PBN_EV_NC_180501_NS-HIPPO.EAF
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m-zei maŋ
I greet you
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pa pe-aŋ enaŋ bowo ne gap ka ɓo luɓi pa mene zumo
the way the hipopotamus came, they said it came from [Bachama side] the east
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ma ɓo ɗwei ɓo sob waŋ-a ɓo moŋ ɗe ze-naŋ ɓe jem
then it followed the river while eating but it got lost.
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ɓo sob maŋ waŋ-a ɓe eaŋ ɗe ije
so it followed the river and went
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[ɓo] ɗwe-aŋ ɓe ɓo-e ɗeg kpa-asam
[it] moved down towards kpasham
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za kjaŋ [ne] wam waga men-aŋ
children saw it and they shouted at it
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ɓo dwe-aŋ ɓe... ɓe-eaŋ ɗe ie ɓe ɓo ɗəg ɓa waŋ-a se-a ɗe wuluŋ ɗe
it moved over the river where we usually take baths
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wuna ma furi waŋ waga men-aŋ
people started yelling/shouting at it
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wuna wom wag-a men-aŋ ma ɓofuri funi
people shouted at it, so it started revolving?
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ɓo furi funi maŋ ɓe ʔe [maŋ] ɲa ɓe ga eʔ-a, swa ɲom pa moto a e ɗe [gbaŋ be-a job zujo]
so it started to come, it could not cross because of the bridge
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ɓe swe-aŋ maŋ ɓa waŋ-a se
it stopped down in the river
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kana-a baŋ ga noŋ ka ɓo
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ere ɓo-be wo to ka ma ɗe-aŋ maŋ
some young man took an axe to start cutting the legs
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a-ɗei maŋ ta-ŋ ma ɓo furi funi
he cut the leg and it started revolving
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wuna ma furi ije, wuna enaŋ maŋ e-ɲigaŋ ɓa waŋ-a furi waŋ waga
then people started coming, so people come and gathered in the river, and start shouting
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ne paŋ naŋ maŋ ɓo paŋ ɓe be, lwi pe-aŋ wuna pa ne ɲiboŋ [ ] wampa paŋ ɓo kola se-aŋ
so they tried to kill it, but it proved stuborn, finaly God help them to kill it in a peaceful way and it lied over there [in its place]
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amma kamiŋ ne ɲiɓoŋ ne paŋ-e ɗeŋ urug
but before they killed it, it gave them problems
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ɗie maŋ ɓe jip
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ne ji ɓoŋ ɓo gbe-re ɓo kole sie
they kill it and it lied down
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kpane ʔe
the chief came
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ma kpane eʔ ga-a ka ne wuroŋ ne jenaŋ ɲepe mene kpane
then the king came, and asked them to take it to his palace
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ne enaŋ maŋ ɗe moto [gboŋ] ɓe-a ne joŋ ka trukto
so they came along with a tractor to carry it
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ne wu-roŋ maŋ mane jenaŋ ɲepe ɗe kpane
they carried it in front of the king's palace
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a ne je pere kpane ne ne pelaŋ
after they take it in front of the king, so they could cut it
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ne ɓel wob-naŋ, ne joraŋ wob-naŋ, ko ne se ɲe kuli ko ne ɲe kuli ne bwa wob sijem ɓa waŋ
they cut the meat, they distribute the meat among each family, and they --- meat of hipopotamus
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sijem ba waŋ naŋ ɓe wane geela
the hipopotamus is very big
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wuna be gap ka ɓo baŋ wo, amma ɓa nu-erog ɓe kana ɗe kjaŋ maŋ ɓe gjele-i
people said it was a small one, but we saw it was the biggest one
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peaŋ ɓe-ʔe wo lwi feaŋ-a wuna suroŋ ɗeŋ ɓa loŋ sog-e
the hipopotamus actually came on a Sunday when many people were at church worshipping God
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khafiŋ ɗeje, ɗene jiɓaŋ-e, ne jiɓoŋ ɓe ɓyei ma pare ɗə dag
before we arrived there, it had already been killed
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[so] a ɓe-a bowo pa pe ɓe-a e-seaŋ pe-a ɗwe ɓafjaŋga ne jiboŋ sijem bawaŋ naŋ
these is what happened during the time that they killed the hipopotamus
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sanu ɗie
'sanu' you all
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m-ze-i maŋ
I greet you