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- Me' pas dhapa' dha' alas nemmo baji' gella' se e-saba' bu' emban
EMPH then arrive to forest AV.find baby before REL OV-put nanny
bi' bu' mongmong pottra-na Pottre Koneng jareya neng baba-na
with mother nurse son-DEF Pottre Koneng this at under-DEF
ka'-bungka'an raja gella'.
RED-tree big before
She arrived in the forest and found the baby that had been put there by the
two companions, the son of Pottre Koneng, under the big tree. - Kerbuy pote pas a-rendu koca'-eng, neng baji' gella' pas e-soso-we.
buffalo white then AV-lay say-DEF at baby before then OV-milk-LOC
The albino buffalo then lay down and nursed the baby. - Daddi baji' gella', kana', e-soso-we kerbuy pote pan-brampan are
so baby before kids OV-milk-LOC buffalo white RED-how.many days
ya dha' iya iya.
yes like.this yes
So the baby was nursed by the albino buffalo for several days like this. - Empu Kelleng bid-abid-da ngatela' buy-kerbuy-ya jiya me' pas
Empu Kelleng RED-long-DEF AV.see RED-buffalo-DEF this EMPH then
andhi' ka-ane-yan.
have NOM-strange
Eventually Empu Kelleng noticed something strange about his buffalo. - Biyasana kerbuy pote reya mon mole dha'-adha', sateya me'
usual buffalo white this if go.home RED-front now EMPH
dhi-budhi mon mole ban sajan koros.
RED-back if go.home and more thin
Usually the albino buffalo had returned home first, but now it came back
last and came home thinner. - “Laggi' pas neng kennengan laen bi' oreng keng e-pa-lako
later then at place other with person only OV-CS-work
neng saba-na.”
at field-DEF
“Maybe at another place she is being made to work in the field by someone.”