Friday, May 30, 2008

Selamat Hari Gawai.....


Kuri dau la'an seng dau aya'k gawai.. ( few days more to gawai ..). Pu'lup lan pah dahak jaka anih tei bele'k bareng uvung dahak seng nak dau aya'k gawai (everybody busy doing their shopping for gawai...). Jaka anih nah lim-lim anak dahin panak nei uli pepsuk hinan taman dahak avin balei tei nyadui su... (this time they can meet all their childrens & their relatives during the gawai festive). Dahin kenep melu tua nah dahak na dau aya'k. Hak hinih akui seng me'ih Selamet Dau Aya'k Gawai men lim-lim bakeh kui...(wishing all my frens Happy Gawai & Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai). God bless you...


Thursday, May 29, 2008

Urip hak uma aru

Uma aru nah ngavan itam aring2 murip dih hak usun tana nih. Urip sepun doh dahin sepun akek nah aleng unak-unak loh murip hak uma aru...(our late grandparents live at d longhouse). Pekatek lan pah urip dahak men unak dih. Nusi awi itam aleng murip hak alem daleh kerei anih ( now our live is better than last time). Ngelu'an pah itam anih murip hak uma aru. Men unak dih, dahak hak uma aru tei ka'kah dahin tei ngelunau ngavan dahak ilau kan dahin ilau bahah. Balei tei mese'k hak hu'ngai ngavan dahak ilau masik.. (they always go fishing). Kahum pah dahak hak uma aru tei ngelunau, nusi pah dahak jam la'ei avin jaka anan nah nak hadui peji. Jaka anan nah dahak uma aru pahlung @ kuman peji...(having their lunch together). Alem batung aleng mageh dahin sayu kenep tua pah dahak tei ngelunau. Anan nah ji sayu itam anih murip hak uma aru. Hak pah pekatek urip dahak men unak dih, bi sayu loh kah urip dahak. Kerei anih kah itam tei murip alem daleh....

Belajen dahun Kayan.. (learn speak in Kayan language)

Hak Sarawak anih nah kahum lan pah bangsak2 beh. Nusi hak bangsak Kayan tua murip hak Sarawak anih ( not only ethnic Kayan live in Sarawak). Hak nah bangsak Kenyah, Kelabit, Iban, Bidayuh, Bisaya, Lun Bawang, kedayan, Melanau, Penan, Punan...(ethnic groups in Sarawak). Anih nah akui seng bara balei dahok alem dahun Kayan aleng melai tua : ( juz a basic words)

akui - aku
ika - kamu, awak
kuman - makan
du'e - minum
tu'do - tidur
kanen - nasi
da'pi - lauk
uro'k - sayur
masik - ikan
buhup - buku
basong - baju
hadau - lupa
dengah - berita
panau - jalan
usu - tangan
kudek - kaki
hiling - telinga
butit - perut
buk - rambut
hulo'k - kuku

uli - balik, pulang
kesing - ketawa
ngeli'em - senyum
nun dengah? - apa khabar?
tei hino'k ika? - mana kamu pergi?
nei nah hinih - datang sini
meng bu'nget - jgn marah