Long ago there was a pond called Ghumne Pani.
long.ago
that
Ghumnepani
pond
be
3_sg._pst
_hs
Two shamans from Deusa, the brothers Darim and Popnar, came up there.
Deusa
_loc
_nmlz
Darembu
Popnar
speak
_pst._ptcp
older.brother
y.brother
priest
come.up
_du
When the shamans went up there, the god in the pond stopped them but with their power, the two did what they wanted, and threw a headdress into the pond and opened it.
priest
come.up
_du
_temp
that
inside
_loc
_nmlz
that
pond
_loc
_nmlz
god
_erg
imprison
3_sg._pst._a
_du
_hs
and.then
3_du._poss
knowledge
_instr
that
_du
_erg
what
do
_pst
_du
_hs
during
headdress
_instr
pond
shoot
_du
and.then
open
_pst
_du
_hs
After they opened it, the water left.
open
_pst
_du
_nmlz
after
that
water
go
3_sg._pst
_hs
After the water was gone, they caught all the frogs from there and brought them down.
that
water
go
3_sg._pst
_nmlz
after
there
_nmlz
frog
as.much.as
altogether
catch
_du
and.then
bring.down
_du
_hs
They placed them in their load and brought them down.
load
put.in
_du
and.then
bring.down
_du
After they put them in their load and brought them down, what they did is to heap the lot of them inside their house.
load
put.in
_du
and.then
bring.down
_du
_nmlz
after
what
do
_pst
_du
quot
from
much
house
inside
pile.up
_du
After they heaped them, they closed the door.
pile.up
_du
_nmlz
after
door
trap
_du
When it was time to prepare the frogs, the god Leledym came.
that
frog
make
_inf
time
_loc
that
god
come
3_sg._pst
indeed
again
yeti
He came to ask for the frogs.
frog
do
_cvb
come
3_sg._pst
They were preparing them taking turns then.
at.that.time
_loc
that
make
_inf
_contr
turn
_loc
make
_pst
_du
_hs
And they repeatedly took turns preparing and preparing a pipe of marijuana, and when they blew in it, the god disappeared.
then
repeatedly
turn
_loc
make
_pst
_du
one
_cl
_erg
pipe
make
_pst
_du
marijuana
_gen
pipe
make
_pst
_du
and.then
that
blow
3_sg._npst._a
_temp
that
god
flee
__npst._ptcp
_hs
When one of them blew through a small hole in the door, he left.
one
_cl
_erg
door
_gen
hole
_abl
blow
3_sg._pst._a
_temp
over.there
go
_hs
At that time, they prepared [the frogs] in turns, they prepared them all night like that.
that
time
_loc
turn
_loc
make
_pst
_du
night
throughout
like.that
make
_pst
_du
All through the night, and then after night, they stopped and left.
night
throughout
sun
_abl
after
leave
3_pl._pst
and.then
go
3_pl._pst
_hs
Where to?
where
_cop
They came to Dip, to what was Robutkom.
that
_pl
Dip
_foc
what
Robutkhom
_loc
come
3_pl._pst
_hs
They came to Rambokom and prayed.
Rambokhom
_loc
come
3_pl._pst
and.then
that
_pl
_erg
spell
do
3_pl._pst
_hs
"Rangma" means saying "Become like this, become like that" in a crying manner.
spell
speak
_pst._ptcp
crying.manner
like
become
2_sg
2_sg
like.that
become
2_sg
speak
_pst._ptcp
After they prayed, they again put a spell on the rock and threw it.
spell
do
3_pl._pst
_nmlz
after
that
_du
_erg
again
up
_abl
that
stone
and.then
shoot
_du
_hs
Then they stopped and left.
that
after
that
_pl
_erg
leave
3_pl._pst
_hs
and.then
go
3_pl._pst
_hs
Then the pond opened there.
there
_pst._ptcp
there
pond
open
become
3_sg._pst
There was a snake in there.
there
one
_cl
snake.god
be
3_sg._pst
_hs
That snake disappeared, and [the place] became crooked, and they called that place "Ghumne Pani" (wandering water).
that
snake.god
flee
3_sg._pst
_hs
and.then
crooked
become
3_sg._pst
_nmlz
_hs
that
place
Ghumnepani
speak
_nmlz
_hs
The snake went from there to a place called Munangdin.
that
snake.god
that
_abl
over.there
Munangdin
speak
_pst._ptcp
_loc
go
3_sg._pst
_hs
The place called Munangdin is above Chaga, it's called Nagdaha nowadays; the story is that they went there.
Munangdin
speak
_pst._ptcp
this
Chaga
_gen
top
do
3_sg._pst._a
Nagdaha
speak
3_pl
nowadays
there
go
3_pl._pst
_hs
speak
__npst._ptcp
story
do
_nmlz
_aux
3_pl._pst
That snake fled from the crooked place.
that
snake.god
crooked
become
3_sg._pst
_nmlz
_contr
that
_abl
flee
3_sg._pst
_nmlz
_hs
He searched for a place and went, but the shamans had taken away all the frogs from that pond.
place
search.for
3_sg._pst._a
and.then
go
3_sg._pst
_nmlz
indeed
that
_contr
there
_nmlz
pond
_loc
_nmlz
frog
as.much.as
_contr
priest
_erg
take.away
_du
The snake fled, and the place became crooked.
snake.god
_contr
flee
3_sg._pst
_hs
and.then
crooked
become
__npst._ptcp
be
_nmlz
"Frogs (of mine), frogs!" he called.
yes
_temp
_voc
yes
_temp
_voc
speak
_aux
3_sg._pst
_hs
The one called Leledym we call "Bayehop" in our language, and the Chetris call him "Jhakri".
yeti
speak
_pst._ptcp
_contr
Bayehop
speak
1_pi._npst
1_pi._poss
language
_abl
Chetri
language
_abl
Jhakri
speak
3_pl
He is a god.
that
_contr
god
_cop
indeed
indeed
They [the Nepalis] call him that [a god].
that
_pl
_erg
that
speak
3_pl._pst
_hs
When the shamans went to Kundo, or thereabouts, a long time ago, Bayehop stopped them there.
priest
_du
_contr
long.ago
Kundo
_foc
where
go
_du
_temp
there
_nmlz
Bayehop
_erg
imprison
3_sg._pst._a
_du
it.seems
_hs
They did that because of his anger.
that
_gen
3_sg._poss
anger
_instr
that
do
_pst
_du
_nmlz
_hs
It is said that when we are there alone, we disappear.
there
self
_int
become
1_pi._npst
_temp
disappear
1_pi._npst
_hs
speak
3_pl
Long ago, a Tamang child called Dorje disappeared, but now, what disappears?
long.ago
one
_cl
Tamang
_gen
child
Dorje
speak
_pst._ptcp
disappear
3_sg._pst
but
nowadays
_foc
what
disappear
How many years ago, nowadays it's many years...
one
_cl
how.much
pick.out
become
3_sg._pst
nowadays
much
year
_int
become
There was an eight or nine-year old herder.
maybe
eight
nine
year
_gen
herder
be
3_sg._pst
_nmlz
_hs
He was near Ghumne Pani.
that
Ghumnepani
_gen
middle.of
around
_int
be
3_sg._pst
_nmlz
_hs
Then he vanished.
that.much
_int
do
***
_pst
_pst
2_imp
become
3_sg._pst
_hs
Long ago, those called the Leledym lived up above Ghumne Pani, lots of them lived there.
long.ago
_foc
that
Ghumnepani
up
_foc
be
_copy
_aux
3_pl._pst
indeed
that
_pl
yeti
speak
_pst._ptcp
_foc
many
be
_copy
_aux
3_pl._pst
indeed
It was not allowed to bring children to that cave and leave them there.
that
cave
_loc
_contr
child
_pl
take.away
_inf
and.then
leave
_nmlz
_neg
be.auspicious
__npst._ptcp
be
3_sg._pst
_hs
It was said that those children who were brought to the cave and eaten, their bracelets were still in the cave later.
long.ago
that
child
_pl
_foc
all
take.away
1_sg>3._pst
eat
_cvb
that
3_sg._poss
bracelet
_pl
after
cave
_loc
be
_aux
3_sg._pst
_hs
speak
_copy
_aux
3_pl._pst
Long ago, they came like this.
long.ago
_foc
come
_copy
_aux
3_pl._pst
_hs
indeed
like.that
_int
I've seen Leledym.
1_sg
see
1_sg>3._pst
_nmlz
be
yeti
At that time, when my little one wasn't born yet, I saw him.
that
year
small
_neg
become
_aux
_nmlz
see
1_sg>3._pst
In the year twenty four, we had gone to Ghumne Pani.
year
_loc
Ghumnepani
go
1_de._pst
_nmlz
be
3_sg._pst
We had gone there to sleep, and father and son worked quickly and prepared food.
up.there
_int
sleep
_purp
go
1_de._pst
_nmlz
father
son
_contr
get.things.done
_du
and.then
kitchen
do
_du
There was one called Picham, the son of Thokor.
one
_cl
Picham
speak
_pst._ptcp
Thokor
_gen
child
be
3_sg._pst
They drove him off, these guys.
that
also
chase
_aux
3_pl._pst
cop
this
_pl
_erg
He stole curd and went in with the cows and slept.
curd
steal
3_sg._pst._a
and.then
that
_foc
over.there
around
cow
_gen
inside
enter
3_sg._pst
and.then
sleep
3_sg._pst
it.seems
I never have special sight, but that day I did see.
1_sg
_contr
past.when
also
eye
_abl
_neg
see
__npst._ptcp
that
day
_foc
see
1_sg>3._pst
This heel was in front.
this
heel
_foc
first
_foc
be
indeed
This finger was at the back.
this
finger
_contr
back
_loc
He pulls his hair this long, and went once around the shed and left.
***
1_pi._pst
long
3_sg._poss
hair
_foc
***
pull
3_sg._pst._a
and.then
shed
one
round
do
3_sg._pst._a
and.then
go
3_sg._pst
Because that Chetir stole curd in the shed, it became ritually polluted.
that
Chetri
_erg
shed
_loc
curd
steal
3_sg._pst._a
_nmlz
_erg
ritually.unclean
become
3_sg._pst
_nmlz
maybe
indeed
Maybe that's why he did it.
then
that
_obl
3_sg._pst
_nmlz
maybe
I covered my face in fear and said nothing.
1_sg._poss
fear
_instr
1_sg
_foc
1_sg._poss
face
cover
_cvb
say
_inf
_contr
_neg
say
1_sg>3._npst
_irr
After that I would not go to Ghumne Pani to sleep.
that
_loc
_pst._ptcp
Ghumnepani
_loc
1_sg
be
_purp
also
_neg
go
1_sg._npst
_irr
He is there, so the shaman performs a ritual.
that
_foc
become
_int
indeed
now
priest
_erg
...um
do
3_pl
He is always wandering.
that
_foc
now
wander
become
_aux
_int
indeed
Now too, he appears, and those who can see, see him, and those who cannot, do not see him.
now
also
see
_cond
see
__npst._ptcp
_erg
see
3_pl
_neg
see
__npst._ptcp
_erg
_neg
see
3_pl
The shaman calls him.
priest
_erg
call
3_sg._npst._a
indeed
Hi doesn't call in Jhakri.
Jhakri
Jhakri
indeed
speak
_pst._ptcp
That was the origin of the Jhakri
Jhakri
speak
_pst._ptcp
_foc
long.ago
like.that
origin
become
3_sg._pst
_nmlz
He is like a forest-dweller, but we normal sighted ones [ignorant of other senses] cannot see him.
that
forest.dweller
person
like
_int
but
1_pi
ignorant
_erg
_neg
see
1_pi._npst
Those of us who can see them from our eyes see him like that.
like.that
eye
_abl
see
__npst._ptcp
_erg
see
1_pi._npst
If he cries, bad things happen.
that
cry
3_sg._pst
_cond
_neg
nice
become
He also meditates.
that
_erg
meditation
also
do
We can't see him, but they say there are those who can.
1_pe
_foc
_neg
see
1_pe
see
__npst._ptcp
_erg
be
it.seems
speak
3_pl
I saw him, before my child was born.
1_sg
_contr
see
1_sg>3._pst
child
_neg
become
_aux
_int
I saw him near the tap, I also saw him here.
water.tap
proximity
_loc
up.there
also
see
1_sg>3._pst
here
also
see
1_sg>3._pst
There was an eclipse that day.
that
day
eclipse
be
3_sg._pst
My father in law said "We can only bathe and eat today" and I went to bathe.
father.in.law
_erg
wash
_inf
and.then
only
eat
_inf
speak
3_pl._pst
and.then
wash
_purp
go
1_sg._pst._s
"Bathe quickly, the eclipse is gone and we must eat" he said.
fast
wash
2_pl
eclipse
go
3_sg._pst
eat
_inf
_obl
speak
3_pl._pst
At that time I was pregnant.
at.that.time
small
it.seems
...um
_loc
I went and thought: "What shall I do, I must start washing from my head" and I put in my clothes and washed them.
go
1_sg._pst._s
_nmlz
_foc
how
do
_inf
speak
1_sg._pst._s
and.then
head
_abl
_int
wash
_inf
_obl
speak
1_sg._pst._s
and.then
cloth
_pl
dip.into
1_sg>3._pst
and.then
wash
1_sg>3._pst
Then I washed my head and body, and got out, and as I put on clothes, he went by in a flash on the path above.
then
head
wash.head
_cvb
do
1_sg>3._pst
and.then
1_sg._poss
body
wash
1_sg>3._pst
and.then
outside
come.out
1_sg._pst._s
and.then
1_sg._poss
cloth
dress
1_sg._pst._s
_temp
_foc
up
go
__npst._ptcp
path
_loc
_foc
***
_nmlz
_abl
go
3_sg._pst
I didn't even feel afraid.
1_sg
_foc
1_sg._poss
fear
also
_neg
feel
_irr
I went home and when I said "what is that woman with her toes backwards who ran away in a flash" my father in law said "Oh, you saw her also?"
I saw her twice then.
that.much
two
time
_contr
1_sg
see
1_sg>3._pst
Now I can't see her.
nowadays
_foc
1_sg
_neg
see
1_sg>3._npst
The god certainly moves, and throws stones.
move
_inf
_contr
move
stone
_instr
shoot
3_sg._pst._a
_hs
When the shaman performs magic, the god comes.
priest
_erg
_foc
meditation
do
3_pl
_temp
also
come
When he walks, the god teases the shaman.
walk
3_pl
_temp
also
mock
_aux
3_sg._pst._a
3_pl
priest
_dat
_foc
Koptse, the shaman, arrived near the water tap and left again. Sometimes, if the god cries, people die.
Kopce
father
over.there
water.tap
near
arrive
_cvb
return
become
_aux
_cond
sometimes
that
cry
3_sg._pst
quot
_contr
person
die
3_pl
When we forget the power of his crying, people die.
that
cry
3_pl
_nmlz
_gen
3_sg._poss
power
forget
_nmlz
_erg
person
die
3_pl
But when he cries, rich people go.
but
that
cry
_temp
rich
take.away
3_pl
_hs
Very good, pious people die.
a.lot
be.auspicious
__npst._ptcp
nice
_int
pious
die
3_pl
_hs