pʰəʈpʰəɽne

ko kʰuɳ ɑo. restless

ki pʰɪɾ bɐd̪me

mũse

kʰəʈɾɐ

then afterwords mouth.from and buffalo of blood came

After acting restless, then blood came from the buffalo’s mouth.

Qustion 4: What came out of the buffalo’s mouth? Answer 4: Blood.

Sentence 20: kʰuɳ

ɑo kʰəɾib d̪əs mileʈ

t̪ək ɔɾ

d̪əs mileʈ

t̪əb

blood came about ten minutes til and ten minutes then

kʰuɳ ɑo d̪əs mileʈ

t̪ek ʊske pɾɐn tʃuʈgəⁱ.

blood came ten minute til its

life

ended

Blood came out for about ten minutes, then it died.

Sentence 21: pɾɐn tʃuʈne

ke bɐd̪me gʰəɾwɐli humbi ɾone

ləgi.

life finished after

wife

my

crying started

After it died, my wife started crying.

Question 5: After the buffalo died, what did his wife do? Answer 5: She started crying.

Sentence 22: boli

bobot̪ buɾo gaᵘ

əb

kɐ

kəɾnɐ tʃɐjije ɪsme

bi

told very bad went now what to.do should in.this that also

kʰəɾnɐ e d̪eso t̪e. should be done

She said, “This is very bad. Now we should do what needs to be done.”

Sentence 23: pãᵘtʃi

gaᵘ ɐgɐᵘ me t̪o ɪnki kɐ kəɾnɐ tʃɐjije me dʒo homɐɾɐ I.reached

came I

this what to.do should I

our

bʰəgwɐn voji səb kutʃ kɐmo həmɐɾe ust̪əd̪ɐɾe

kʰəʈɾa God

vo

tʃəlo vo

he all that work our redeemer that went that buffalo

məɾgaᵘ həmɐɾo. died

our When I reached home I told them, “What should I do? Our God who is our redeemer has caused the buffalo to die.”

Sentence 24: ɪt̪ni me hum nəɾpət̪

nəgəɾ pãutʃge.

with this we Narpath Nagar reached With this, we went to Narpath Nagar.

Sentence 25: nəɾpət̪

tʃɐɾ hədʒɐɾme Narpath Nagar after.reached bull its bargaining happened four thousand Upon reaching Narpath Nagar, we bargained Rs 4000 for a bull.

nəgəɾ pãᵘtʃneme

bæⁱl ke tʃod̪ɐ

hogəji

Question 6: How much money did they bargain for the bull? Answer 6: 4000 rupees.

Sentence 26: tʃɐɾ hədʒɐɾme

tʃod̪ɐ

hogəji

solɐso ɾupija hum vo

four thousand.in bargaining happened 1600 rupees we

that

kəsɐⁱ ko d̪ijɐ e. seller to give

After bargaining for 4000, we gave the seller 1600 rupees.

Question 7: To whom did they give 1600 rupees? Answer 7: To the seller.

Sentence 27: solɐso rupijɐ d̪ijɐ kəsɐⁱ ko kəsɐⁱ ne bæⁱl d̪ed̪e. 1600

rupees give seller to seller

bull gave

I gave the seller 1600 rupees, and he gave me the bull.

Sentence 28: bæⁱl hum le

ɐji

gʰeɾme aᵘɾ ɪt̪ni me d̪o d̪in

bull we brought come home and with in

two days

t̪ək ʈʰik ɾəhe. till good was

We brought the bull home and it was okay for two days.

Question 8: What did they do with the bull? Answer 8: They brought it home.

Sentence 29: mət̪ləb ʊnme koji mɐɾɐmud̪i nɐ kəɾi. I.mean in.this any problem

no did

There was not any problem.

Sentence 30: ɔɾ

pivɐ and problem

mɐɾɐmud̪i nɐ kəɾi t̪o bæⁱ1 ek

d̪in d̪osiɾe d̪in ko pɐni

no did bull one day second day in water drunk

o ɪt̪ni me bæⁱl ne pitʃese

siŋ

mɐɾd̪aᵘ.

that bull

from.backside horn hit

There was no problem with the bull the first day, but the second day, while drinking water it hit (my wife) from behind with its horn.

Question 9: What did the bull do to his wife? Answer 9: It hit her with its horn.

Sentence 31: ɔɾ

siŋ məɾneke bɐd̪me

gʰərwɐli həmɐɾi t̪o giɾidʒɐni e

and horn hit

after.that wife

my

fell.down

dʒəb tʃoʈ ləgəi. started

When the horn hit her my wife fell down and got hurt.

Sentence 32: t̪o gʰəɾwɐli

boli bæⁱlo vɐpəs kəɾ d̪o. wife

told bull

back do give

She told me, “Take the bull back!”

Question 10: What did his wife tell him? Answer 10: Take the bull back.