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| Language | Sora |
| Speaker | Srinivas Gomango |
| Speaker’s place of residence | Bailapadar village, Kerdanga, Gajapati district |
| Recording | A. Krylova, E. Renkovskaya, Parlakhemundi, November 2017, wav |
| Translation | Srinivas Gomango, E. Renkovskaya |
| Morphological annotation | E. Renkovskaya |
| Text genre | A ritual text aimed at defending a baby from evil spirit that may cause an illness according to traditional animistic Sora beliefs. Singing accompanies a ritual offering of flour and liquor put in a winnow to a river spirit. In case of auspicious result, the spirit should come in shape of a snake to eat the offering. |
1. tɨjtǝm la tɨjtǝm ɳoa la amǝn la
I give you, Nyoa, to you
| tɨj-tǝm | la | tɨj-tǝm | ɳoa | la | amǝn | la |
| give-NPST.1SG/2SG | INTERJ.SONG | give-NPST.1SG/2SG | Nyoa | INTERJ.SONG | you | INTERJ.SONG |
2. tɨjtǝm la tɨjtǝm ɳoa
I give you, Nyoa
| tɨj-tǝm | la | tɨj-tǝm | ɳoa |
| give-NPST.1SG/2SG | INTERJ.SONG | give-NPST.1SG/2SG | Nyoa |
3. dʒumle la ɖına ɳoa la amǝn
After eating, rise up, oh you, Nyoa
| dʒum-le | la | ɖı-na | ɳoa | la | amǝn |
| eat-CVB | INTERJ.SONG | rise-IMP_II | Nyoa | INTERJ.SONG | you |
4. gale la ɖına ɳoa
After drinking, rise up, Nyoa
| ga-le | la | ɖı-na | ɳoa |
| drink-CVB | INTERJ.SONG | rise-IMP_II | Nyoa |
5. dʒumle la ɖına ɳoa la amǝn la
After eating, rise up, oh you, Nyoa
| dʒum-le | la | ɖı-na | ɳoa | la | amǝn | la |
| eat-CVB | INTERJ.SONG | rise-IMP_II | Nyoa | INTERJ.SONG | you | INTERJ.SONG |
6. gale la ɖına ɳoa
After drinking, rise up, oh you, Nyoa
| ga-le | la | ɖı-na | ɳoa |
| drink-CVB | INTERJ.SONG | rise-IMP_II | Nyoa |
7. tɨjtǝm la tɨjtǝm sindʒaŋɖır boŋǝn
I give you a buffalo with sinjang tree horns
| tɨj-tǝm | la | tɨj-tǝm | sindʒaŋ-ɖır | boŋ-ǝn |
| give-NPST.1SG/2SG | INTERJ.SONG | give-NPST.1SG/2SG | sinjang-horn.SHF | buffalo.SHF-DEF |
8. tɨjtǝm la tɨjtǝm gareɖɖır boŋǝn
I give you a buffalo with gared tree horns
| tɨj-tǝm | la | tɨj-tǝm | gareɖ-ɖır | boŋ-ǝn |
| give-NPST.1SG/2SG | INTERJ.SONG | give-NPST.1SG/2SG | gared-horn.SHF | buffalo.SHF-DEF |
9. dʒumle la ɖına ɳoa
After eating, rise up, Nyoa
| dʒum-le | la | ɖı-na | ɳoa |
| eat-CVB | INTERJ.SONG | rise-IMP_II | Nyoa |
10. omɖrengle tɨjiɳ aresa onɳen
After leaving, give me my little baby
| omɖreng-le | tɨj-iɳ | a-resa | on-ɳen |
| leave-CVB | give-IMP.2SG/1SG | DEF-little | baby-1SG |
11. omɖale tɨjiɳ aresa onɳen
After abandoning, give me my little baby
| omɖa-le | tɨj-iɳ | a-resa | on-ɳen |
| abandon-CVB | give-IMP.2SG/1SG | DEF-little | baby-1SG |
12. sajeɖle tɨjlıɳ aresa onɳen
You bound my little baby
| sajeɖ-le | tɨj-lıɳ | a-resa | on-ɳen |
| bind-CVB | give-PST.2SG/1SG | DEF-little | baby-1SG |
13. bojeɖle tɨjlıɳ aresa onɳen
You tied down my little baby
| bojeɖ-le | tɨj-lıɳ | a-resa | on-ɳen |
| tie-CVB | give-PST.2SG/1SG | DEF-little | baby-1SG |
14. tɨjtǝm la tɨjtǝm asǝniŋ siŋbǝn
I give you sifted flour
| tɨj-tǝm | la | tɨj-tǝm | a-s<ǝn>iŋ | siŋ-bǝn |
| give-NPST.1SG/2SG | INTERJ.SONG | give-NPST.1SG/2SG | DEF-<NMNL>sift | sift-flour.SHF |
15. tɨjtǝm la tɨjtǝm aranaŋ nambǝn
I give you threshed grain
| tɨj-tǝm | la | tɨj-tǝm | a-t<ǝn>aŋ | taŋ-bǝn |
| give-NPST.1SG/2SG | INTERJ.SONG | give-NPST.1SG/2SG | DEF-<NMNL>thresh | thresh-flour.SHF |
16. tɨjtǝm la tɨjtǝm atǝnaŋ taŋbǝn
I give you threshed grain
| tɨj-tǝm | la | tɨj-tǝm | a-t<ǝn>aŋ | taŋ-bǝn |
| give-NPST.1SG/2SG | INTERJ.SONG | give-NPST.1SG/2SG | DEF-<NMNL>thresh | thresh-flour.SHF |
17. dʒumle la ɖına ɳoa la amǝn la
After eating, rise up, oh you, Nyoa
| dʒum-le | la | ɖı-na | ɳoa | la | amǝn | la |
| есть-CVB | INTERJ.SONG | встать-IMP_II | Нёа | INTERJ.SONG | ты | INTERJ.SONG |
18. gale la ɖına ɳoa
After drinking, rise up, Nyoa
| ga-le | la | ɖı-na | ɳoa |
| пить-CVB | INTERJ.SONG | встать-IMP_II | Нёа |
19. tɨjtǝm la tɨjtǝm gareɖɖır boŋǝn
I give you a buffalo with gared tree horns
| tɨj-tǝm | la | tɨj-tǝm | gareɖ-ɖır | boŋ-ǝn |
| give-NPST.1SG/2SG | INTERJ.SONG | give-NPST.1SG/2SG | gared-horn.SHF | buffalo.SHF-DEF |
20. tɨjtǝm la tɨjtǝm sindʒaŋɖır boŋǝn
I give you a buffalo with sinjang tree horns
| tɨj-tǝm | la | tɨj-tǝm | sindʒaŋ-ɖır | boŋ-ǝn |
| give-NPST.1SG/2SG | INTERJ.SONG | give-NPST.1SG/2SG | sinjang-horn.SHF | buffalo.SHF-DEF |
21. dʒumle la ɖına ɳoa
After eating, rise up, Nyoa
| dʒum-le | la | ɖı-na | ɳoa |
| eat-CVB | INTERJ.SONG | rise-IMP_II | Nyoa |
22. dʒumle la ɖına ɳoa la amǝn la
After eating, rise up, oh you, Nyoa
| dʒum-le | la | ɖı-na | ɳoa | la | amǝn | la |
| eat-CVB | INTERJ.SONG | rise-IMP_II | Nyoa | INTERJ.SONG | you | INTERJ.SONG |
23. gale la ɖına ɳoa
After drinking, rise up, Nyoa
| ga-le | la | ɖı-na | ɳoa |
| drink-CVB | INTERJ.SONG | rise-IMP_II | Nyoa |
24. omɖale tɨjiɳ aresa onɳen
After leaving, give me my little baby
| omɖa-le | tɨj-iɳ | a-resa | on-ɳen |
| leave-CVB | give-IMP.2SG/1SG | DEF-little | baby-1SG |
25. omɖrengle tɨjiɳ aresa onɳen
After abandoning, give me my little baby
| omɖreng-le | tɨj-iɳ | a-resa | on-ɳen |
| abandon-CVB | give-IMP.2SG/1SG | DEF-little | baby-1SG |
26. omɖale tɨjiɳ ɳoa
After leaving, give me, Nyoa
| omɖa-le | tɨj-iɳ | ɳoa |
| leave-CVB | give-IMP.2SG/1SG | Nyoa |
27. sajeɖle tɨjlıɳ aresa onɳen
You bound my little baby
| sajeɖ-le | tɨj-lıɳ | a-resa | on-ɳen |
| bind-CVB | give-PST.2SG/1SG | DEF-little | baby-1SG |
28. bojeɖle tɨjlıɳ aresa onɳen
You tied down my little baby
| bojeɖ-le | tɨj-lıɳ | a-resa | on-ɳen |
| tie-CVB | give-PST.2SG/1SG | DEF-little | baby-1SG |
29. koʔte lʊŋarǝn sǝrıŋ ragap ɖuŋǝn ɖuŋle
There, after coming out from the cave making “ragap” sound
| koʔte | lʊŋar-ǝn | sǝrıŋ | ragap | ɖuŋ-ǝn | ɖuŋ-le |
| there.INVIS | cave-DEF | ABL | ONOM | come.out-CVB1 | come.out-CVB |
30. dʒaʔɖǝn kun oʔjer lıŋǝn abǝnraj dʒumetınɖen
While the snake ate the flour from that winnow
| dʒaʔɖ-ǝn | kun | oʔjer | lıŋ-ǝn | a-bǝnraj | dʒum-etın-ɖen |
| snake-DEF | that | winnow | LOC-DEF | DEF-flour | eat-PST_I.3SG-COND |
31. pasidʒǝn baŋsatı
The child will get well
| pasidʒ-ǝn | baŋsa-tı |
| child-DEF | get.well-NPST_III.3SG |
32. kǝn ambǝrij purba dʒudʒulendʒi pɯrledʒi
This is the way our ancestors formerly performed rites
| kǝn | ambǝrij | purba | dʒudʒu-len-dʒi | pɯr-ledʒi |
| this | like | formerly | ancestor-1PL-PL | perform.rite-PST_I.3PL |