A Kelabit - English Dictionary: M to R
Comments, additional entries, bouquets and/or brickbats on these pages !
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.
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| mado |
far |
| mala |
say |
| mawa |
surprised, amazed |
| mawan |
seen, visible |
| meman |
feed (animals) |
| menu |
believe |
| merar |
huge |
| mula' |
much, many |
| muli' |
go home |
| mupih |
dream |
| ngalad |
make or build a wall |
| ngalap anak |
adopted child |
| ngapeh |
where |
| ngelaba |
overtake, pass through |
| ngeluit |
fishing (using a line and hook) |
| ngenap (? = ngenep) |
catch |
| ngupan |
feed (birds or fish) |
| nuba' |
cooked rice |
| nuba laya |
rice packed in a leaf |
| nulis |
write |
? borrowed from Malay |
| pade |
rice, rice plant, rice in the field |
| pedekan |
to choke |
| pedekat |
hem, stitch, line of sewing on clothes |
| pekatu |
always, continually |
| pekubul |
cockfighting |
| pelaba |
very, extremely |
| penagan |
chopping board for meat |
| penalad |
palm, sole |
| pun pade |
padi plant stubble |
| rabar |
rope |
| raing (? = ra'ing) |
small basket tied to waist for collecting padi |
| rawih |
drying padi |
| rayeh |
big, great, large, spacious |
| rinuh |
woven winnowing basket |
| rumik |
threshing padi |
