D - Word List

English: a stink fruit called durian or durio zibethinus - This fruit is loved by almost all Bidayuhs even though the pungent smell can be over-powering.
Bahasa Malaysia: durian

dient muot

English: a species of the stink fruit durian called durio graveolens
Bahasa Malaysia: durian rimba, durian kuning

dingan

English: a friend
Bahasa Malaysia: kawan

dipoh

English: a snake
Bahasa Malaysia: ular

dipoh pinganon

English: a python
Bahasa Malaysia: ular sawa

dipoh pinganon to'od

English: a dwarf python (curtus)
Bahasa Malaysia: ular sawa batik

disah

English: don't need
Bahasa Malaysia: tak perlu

diya'

English: tortoise
Bahasa Malaysia: kura kura

diyo'

English: first
Bahasa Malaysia: dulu

diyo' so' kuno'

English: before this
Bahasa Malaysia: sebelum ini

do'oh

English: a koompassia excelsa tree
Bahasa Malaysia: pokok tapang

dodank

English: husk
Bahasa Malaysia: dedak

dodod

English: crowded
Bahasa Malaysia: sesak

dodot

English: slack
Bahasa Malaysia: lembik

dodot tiyot

English: very loose
Bahasa Malaysia: sangat lembik

doh

English: No
Bahasa Malaysia: Tidak

doi'

English: do not have
Bahasa Malaysia: tidak ada

dolie'

English: don't want
Bahasa Malaysia: tak mahu

donai

English: four days after
Bahasa Malaysia: empat hari akan datang

dondant

English: a tale
Bahasa Malaysia: dongen

donih

English: three days after
Bahasa Malaysia: tiga hari yang akan datang

donu

English: lake
Bahasa Malaysia: danau

doonk

English: sound of
Bahasa Malaysia: bunyi

doot

English: a wild boar (sometimes a connotation for 'a dish')
Bahasa Malaysia: babi hutan

dopoh

English: a yard
Bahasa Malaysia: satu ela

doras

English: strong
Bahasa Malaysia: kuat

dorod

English: a mountain
Bahasa Malaysia: gunung

Dorod Bonguh

English: the Bungo Mountain Range
Bahasa Malaysia: Gunung Benguh

English: Mount Kapow - This is where the famous Fairy Cave of Bau are located. Bidayuh legend in the area has it that the caves were formerly the village of Kapow. The whole place including its human and animal inhabitants were turned into stones by a curse of an angry old woman who found out that the villagers mistreated her grandson who was an orphan. They wrapped some charcoals in a leaf, saying it was grilled meat as a parting gift for his Gawai visit to the village.
Bahasa Malaysia: Gunung Kapor

Dorod Nyi’an

English: Mount Nyian - Located not far from Kupuo' Bijuray.
Bahasa Malaysia: Gunung Nyian

Dorod Orad

English: Mount Orad - This mountain is reported to have been the location of the fortress of Panglima Kurow. Panglima Kulow was a famous Bidayuh warrior who led a group of Bidayuh people to settle on the mountain after their earlier fortress at Bung Bratak was destroyed by marauding enemies. It is now a tourist attraction and many Bidayuhs make a pilgrimage to the mountain summit to visit Panglima Kulow's tomb.
Bahasa Malaysia: Gunung Orad

Dorod Podad

English: A mountain in Krokong - This is the location of the early settlement in the area called Krokong Mountain village not far from the old village of Prasuont.
Bahasa Malaysia: Gunung Podad

Dorod Sipingient

English: a mountain in Krokong - Literally, it means the Plate Mountain or Dorod Sipingient. It is part of a mountain range with Bung Tra’an as its neighboring peak. The original inhabitants of Blinggink came from a settlement built on the steep slopes of this mountain. On one of the slopes lies the Sinja Rock where legend has it that a Bidayuh warrior named Panglima Sukupit stood to defend his village against marauding enemies. The whole mountain area gets regular annual visits from his descendants who come up to collect stink fruits called durians which came from huge trees planted almost a hundred years ago as part of the village’s fruit garden. Fruit gardens like these are called lisont.
Bahasa Malaysia: Gunung Spingient