Padue Kasuang - Session 04, 23 January 2024

File 1 In this short recording, Padue Kasuang says the names of two rice varieties cultivated in the jhum fields, Langbuk and Rungchi. He says that these two names have been carried from the time these varieties were brought from the sky at the very beginning.

File 2 In this recording, Padue Kasuang re-iterates the two names for rice varieties, Langbuk and Rungchi multiple times to help the listeners with correct pronunciation of these Puroik names. He also adds again that these varieties were brought in the beginning from above (sky) and have been called by these names since. Towards the end, the speaker and interviewer clarify the pronunciation of Rungchi.

File 3 Padue Kasuang says the name of three varieties of millet grown in jhum farming, while showing some grains of each. Boyank-Tamai, Maitya-tariya Tamai, Maitam-talam Tamai. Tamai is Puroik for millet. These three varieties look very different from each other. Padue Kasuang says that there are many more varieties of millets. The discussion also leads to some other jhum crops like Sabaai (i.e. Job’s tears), which is a single variety and the flowers of another plant, Sanje Mare, which are used for making a garland.

File 4 This recording is a word list of Puroik names for components of the environment, including the Moon, the Sun goddess, sunshine, night sky, starry night, the Palm, place or land, farm, referring to old or past time, and something new.

File 5 This word list includes the Puroik words and phrases for past time, cooking rice, de-husked variety of rice from non-tribal areas, millet, black, rice grain, rice flower, different stages of rice growth, elderly lady, old man, tool for grinding rice grains to de-husk them, tool for winnowing rice, the basket for rice, dog, basket for carrying firewood, star, brightest star, dim star, shooting star, Palm grove uphill, across and downhill, jhum field uphill, across and downhill, Muang (the edible tree fern), cat, tiger, and deer.

Time-stamped section headings

File 1 (00:00:00) Names of two rice varieties cultivated in the jhum fields.

File 2 (00:00:00) Names of two rice varieties cultivated in the jhum fields.

File 3 (00:00:00) Re-iteration of the names of two varieties of rice cultivated in jhum fields to understand their accurate pronunciation.

File 4 (00:00:00) Word list for Puroik common names for celestial objects, Moon, Sun, OH-

File 5 (00:00:00) Puroik word list for common names for some food grains and plants, elder people, tools used in daily life, celestial objects, Palm groves, jhum fields, directions and some animals.