Qaraqosh (Baghdede): Games

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Qaraqosh. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2002	-	London, UK

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0:00	ʾə́tlan ṭaʿolyáṯa qamàyə,ˈ ʾáhi-la ṭaʿó́ltəd xwàxa,ˈ ʾáhu-lə ʾùpra,ˈ g-daréwa fə̀ləs əp-pálgəḥˈ ʾu-k-aṯéwa ʾə́nšə u-gúrə kə-mṭaʿlìwala yáʿni.ˈ k-aṯéwa g-daréwa fə́ləs əp-palgəd-áwa hànna-wˈ k-maṭréwa l-áwa qə̀tma,ˈ ʾu-k-xoxìwalə,ˈ baʿdén dəqíwal koḏawàṯa.ˈ kúd-xa garə́šwa kòḏa.ˈ ʾéma də-g-napə́lwa ʾáwa fə́ləs əl-gìbəḥˈ k-šaqə̀lwalə.ˈ háḏi ġḏá m-ṭaʿolyàṯa.ˈ ṭaʿóltə tə́tte ʾáhila bə-mnàya,ˈ ʾáhila xa-mə́ndi, yáʿni máx tóbbə zùrtaˈ ʾu-payə́šwa k-manìwa,ˈ mə-xá hal-xàmšiˈ ʾáw hál ʾùmma.ˈ fa-káwe tə̀tte hə́nnat,ˈ təttè qáplat káwe,ˈ nášə káwe l-gawàyə,ˈ nášə ʾəl-barày káwe.ˈ nāšə d-kāwe gwayə ʾu-nāšə d-kāwe barayə fa-g-náqši tòbbə,ˈ ʾéməd qeḥílə k-màyəṯ,ˈ ʾáhu d-la qeḥílə g-zál ʾitáwa ġḏá dùka,ˈ g-zál əg-mánə gáwaḥ mnàya,ˈ duwárta g-zál əg-mànə,ˈ ġḏá, tə́ttə ṭə́llaṯ, ʾárbəʾ, xámməš, ʾə́ššət, šúwwaʾ, tmánə, tə́ššəʾ ʾə́ssər hál xámši ʾaw-hál ùmma.ˈ ʾə́mma də-g-máṭə l-áwa ʿádad k-nahíla kàsbi.ˈ ʾu-k-yáʾli ʾánə baráy-u ʾánə k-pálṭi gawáy,ˈ ʾu-hàdax.ˈ ʾə́tlan ṭaʿó́lta xə̀rta,ˈ k-amríla ṭăʿálta … də-šəgə̀llə,ˈ ʾáhila ṭláṯa ḥoqáwat riš-əġḏàḏə,ˈ baʿdén tré, baʿdén xá, baʿdén tré xə̀nnə.ˈ ġáləban kə-mṭaʿlíla bnàṯa,ˈ yaʿni ʾumúrhən ʾə́ššət šə́nnə hal-tə́ššəʿ ʾə́ssər šə́nnə hádax kə-mṭaʿlìla.ˈ ʾə́tlan ṭaʿolyáṯa … ʾəšàrat k-amáxxə.ˈ xaḏráxwa ʿan-Baġdédə kùlla,ˈ k-oḏáxwa máx xa-xə̀ṭṭa yáʿni k-amíla,ˈ k-yáʾlax ʾəb-xazózə b-Baġdéd-u k-óḏax xəṭū̀ṭ,ˈ k-óḏax sàhm,ˈ yáʿni yəʾə́llan mən-dàha,ˈ plə́ṭlan mən-dàha,ˈ yəʾə́llan mən-dàha,ˈ hál də-g-maṭáxwa l-dùkan,ˈ ʾu-kə-mʾéṭaxwa malladā́t, malladā́t, malladā̀t,ˈ ʾu-kasbáxwala ʾáya ʾədàra.ˈ ʾə́tlan xə́rta ṭaʿólta ʾáhila … ṭaʿóltəd d-hə̀nna,ˈ ʾəm-maqlàʿa k-amáxla,ˈ qáṭlax əb-gáwaḥ ṣə́prə ʾaw-yónə ʾáw …ˈ fa-g-dárax kípa b-áḏa …,ˈ ʾáhila ʿəbára ʿan-šaraftə-káwe …ˈ káwe zqíraḥ zqàra,ˈ ʾékə zaqàra.ˈ g-naqə̀šla-wˈ k-maṯílə da-yóna ʾaw-da-ṣə̀praˈ ʾáḏi iyáwa … ʾaḏa ṣaydəttəḥ.ˈ ʾə́tlan xə́rta ṭaʿòltaˈ ʾáhila qátta-w dàqos.ˈ kə-mṭáʿli ʾə́nš-u gúrə b-gàwaḥ.ˈ ʾu-g-náqəš … ʾáḏa dáqos zóra káwə də́rya bə-ġḏá gumə̀ʾṯa,ˈ ʾu-g-naqə́šlə b-qàttaˈ ʾu-g-maprə̀xlə.ˈ ʾéma k-ʾarìləˈ k-ásəq, k-ásəq ʾəl-ʿìl.ˈ fa-ʾə́nšə kə-mṭaʿlíwa b-šalàwat,ˈ ʾáhila biš-sáhl liʾánnahu kə-mṭámən ʾáḏa dàqosˈ kə-mṭámən ʾidàṯa.ˈ fa-k-aryálə b-šàlaḥˈ k-zála k-ʾásqa l-ʿìl,ˈ ʾáhi kásba … ʾáḏi iyáwa ṭaʿòlta.ˈ ʾə́tlan ṭaʿolyáṯa qamàyə,ˈ ʾáhi-la ṭaʿó́ltəd xwàxa,ˈ ʾáhu-lə ʾùpra,ˈ g-daréwa fə̀ləs əp-pálgəḥˈ ʾu-k-aṯéwa ʾə́nšə u-gúrə kə-mṭaʿlìwala yáʿni.ˈ k-aṯéwa g-daréwa fə́ləs əp-palgəd-áwa hànna-wˈ k-maṭréwa l-áwa qə̀tma,ˈ ʾu-k-xoxìwalə,ˈ baʿdén dəqíwal koḏawàṯa.ˈ kúd-xa garə́šwa kòḏa.ˈ ʾéma də-g-napə́lwa ʾáwa fə́ləs əl-gìbəḥˈ k-šaqə̀lwalə.ˈ háḏi ġḏá m-ṭaʿolyàṯa.ˈ ṭaʿóltə tə́tte ʾáhila bə-mnàya,ˈ ʾáhila xa-mə́ndi, yáʿni máx tóbbə zùrtaˈ ʾu-payə́šwa k-manìwa,ˈ mə-xá hal-xàmšiˈ ʾáw hál ʾùmma.ˈ fa-káwe tə̀tte hə́nnat,ˈ təttè qáplat káwe,ˈ nášə káwe l-gawàyə,ˈ nášə ʾəl-barày káwe.ˈ nāšə d-kāwe gwayə ʾu-nāšə d-kāwe barayə fa-g-náqši tòbbə,ˈ ʾéməd qeḥílə k-màyəṯ,ˈ ʾáhu d-la qeḥílə g-zál ʾitáwa ġḏá dùka,ˈ g-zál əg-mánə gáwaḥ mnàya,ˈ duwárta g-zál əg-mànə,ˈ ġḏá, tə́ttə ṭə́llaṯ, ʾárbəʾ, xámməš, ʾə́ššət, šúwwaʾ, tmánə, tə́ššəʾ ʾə́ssər hál xámši ʾaw-hál ùmma.ˈ ʾə́mma də-g-máṭə l-áwa ʿádad k-nahíla kàsbi.ˈ ʾu-k-yáʾli ʾánə baráy-u ʾánə k-pálṭi gawáy,ˈ ʾu-hàdax.ˈ ʾə́tlan ṭaʿó́lta xə̀rta,ˈ k-amríla ṭăʿálta … də-šəgə̀llə,ˈ ʾáhila ṭláṯa ḥoqáwat riš-əġḏàḏə,ˈ baʿdén tré, baʿdén xá, baʿdén tré xə̀nnə.ˈ ġáləban kə-mṭaʿlíla bnàṯa,ˈ yaʿni ʾumúrhən ʾə́ššət šə́nnə hal-tə́ššəʿ ʾə́ssər šə́nnə hádax kə-mṭaʿlìla.ˈ ʾə́tlan ṭaʿolyáṯa … ʾəšàrat k-amáxxə.ˈ xaḏráxwa ʿan-Baġdédə kùlla,ˈ k-oḏáxwa máx xa-xə̀ṭṭa yáʿni k-amíla,ˈ k-yáʾlax ʾəb-xazózə b-Baġdéd-u k-óḏax xəṭū̀ṭ,ˈ k-óḏax sàhm,ˈ yáʿni yəʾə́llan mən-dàha,ˈ plə́ṭlan mən-dàha,ˈ yəʾə́llan mən-dàha,ˈ hál də-g-maṭáxwa l-dùkan,ˈ ʾu-kə-mʾéṭaxwa malladā́t, malladā́t, malladā̀t,ˈ ʾu-kasbáxwala ʾáya ʾədàra.ˈ ʾə́tlan xə́rta ṭaʿólta ʾáhila … ṭaʿóltəd d-hə̀nna,ˈ ʾəm-maqlàʿa k-amáxla,ˈ qáṭlax əb-gáwaḥ ṣə́prə ʾaw-yónə ʾáw …ˈ fa-g-dárax kípa b-áḏa …,ˈ ʾáhila ʿəbára ʿan-šaraftə-káwe …ˈ káwe zqíraḥ zqàra,ˈ ʾékə zaqàra.ˈ g-naqə̀šla-wˈ k-maṯílə da-yóna ʾaw-da-ṣə̀praˈ ʾáḏi iyáwa … ʾaḏa ṣaydəttəḥ.ˈ ʾə́tlan xə́rta ṭaʿòltaˈ ʾáhila qátta-w dàqos.ˈ kə-mṭáʿli ʾə́nš-u gúrə b-gàwaḥ.ˈ ʾu-g-náqəš … ʾáḏa dáqos zóra káwə də́rya bə-ġḏá gumə̀ʾṯa,ˈ ʾu-g-naqə́šlə b-qàttaˈ ʾu-g-maprə̀xlə.ˈ ʾéma k-ʾarìləˈ k-ásəq, k-ásəq ʾəl-ʿìl.ˈ fa-ʾə́nšə kə-mṭaʿlíwa b-šalàwat,ˈ ʾáhila biš-sáhl liʾánnahu kə-mṭámən ʾáḏa dàqosˈ kə-mṭámən ʾidàṯa.ˈ fa-k-aryálə b-šàlaḥˈ k-zála k-ʾásqa l-ʿìl,ˈ ʾáhi kásba … ʾáḏi iyáwa ṭaʿòlta.ˈ	We have some old games. (The one I will tell you about) is the game of mixing. They would take some soil, in the middle of which they would put a coin. Women and men would come to play. They would come and put a coin in the middle of that thing. They would moisten the ash and mix it up. Then they would crush it (and make) piles. Every one would pull out a pile. The one who got the coin would take it. This is one of the games. Another game involves counting. It involves something like a small ball. (One person) stays counting, from one to fifty, or to a hundred. There are two things, two groups, some people are inside and some people are outside. They throw a ball. Whoever they hit is out. The one whom they do not hit goes and sits in some place, he goes and counts in it. He goes into the courtyard and counts, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten up to fifty or up to a hundred. When he reaches that number he finishes and they win. Then the people outside come in and those who are inside go out, and so on. We have another game called the game of _šəgəllə_. This invovles three boxes on top of each other, then two, then one, then two others. Usually it is the girls who play it, that is the ones aged from six to nine or ten play it in this way. We have games … we call them ‘signs’. We used to go around the whole of Baǧdedə. We would draw a kind of line. We would enter the narrow streets in Baǧdedə and draw lines, we would make an arrow. We entered here and came out here, we entered here, until when we reached our place, we would shout _malladat! malladat! malladat!_ And so we would win that round. We have another game, the game of ..., of the sling, we call it, in which we kill sparrows (?) and pigeons. We put a stone in this ..., it consists of a thick rope, which they have woven, at the weaver’s. He shoots it and sends it (the stone) to the pigeon or to the sparrow, and this is his catch. We have another game, this is _qatta‑w daqos_. Women and men play it. Somebody hits a small stick that is put in a hole, he hits it with a large stick and makes it fly up. The person catching it moves away, moves out of the away . The women used to play this with shawls. This is easier, since the small stick bruises, it bruises the hands. She catches it with her shawl, moves away and she is the winner. This was the game.

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ʾə́tlan ṭaʿolyáṯa qamàyə,ˈ ʾáhi-la ṭaʿó́ltəd xwàxa,ˈ ʾáhu-lə ʾùpra,ˈ g-daréwa fə̀ləs əp-pálgəḥˈ ʾu-k-aṯéwa ʾə́nšə u-gúrə kə-mṭaʿlìwala yáʿni.ˈ k-aṯéwa g-daréwa fə́ləs əp-palgəd-áwa hànna-wˈ k-maṭréwa l-áwa qə̀tma,ˈ ʾu-k-xoxìwalə,ˈ baʿdén dəqíwal koḏawàṯa.ˈ kúd-xa garə́šwa kòḏa.ˈ ʾéma də-g-napə́lwa ʾáwa fə́ləs əl-gìbəḥˈ k-šaqə̀lwalə.ˈ háḏi ġḏá m-ṭaʿolyàṯa.ˈ

ṭaʿóltə tə́tte ʾáhila bə-mnàya,ˈ ʾáhila xa-mə́ndi, yáʿni máx tóbbə zùrtaˈ ʾu-payə́šwa k-manìwa,ˈ mə-xá hal-xàmšiˈ ʾáw hál ʾùmma.ˈ fa-káwe tə̀tte hə́nnat,ˈ təttè qáplat káwe,ˈ nášə káwe l-gawàyə,ˈ nášə ʾəl-barày káwe.ˈ nāšə d-kāwe gwayə ʾu-nāšə d-kāwe barayə fa-g-náqši tòbbə,ˈ ʾéməd qeḥílə k-màyəṯ,ˈ ʾáhu d-la qeḥílə g-zál ʾitáwa ġḏá dùka,ˈ g-zál əg-mánə gáwaḥ mnàya,ˈ duwárta g-zál əg-mànə,ˈ ġḏá, tə́ttə ṭə́llaṯ, ʾárbəʾ, xámməš, ʾə́ššət, šúwwaʾ, tmánə, tə́ššəʾ ʾə́ssər hál xámši ʾaw-hál ùmma.ˈ ʾə́mma də-g-máṭə l-áwa ʿádad k-nahíla kàsbi.ˈ ʾu-k-yáʾli ʾánə baráy-u ʾánə k-pálṭi gawáy,ˈ ʾu-hàdax.ˈ

ʾə́tlan ṭaʿó́lta xə̀rta,ˈ k-amríla ṭăʿálta … də-šəgə̀llə,ˈ ʾáhila ṭláṯa ḥoqáwat riš-əġḏàḏə,ˈ baʿdén tré, baʿdén xá, baʿdén tré xə̀nnə.ˈ ġáləban kə-mṭaʿlíla bnàṯa,ˈ yaʿni ʾumúrhən ʾə́ššət šə́nnə hal-tə́ššəʿ ʾə́ssər šə́nnə hádax kə-mṭaʿlìla.ˈ

ʾə́tlan ṭaʿolyáṯa … ʾəšàrat k-amáxxə.ˈ xaḏráxwa ʿan-Baġdédə kùlla,ˈ k-oḏáxwa máx xa-xə̀ṭṭa yáʿni k-amíla,ˈ k-yáʾlax ʾəb-xazózə b-Baġdéd-u k-óḏax xəṭū̀ṭ,ˈ k-óḏax sàhm,ˈ yáʿni yəʾə́llan mən-dàha,ˈ plə́ṭlan mən-dàha,ˈ yəʾə́llan mən-dàha,ˈ hál də-g-maṭáxwa l-dùkan,ˈ ʾu-kə-mʾéṭaxwa malladā́t, malladā́t, malladā̀t,ˈ ʾu-kasbáxwala ʾáya ʾədàra.ˈ

ʾə́tlan xə́rta ṭaʿólta ʾáhila … ṭaʿóltəd d-hə̀nna,ˈ ʾəm-maqlàʿa k-amáxla,ˈ qáṭlax əb-gáwaḥ ṣə́prə ʾaw-yónə ʾáw …ˈ fa-g-dárax kípa b-áḏa …,ˈ ʾáhila ʿəbára ʿan-šaraftə-káwe …ˈ káwe zqíraḥ zqàra,ˈ ʾékə zaqàra.ˈ g-naqə̀šla-wˈ k-maṯílə da-yóna ʾaw-da-ṣə̀praˈ ʾáḏi iyáwa … ʾaḏa ṣaydəttəḥ.ˈ

ʾə́tlan xə́rta ṭaʿòltaˈ ʾáhila qátta-w dàqos.ˈ kə-mṭáʿli ʾə́nš-u gúrə b-gàwaḥ.ˈ ʾu-g-náqəš … ʾáḏa dáqos zóra káwə də́rya bə-ġḏá gumə̀ʾṯa,ˈ ʾu-g-naqə́šlə b-qàttaˈ ʾu-g-maprə̀xlə.ˈ ʾéma k-ʾarìləˈ k-ásəq, k-ásəq ʾəl-ʿìl.ˈ fa-ʾə́nšə kə-mṭaʿlíwa b-šalàwat,ˈ ʾáhila biš-sáhl liʾánnahu kə-mṭámən ʾáḏa dàqosˈ kə-mṭámən ʾidàṯa.ˈ fa-k-aryálə b-šàlaḥˈ k-zála k-ʾásqa l-ʿìl,ˈ ʾáhi kásba … ʾáḏi iyáwa ṭaʿòlta.ˈ

Translation:

We have some old games. (The one I will tell you about) is the game of mixing. They would take some soil, in the middle of which they would put a coin. Women and men would come to play. They would come and put a coin in the middle of that thing. They would moisten the ash and mix it up. Then they would crush it (and make) piles. Every one would pull out a pile. The one who got the coin would take it. This is one of the games.

Another game involves counting. It involves something like a small ball. (One person) stays counting, from one to fifty, or to a hundred. There are two things, two groups, some people are inside and some people are outside. They throw a ball. Whoever they hit is out. The one whom they do not hit goes and sits in some place, he goes and counts in it. He goes into the courtyard and counts, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten up to fifty or up to a hundred. When he reaches that number he finishes and they win. Then the people outside come in and those who are inside go out, and so on.

We have another game called the game of _šəgəllə_. This invovles three boxes on top of each other, then two, then one, then two others. Usually it is the girls who play it, that is the ones aged from six to nine or ten play it in this way.

We have games … we call them ‘signs’. We used to go around the whole of Baǧdedə. We would draw a kind of line. We would enter the narrow streets in Baǧdedə and draw lines, we would make an arrow. We entered here and came out here, we entered here, until when we reached our place, we would shout _malladat! malladat! malladat!_ And so we would win that round.

We have another game, the game of ..., of the sling, we call it, in which we kill sparrows (?) and pigeons. We put a stone in this ..., it consists of a thick rope, which they have woven, at the weaver’s. He shoots it and sends it (the stone) to the pigeon or to the sparrow, and this is his catch.

We have another game, this is _qatta‑w daqos_. Women and men play it. Somebody hits a small stick that is put in a hole, he hits it with a large stick and makes it fly up. The person catching it moves away, moves out of the away . The women used to play this with shawls. This is easier, since the small stick bruises, it bruises the hands. She catches it with her shawl, moves away and she is the winner. This was the game.