1966 • Nukuoro Atoll
Otto tells the story of Iaidelangi, who spawned twelve generations of children from his sweat.
This story was recorded by Raymonde Carroll on Nukuoro Atoll in the spring of 1966. It appears as story number 11-3 in the published book of Nukuoro Stories (Carroll 1980).
Iaidelangi, e hai dana veelenga. Agai e mahana de mee. E dii de laa. Agai ia ga salia e taadaa, dono angaanga. Agai ia ga hai tuu gaha, ga hagammasa ai ono daadaa. Agai ga hagammasa huu ono daadaa i tuu gaha, agai de hine, ga humai ga hanange gi agina. Ga hanange gi tuu gaha. Agai ia gu hai dama.
Dono hai dama i mua, e dinoangahulu ana dama. Denei de ingoo o ana dama. Go Maauidaha, go Maauilodo, go Moeaali, go Mueaali, go Moosonai, go Mosdama, go Dangulu, go Dangolo go Luhagausinga, go Tubuadeegagu. Agai de lua hagadiilinga, gai anei ana dama. Gai ia ga haanau, go Degumi, go Deloha, go Delubu, go Udaageno, go Buamageno, go Gaeageno, go Doogeno go Geno, go Dumulod. Agai gai de... tolu ono hagadiilinga. Go Nansiilaane, go Nansiibung, go Mansiiban, Gubuleni, Gubulenibuleniallalagae. Go Iliilisae. Go Oloolosae. Go Iilili. Go Naonao. Go Meao.
Aa, aanaa denga hagadiilinga, a daadaa o Iaidelangi, anaa agu momo mee e longo ai, anaa mee agu e iloo, i mee o Iaidelangi. Agai e madaangahulu ma lua hagadiilinga o ana dama, ono daadaa. Agai gu ngalo i de au hanu. Gai ana huu agu mee e iloo. Aanaa ai huu. Gu lava.
Iaidelangi was tending his garden. It was hot. The sun was shining. And his body began to sweat. So he used a coconut husk to dry his sweat. When he dried his sweat with the coconut husk, a woman came and went over to him. She went over to the coconut husk. And she became pregnant.
Her first pregnancy, she had ten children. These are the names of her children. Maauidaha, Maauilodo, Moeaali, Mueaali, Moosonai, Mosdama, Dangulu, Dangolo, Luhagausinga, and Tubuadeegagu. And the second time she gave birth, these were her children. She gave birth to Degumi, Deloha, Delubu, Udaageno, Buamageno, Gaeageno, Doogeno, Geno, and Dumulodo. And the third time she gave birth, it was Nansiilaane, Nansiibungu, Mansiibana, Gubuleni, Gubulenibuleniallalagae. Iliilisae, Oloolosae, Iilili, Naonao. Meao.
So, these are the pregnancies from the sweat of Iaidelangi, these are a few things that I heard, these are the things I know about Iaidelangi. There were twelve generations of his children, from his sweat. I forget some of them. Those are the things that I know. That's it, I'm finished.