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cook millet past NOM people Pau cut in half.GF they cook NOM one bunch millet
'In the past, Truku people cooked a half bunch when they cooked millet.'
Yaasa mrana bi puyun ka masu siida ni mttuku dha bi uqun.
because increase very cook.GF NOM millet then Pau enough they very eat
'Because millet increases much when it is cooked, people have enough to eat.'
Kiya ka kiya ni wada niqan pxal, kingal rudan o
so so Punc has once one old man Pau
'Despite of this, once upon a time, an old man...'
ini na skai ka kingal dmux masu ni asi na puyi da.
not he cut (in half) NOM one bunch millet Pau just he cook Perf
'didn't cook half the millet bunch, he just cooked the whole millet bunch.'
Kiya do dmux masu nii o embbawa mrana ni
so Pau bunch millet this Pau AF.pop increase Pau
'So the bunch of millet popped increasingly...'
bitaq na wada pruqun ka supih pnuyan masu.
until he Punc break NOM pot cook.GF millet
'...until the pot was broken.'
Siida, asi lu maa qqbhni ka idaw masu dni
Then just become birds NOM rice millet Punc
'Then the bunch of millet just became birds.
"Pit, pit" msa wada mtqpuring skiya karat.
Pit pit so Punc group fly sky
'The birds chirped and flew to the sky in crowds.'
Babaw na nii, ana asi ptmring qmeepah
after this no matter how sweat AF.work
'After this, no matter how hard people work...'
ni tmukuy masu ka seejiq o
and plant millet NOM people Pau
'and plant millet,'
ida ini tuku ka uqun dha da.
still not enough NOM eat they Perf
'They still don't have enough to eat.'
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