A Kelabit - English Dictionary: S to Z
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 |
English |
Comments |
Comments |
| sedarir |
a type of Kelabit song |
| sina' |
mother, a general form of address for an older female person |
| tama' |
father, a general form of address for an older male person |
| tepu' |
grandfather
or grandmother, a general form of address for an elderly person |
| tunap |
separate rice
from empty grains or husks using a winnower |
| udo' |
ghost, carved
wooden figure kept to ward off misfortune or disease |
| ugam |
mat
for drying padi |
?
= generic word for mat |
| uku' |
dog |
| uwai |
a tool used to hollow out logs to make boats or coffins |
| uwei |
rattan |
