A Kelabit - English Dictionary: A to F
Comments, additional entries, bouquets and/or brickbats on these pages would be most welcome!
References:
Blust, Robert (1993). Kelabit - English Vocabulary, Sarawak Mus. J. Vol. XLIV, No. 65 (New Series).
Amster, Mathew H. (1995) - Kelabit/English English/Kelabit Glossary, Rurum Kelabit Sarawak, Kuching.
 | Click on a highlighted Kelabit word to hear how it is pronounced |
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Kelabit
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English
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Comments
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Comments
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| aar |
knot |
| abad |
a kind of weed commonly found in padi fields |
| abang |
drain, ditch, canal |
| abet |
rope, something used for tying |
| abpang |
bund |
| abu' |
son |
?
= generic term of address for a small boy |
| abuh |
ash |
| aden |
starting
point |
| adet |
manner, custom, tradition, customary law, social conventions, culture |
| adi' |
old
secondary jungle (more than 10 years old) |
? = small |
| adih |
type
of Kelabit song |
| ai' |
pity |
? = kindness |
| akang |
scarecrow |
| aken |
washing
place by the river bank |
| akep |
snail
(a generic word) |
?
= black snail found in rivers |
| akep
arur |
fresh
water snail |
| alad |
wall
(see ngalad) |
| alud |
dugout canoe, boat |
| amug |
secondary
jungle (less than 10 years old), previously farmed area, abandoned farmland |
| anakadi' |
children |
?
= small child |
| anet |
basket
for keeping wrapped rice |
| apad |
mountain
range |
| apui
(? = apuy) |
fire |
| ba'o |
beads |
| baa' |
padi
field |
?
= wet, damp ? = wet rice field |
| baka |
wild
pig |
| bala |
news, fame, famous |
| balang |
tiger |
| baling |
type of Kelabit song |
| bariw |
strong
wind, storm wind |
| bayeh |
crocodile |
| belalung |
basket
for keeping chickens |
| bera |
milled rice |
? = generic term for rice |
| berat |
heavy |
?
borrowed from Malay |
| beruh |
more, again, next, new |
?
= just now |
?
borrowed from Malay |
| betik |
tattoo |
| bigan |
plate |
?
borrowed from Malay |
| bua' |
fruit |
| buan (? = bu'an) |
large
basket used for harvesting |
| bugo |
rice
paddle |
?
= (any) flat piece of wood used to stir rice |
| bulan |
moon,
month |
?
borrowed from Malay |
| bulan
betung |
full
moon |
| burak |
rice wine |
| busak |
wild flower, flowering |
| buso |
a spear |
| da'an |
branches
of a tree |
| da'un |
leaf
used for wrapping rice |
?
= generic word for leaf |
| daan |
hut
in rice field where people stay to scare away the birds |
?
= a place where they sit and eat |
| dalem |
deep |
| dapur |
kitchen |
?
borrowed from Malay |
| dayeh |
upriver, towards the interior |
| dedtur |
female
(human), woman, girl |
| dela'ih |
male
(human), man, boy |
| demulun |
slave, servant |
| dengeruyung |
family, relative |
| deramih |
rice
straw |
?
= rice stubble |
?
geramih = a synonym |
| diri |
house
post, upright, pole, pillar |
| dita' |
high,
tall, upper |
| ebpar |
loincloth |
| enun |
what |
| etuk |
heartbeat
or pulse |
?
= any kind of beat |
