Harvest

00:00:00kuayu' lem pasal lati'
on the subject of farming

00:00:02kinih naru' lati' baa' dulun
today, people do wet paddy farming

00:00:06malem, lun merar malem, naru' lati' luun deh
in the past, our elders practiced hill farming

00:00:10kuayu' narih naru' lati' baa' kinih
as for how we for do wet paddy farming

00:00:15tu'en narih naru' ebpeng
you make a divider

00:00:19"patun" kedeh ngen sineh
they call it "patun"

00:00:20naru' patun baa' ih doo'-doo', ebpeng ih doo'-doo'
you make the "patun" or divider properly

00:00:24pengeh ineh dih teh narih lemidik idih keyh
after that you slash the grass

00:00:29tu'en narih naan ebpa' dingi
and you flood it with water

00:00:33ngeta ebpa' dingi
and keep the water inside

00:00:36pengeh ineh, dih teh narih memug uduh lemuang renaan ih
after that they remove the grass from inside the plot

00:00:41lem renaan ih narih naru' samai beruh
and then you make a plant nursery in the plot

00:00:49naru' narih samai
you make the nursery

00:00:51kuayu' bulan enem nih naru' samai
in June you prepare the nursery

00:00:55bulan tudu'
July

00:00:59bulan enem, bulan tudu', bulan waluh
June, July, August

00:01:03udung bulan waluh, nibu neh narih
at the end of August, we start to plant

00:01:06nibu narih padey narih
we plant our rice

00:01:08pengeh medting bulan dua belas
then when it gets to December

00:01:13atau bulan satu, ranih neh narih
or January, we harvest

00:01:16kuayu' ranih malem
as for harvesting back then

00:01:19na'am narih kuayu' ranih kinih
we didn't do it like today

00:01:23ulit mulu', kuayu' ineh
just slash, like that

00:01:25beken teh ranih kekamih malem
we harvested differently in the past

00:01:28inan binen narih
you had a basket

00:01:30tu'en ih ngabet nidih ngi awa' narih
it was tied to your waist

00:01:34tu'en ih ngabet ngi awa' narih
it was tied to your waist

00:01:36inan teh iyo pemeranih nih
there was a knife you used to harvest with

00:01:39ngalap bua' padey nih
you get the paddy

00:01:41ngetu', ngetu' kinih
and you pick, pick, like this

00:01:42naru' lem babeh narih
and you put it in your bag

00:01:43lem binen tu'en ngiet ngi awa' ngi, binen narih
in your basket which you have tied to your waist

00:01:47pengeh narih ranih
after you have harvested

00:01:50dih teh narih rumik idih
you separate the grains from the ear

00:01:52rumik kedeh, nidta' dih ngen kukud narih
they call it "rumik" when you step on it with your foot

00:01:56nidta'-nidta' ngen kukud narih
step on it with your foot

00:01:59en narih... pengeh narih naru' idih kineh
you... after you've done that

00:02:02tu'en nih tunap nidih
you winnow

00:02:05mula' beto' padey nih
if the harvest is good

00:02:07tu'en nih nipa lem lepo nideh
then you store it in the rice hut

00:02:09tak padey narih na'am doo' pering
if the paddy isn't dry

00:02:12tu'en narih midang ih beto'
you dry it first

00:02:14dih teh narih naru' ih lem lepo ih
then you put it in the rice hut

00:02:19neh lem pasal ranih
so that's about harvesting

00:02:24let ngineh teh narih...
from there you...

00:02:26idan masa narih la' perlu naru' idih ko' bera beruh
when you need to have some rice to eat

00:02:32dih teh narih midang nuk tu'en narih lem lepo ih
then you dry the rice that you stored in the rice hut

00:02:36nga' narih doo' ketu'uh padey narih
if you can maintain your rice field

00:02:41nga' narih na'am mula'
if there aren't lots of you in the house

00:02:42medting tidih lem edteh laak narih kuman padey sineh
you can eat that rice for a whole year

00:02:46pengeh ineh dih teh narih lati' beruh
after that, then you start the cycle again

00:02:50kuayu' bulan enem ih beruh, narih ngepu' beruh
in June you start again, you soak [the seedlings] again