Suat (pronounce as Suat) - is a noun for flower bud. Flower that has not fully grown or not yet bloom
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Showing posts with label Nouns. Show all posts
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Suat
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Tuos
Tuos (prnounce as simply Tuos) - is a noun for needle.
Sibuli'
Sibuli' (pronounced Si-bu-li') is a noun referring to stitching thread. The picture below provides a clear example of what it looks like.
Monday, February 17, 2025
Iju
Iju (pronouns as E-joo) - is a noun for fish trap made of bamboo
Sunday, November 14, 2021
Sikotiep
Sikotiep (pronounce as Si-ko-tiep) - is a noun for tong. In the past usually made from bamboo but in modern days metal is being used
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Kilik
Kilik (pronounce as Kee-lick) is a noun for small bird cage or small chicken cage as shown in the picture below.
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Kuyong
Kuyong (pronounce as Ku-yong) is a noun for lipstick
Sinuod
Sinuod (pronounce as Si-nuod) is a noun for comb. This is one of the near extinct word that almost forgotten by the Bijagoi younger generations because they rarely use it.
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Sunday, April 11, 2021
Bidou
Bidou (pronounce as Bi-dou) is a noun for deceased (dead person).
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Toya'
Toya' (pronounce as To-ya') is a noun for farm
Example:
Toya' lada = pepper farm
Odi ke' toya' = Going to the farm
Pali' so' toya' = Going back from the farm
Sunday, April 4, 2021
Munua
Munua (pronounce as Mu-nua) is a noun for ghost
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Kilabu
Kilabu (pronounce as Kilabu) is a noun for earring.
Sukun
Sukun (pronounce as Su-kun) is a noun for grandchildren (children of son / daughters).
Kokak
Kokak (pronounce as Ko-kak) is a noun for bed bug
Janukng / Bukuo' / Jomow
Janukng (pronounce as Ja-nukng) is a specific short machete used for working in the farm land or going to the jungle. While Bukuo' is the general name for machete of short and long
Bukuo' (pronounce as Bu-kuo') is a general name for machete or Duku' in iban dialect
Jomow (pronounce as Jo-mow) is a large and long machete
Awah
Awah (pronounce as A-wah) is a noun for floor
Ba'at
Ba'at (pronounce as Ba-at) is a noun for border or boundary that separated of an area (geographic boundary of farm land, villages, or countries). The word slowly phased out due to the malay word "Batas" influence or "Border" english.
Border between one farm land to another usually designated by signficant trees such as bamboos, durian tree, rivers, or anything distinct significant landmarks.
Example:
Ba'at Kupuo' = Village's border
Ijan Tata'
Ijan Tata' (Pronounce as Ee-jan Ta-ta') is a noun for sunshower where there is rain while the sun is shining. In the old culture it is a taboo to walk during Ijan Tata' because evil spirit setting a trap and most people who walk in the sunshower will eventually fall sick. There is truth in this myth although it is not always true.
If one must go through the Ijan Tata' they must use the boyuh leaf to cover their head to prevent from getting sick by the evil spirit trap.
Bolu
Bolu (pronounce as Bo-lu) is a noun for mortar use to crush herbs and spices
Monday, March 29, 2021
Minuok / Pinuok
Minuok (pronounce as mi-nuok) is a verb for fishing using fish rod only.
Pinuok (pronounce as Pi-nuok) - is a noun for a complete fishing rod + fishing line + hook
In the olden days bamboo stick or sidudui branch usually use as the fishing rod
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