Orukupo rOmbazu

Otjikando hi matu tara morukupo rOmbazu yetu kutja ru uta vi nu ru kayanda vi. Orukupo eṱe tu yakura kutja otjiyandjewa okuza ku Ndjambi meyuru. Wina tu na omiano vyetu mbi tja “oukombe outwa nu orukupo ondjoura”. “Omurumendu auhe u ṱa ama tja ma kupu”. “Hanganda ya kupwa nyoko kai purwa omasekiro” na yarwe omengi noho. Potungi omurumendu ngu hiya kupa tji ma korisiwa kuza “nyoko naiho okuveri?” Posya tji wa kupa ku za “omukazendu novanatje okuveri? Orukupo kOmbazu yetu. Potungitungi orukupo rwetu ru hungirwa mapeta ozoiri zomayakero womaruwo nao,nu ru hungirirwa mondjuwo onene yOtjizeero. Ovandu tji mave hiti mondjuwo...
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Omukazendu wonyoka

Elisabeth Kahiiko who died in 1983 tells in this recording about the Snake's Wife fairy tale. “Bernhard and Elisabeth Kahiiko came from Karibib already in the morning. They already drove off in the evening at 9 o’clock and at 4 o’clock they were in Okahandja. On our part nothing is done for their catering, which I don’t find right”Ruth Dammann diary page 55 Ovakazendu va sekama okuyenda kOmbotozu okukasa otjize. Omukazendu umwe wa ri otjingundi nu ovakwao ave tjaera kutja, “Kara pehi konakuyenda kotjize orondu kasemba. Nu eye a panda,” Kako matu i pamwe.” “Kara pehi...ove u nokanatje pehuri. Kona...
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Otjikumbamba

Fairy tale by Adelheid Veii-Mbuaondjou as recorded for the Dammann Collection on 28 April 1954 (28 Kozonyanga 1954) Ape hara, omurumendu otja kupa omukazendu nave kara nokanatje okatiti kena Tiotio. Ovo otji va kara nao nu eyuva rimwe ina aka tjora ozongune nu ngunda ama tjora a niniwa i yOtjikumbamba. Ihe a paha, a paha e he mu munu, posi eye ookuteza ondambo a munu kutja 'omukazendu wandje nangwari wa niniwa i yOtjikumbamba.' Eye ookuyaruka konganda a kaeta okanatje, nu rondisa okanatje komuti posi yondjira Otjik- umbamba pu tji kapitira. Eye tjandje we ripangina nomauta, nomakuva nomanga ombya tara na...
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