山本多助筆録アイヌ語樺太方言テキスト(1) : 「カラフト・ウベベケレ（オプケ ネワ イコロ ウペペケレ）」

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This Sakhalin Ainu folk tale is extracted from Ainu-mosir, an Ainu language magazine published in the years 1957-1965, in which Tasuke Yamamoto was the main writer. During his stay in Sakhalin in February 1937 Tasuke Yamamoto (1904-1993), who was born in Harutori, Hokkaido, recorded this tale using the Japanese katakana script when it was recited by Usarusmah Kimura (?-1953? ), born in Aihama, Sakhalin. Yamamoto’s work deserves recognition as an effort to preserve Ainu culture by Ainu people themselves. Folk tales of this type are well known both among Ainu and in Japan (cf. Tori-nomi jī or The old man who swallowed birds). The Tale from Karafuto, which was never published as a complete translation into Japanese, is given here in its original katakana transcription and in the Roman alphabet transcription, and is accompanied by Japanese translation. Karafuto ubebekere (Opke newa ikoro upepekere) Tale from Karafuto (Tale of the breaking wind and the treasure) There were Pankankuh, the man living on the lower reaches of the river and Penkankuh, the man living on the upper reaches of the river. One day Pankankuh went into the mountain to cut wood. He killed a sparrow and swallowed it. He went back home, where he broke wind, making the sounds kanitonto kanitonto sipecarara puyuyuhpuh, and he dropped treasure. The room became filled with the treasure. Then, he invited Penkankuh and his wife to come to see the treasure. When Penkankuh heard that Pankankuh had become rich, he said: "This is what I wanted to do, abominable Pankankuh! You have forestalled me. Bad Pankankuh!" Saying these words he got angry, and only his wife went to Pankankuh's house to see the treasure. The next day, Penkankuh went into the mountain to cut wood and swallowed a large bird. Then, he broke wind, making the sounds: “Kunkumi kunkumi cinituy mukara noyhun mukara tonparara puh.” But he only dropped feces, and his house became filled with his feces. After it happened Pankankuh came to Penkankuh’s house and prayed: "Siimawmaw siimawmaw atuy soo kuruka erapisu rapisu." All the feces vanished.