KK2-0062 - Putao ngu mying ai lam (Why people name it Putao) with English translation

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Translation (Rita Seng Mai) This is about how the name Putao came about. In the past, when the British first arrived in Putao, it was not yet a town like it is today. It was just a mountain. When the British arrived, they leveled the mountain near the football field in Putao. It was a large mountain beside the field. They planned to build a military base there. When they looked from there, they could see a large flat area. Then they asked the hereditary chiefs and the Shan chiefs, "Who lives there? Who lives in that area?" A man named Ndau Wa lived there. He planted poppy plants along the forest path near the water. He seemed to be a drug addict. He was an old man, so they called him grandpa. (Pu means grandpa in the Shan language.) The villagers answered, "Pu Ndau lives there." (Pu Ndau means Grandpa Ndau in the Shan language.) The place was later named Putao after the old man. Later, the British adopted that name and officially named the place Putao. Our elders told us that this is how Putao got its name. Transcription (Lu Hkawng) Putao ngu ai mying a lam moi de ndai Putao pa de e, English ni nnan du ai shaloi Putao myo kaw e, ya na Putao myo grai n byin ai bum sha re ndai Putao ngu ai shara gaw rai jang e, English ni du jang she Putao kaw na ya nga ai Putao (Ball Long) pa makau kaw bum kaba re dai hpe shanhte gaw pa galaw kau dat ai. Hpyen dap ni hpyen dap galaw na rai jang dai kaw na mada yu jang grai pa ai pa dung langai hpe mu mada ai majaw she (Balit) ni Du ni gaw san ai da. Sam ni nga ai hpe sam ni hpe san jang she "Ndai kaw kadai nga ai i, dai shara ni hkan kadai nga ai i" ngu ai da. Rai jang she ndau wa ngu ai nga ai da. Ndau wa dai gaw ka-ni hkai sam ai, ka-ni hkai hkai re dai hka kau nam lam hka kau kaw ka-ni hkai nna nga ai da. Ka-ni ya rai sam ai, rai jang she sam ga gaw dai dingla wa hpe gaw asak ma kaba sai re ai majaw shi kaji ngu shaga ai da. Pu Ndau ngu ai da, Pu ngu ai gaw sam ga hku kaji nga rai nga, pu ngu jang she Pu Ndau sha nga ai ngu ai hpe she pu Ndau nga mying dai hpe she sam ga hku ji Ndau nga ai hku rai nga pu Ndau nga dai ga la na she hpang e dai hpe mare dai mying hpe e Putao ngu shamying ai da. Putao ngu shamying ai da. Hpang e English ni dai mying hpe la nna she mare dai hpe Putao ngu shamying ai dai mare dai mying hpe la nna Putao ngu na ya dai ni du hkra Putao ngu mying ai mying byin wa ai gaw dai re nga ma ai law salang ni. . Language as given: Jinghpaw