A Kelabit - English Dictionary: G to L
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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| gabar
(? = gaber) |
picture |
| gagap |
startled |
| gerawat |
tangled,
complicated |
| ibal |
some |
| iban |
parent-in-law,
member of the iban tribe |
| idan |
when |
| iko |
you |
| iyo
peranih |
small
knife used for cutting padi during harvesting |
?
is this one word or two; ? io = knife |
| jaga' |
watch |
| julung |
prow
of a canoe |
| kadi' |
because |
| kail |
strong
(person) |
| kanid |
cousin |
| kapal |
thick |
?
= aeroplane, ? = ship - both borrowed from Malay |
| kapeh |
how |
| karar |
slanting, aslant |
| kareb
(1) |
can,
permitted, allowed, able, capable |
| kareb
(2) |
suitability,
compatibility with desire, fit, |
| kerid |
vegetables
(generic word) |
| ketian |
thread |
?
borrowed from Malay |
| kikid |
porridge |
?
= vegetable soup |
| kinanak |
brother
or sister |
| kopi |
coffee |
?
borrowed via Malay usage, or directly from English |
| kukur |
? Spotted Dove (specifically) or just a generic word for a pigeon |
| kulat (1) |
mushroom, toadstool |
| kulat (2) |
wake up |
| laak (1) |
year |
| laak (2) |
ripe, cooked |
| la'al |
chicken |
| laam |
sour |
| laba |
pass by |
| labor
(? = labo) |
meat |
| lakuh |
type of Kelabit song |
| laled |
black
housefly |
| lalid |
ear |
| laman |
pasture for buffaloes |
| lepo |
hut
in the jungle one uses when travelling, temporary shelter, ? = granary |
?
lepo pade = granary |
| lipang |
padi
husk |
? lipang pade = empty padi grain (no grain inside) |
| liwet |
tree
top |
| luang |
fish |
| luang pelian |
ikan semah |
| ludek |
mud |
