T - Word List

English: sticky rice cooked in bamboo - Sticky rice is first pounded into powder before it is poured into bamboo with the inside lined with banana leaves. It is cooked on a wood fire. This sticky rice delicacy is usually very sweet.
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis lemang kegemaran orang Bidayuh

tibogu’

English: a kind of bird

tibogu’ busuoh

English: Someone who is very quiet. Literally, 'tibogu' is a kind of bird, 'busuoh' is full. After eating 'dunuk' fruit, tibogu’ is full and remain quiet.
Bahasa Malaysia: Orang yang pendiam.

tiboi'

English: an empty land after harvest
Bahasa Malaysia: tanah kosong

tibolui

English: upside down
Bahasa Malaysia: terbalik

tiboont

English: brand new
Bahasa Malaysia: baru

tibowank

English: an abandoned settlement
Bahasa Malaysia: kampung lama yang sudah kosong

tiboyant

English: a bridge - The Bidayuhs often build suspension bridges across rivers and streams with bamboo and rattan using tall trees as support. This helped them get across even when the river swells to the highest level each rainy season and sometimes overflowing their banks.
Bahasa Malaysia: jambatan

tibula'

English: a lie
Bahasa Malaysia: tipu

tibulit

English: a house lizard
Bahasa Malaysia: cicak

tie' jo'

English: in future
Bahasa Malaysia: masa depan

tie' pagi

English: tomorrow
Bahasa Malaysia: besok

tie' pagi batont

English: The day after tomorrow
Bahasa Malaysia: esok lusa

tie' sodi’

English: the next time
Bahasa Malaysia: masa yang akan datang

tie’

English: later
Bahasa Malaysia: kelak

tiga'

English: a heel
Bahasa Malaysia: tumit

tigalont

English: to get trapped
Bahasa Malaysia: terperangkap

tigambur

English: scattered
Bahasa Malaysia: Berselerak

tigienk

English: a calf
Bahasa Malaysia: betis

tigowant

English: a large frog
Bahasa Malaysia: katak besar

tii'

English: itchy
Bahasa Malaysia: gatal

tiju'

English: to point
Bahasa Malaysia: menuding

tijuk

English: a top or terminal end of a plant
Bahasa Malaysia: pucuk

tikarak

English: wide open
Bahasa Malaysia: terbuka

tikasuomp

English: a type of meat dish that is pickled - Popular among Bidayuhs are fish and wild boar meat pickle.
Bahasa Malaysia: kasam

tikibur

English: to be over confident, boastful or boasting
Bahasa Malaysia: akbur, terlalu yakin

tikidok

English: agitated
Bahasa Malaysia: geli

tikijod

English: ticklish
Bahasa Malaysia: geli

tikopog

English: cut off
Bahasa Malaysia: terpotong

tikorung

English: coiled up
Bahasa Malaysia: tergulung

tikosad

English: suffering
Bahasa Malaysia: binasa

tiku'

English: mine
Bahasa Malaysia: saya punya

tikuluk

English: united
Bahasa Malaysia: bersatu

tikuruok

English: a skull
Bahasa Malaysia: tengkorak

tikuwant

English: a rhinocerous hornbill
Bahasa Malaysia: enggang

tila'ant

English: a chicken coop
Bahasa Malaysia: sangkar ayam

tilambuo'

English: a pitcher plant
Bahasa Malaysia: periuk kera

tilidink

English: side
Bahasa Malaysia: tepi

tilinju'

English: a finger
Bahasa Malaysia: jari

tilinju' po'ont

English: a toe
Bahasa Malaysia: jari kaki

tilishump

English: a snake palm called salacca zalacca
Bahasa Malaysia: salak pondoh

tilobied

English: bamboo knife

timatieg

English: to drip
Bahasa Malaysia: menitis

timirib

English: to fly
Bahasa Malaysia: terbang

timogah

English: famous
Bahasa Malaysia: terkenal

timu

English: a frog
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis katak

timu'

English: yours
Bahasa Malaysia: engkau punya

timun

English: cumcumbers
Bahasa Malaysia: timun

timutuomp

English: to sink
Bahasa Malaysia: tengelam

tingan

English: yours
Bahasa Malaysia: awak punya

tiokas

English: a fern called stenochlaena palustris
Bahasa Malaysia: paku miding

tipakuoh

English: a plate made of sago plant
Bahasa Malaysia: pinggan upih sagu

tipatal

English: to ricochet
Bahasa Malaysia: memantul

tiporak timusub

English: heed over heel

tipu'

English: a rhizomatous plant of the amomum lappaceum species
Bahasa Malaysia: tepus

tipuank

English: to float
Bahasa Malaysia: timbul

tirindak

English: a hat
Bahasa Malaysia: topi terendak

tiritiek

English: a split bamboo of the 'toling' variety - It is a material for making floors and walls of a Bidayuh house
Bahasa Malaysia: buluh betong yang sudah ditetak untuk dijadikan dinding dan lantai

Tirobunk

English: a group of people normally found in the interior of Bau district
Bahasa Malaysia: sekumpulan orang yang menduduki kawasan di pedamalaman daerah Bau

tirubap

English: to fall flat on the face
Bahasa Malaysia: tertiarap

tirupuod

English: a termite
Bahasa Malaysia: anai anai

titik

English: a lighter
Bahasa Malaysia: pemetik api

tito'

English: ours
Bahasa Malaysia: kita punya

tiwas

English: angry
Bahasa Malaysia: marah

tiyunk

English: a brinjal - /tɪjᴜŋk/
Bahasa Malaysia: terung

tiyunk daya'

English: a Borneo sour eggplant (Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal) which turns yellow when ripe
Bahasa Malaysia: terung dayak, terung asam

to'int

English: a stomach
Bahasa Malaysia: perut

to'od

English: a stump
Bahasa Malaysia: tunggul

to'ont

English: to set up
Bahasa Malaysia: tahan

to'uh

English: right side
Bahasa Malaysia: kanan

tobah

English: a fermentation - It usually refers to fermented meat or fish.
Bahasa Malaysia: pekasam daging

tobal

English: thick
Bahasa Malaysia: tebal

tobal mokuk

English: very thick
Bahasa Malaysia: sangat tebal

Tobank

English: Tebang
Bahasa Malaysia: Pengkalan Tebang

tobant

English: to bring
Bahasa Malaysia: bawa

tobink

English: a riverside and seaside
Bahasa Malaysia: tebing

tobonk

English: an area that is cut for planting
Bahasa Malaysia: tebasan

tobuh

English: a sugar cane
Bahasa Malaysia: tebu

tod

English: to send
Bahasa Malaysia: hantar

todah

English: sadly
Bahasa Malaysia: sedihnya

todah bih

English: What a pity?
Bahasa Malaysia: betapa sayangnya

todank

English: a corpse
Bahasa Malaysia: mayat

togei

English: bean sprouts
Bahasa Malaysia: taugeh

tok

English: true
Bahasa Malaysia: benar

tok bih

English: It's true, I tell you!
Bahasa Malaysia: Ini kebenarannya.

tok kawo’

English: Absolutely true
Bahasa Malaysia: Sangat benar

tok tok

English: really true
Bahasa Malaysia: memang benar

toka'

English: spider
Bahasa Malaysia: labah labah

tokank

English: a frog
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis katak

tokei

English: a shopowner
Bahasa Malaysia: tuan punyai kedai

toki'

English: an excrement
Bahasa Malaysia: tahi

tolant

English: to throw away
Bahasa Malaysia: buang

tolie'

English: soft
Bahasa Malaysia: lembut

tolie’ andiek

English: extremely soft
Bahasa Malaysia: sangat lembut

tolik

English: tight
Bahasa Malaysia: ketat

tolik kenining

English: very tight
Bahasa Malaysia: sangat ketat

tolink

English: a large bamboo called the gigantochloa levis - A very useful plant to a Bidayuh community where the bamboo trunk can be used to make poles for a hut, a suspension bridge, or even a tall ladder to reach bird's nests in high interiors of caves. When it is split open and flattened, it is used to make floors and walls of houses.
Bahasa Malaysia: buluh betong

tolint

English: a string
Bahasa Malaysia: tali

tolintpaunt

English: telephone
Bahasa Malaysia: telefon

tolonk tolonk

English: very focussed
Bahasa Malaysia: tumpu penuh perhatian

tolonk tolonk nye ndai kiroja

English: stay focussed on what you are doing
Bahasa Malaysia: tumpukan perhatian kepada tugas

tolu

English: scared
Bahasa Malaysia: gentar

tolunt

English: a jungle
Bahasa Malaysia: hutan

toluok

English: a deep end of stream, river or seaside
Bahasa Malaysia: lubuk

toma'

English: to touch
Bahasa Malaysia: sentuh

tomi

English: a sojourner
Bahasa Malaysia: perantau

tomoh

English: an earthworm
Bahasa Malaysia: cacing tanah

tondok

English: to cook
Bahasa Malaysia: masak

tongan

English: hand, arm
Bahasa Malaysia: tangan

tongga

English: visible
Bahasa Malaysia: kelihatan

tonggos

English: a fresh water fish called Neolisochilus
Bahasa Malaysia: tengas

tongon

English: a stem or tree trunk
Bahasa Malaysia: batang

tongont

English: straight
Bahasa Malaysia: lurus

tongont bilosont

English: very straight
Bahasa Malaysia: sangat lurus

tonju'

English: a porch - It used to be a long verandah made of bamboo poles that stretches from one end of a Bidayuh longhouse to the other. Nowadays, it can still be found on some single family dwellings and it functions much like in the old days where it is used to dry padi, pepper or other things placed on the kasah or a rattan mat. In cool and dry evenings, the tonju is used as a place to congregate with family and neighbors to share stories and gossips.
Bahasa Malaysia: beranda

tonjunk

English: a cape or promontory
Bahasa Malaysia: tanjung

took

English: the highest flood level
Bahasa Malaysia: air bah pada tahap yang tertinggi

topat

English: a place
Bahasa Malaysia: tempat

Topa’

English: God
Bahasa Malaysia: Tuhan

topo

English: well done
Bahasa Malaysia: terbaik

topui

English: a tropical fruit called baccaurea macrocarp - Its thick rind becomes reddish brown when it is ripe and the flesh inside is yellow which is soft and sweet. The Bidayuh people make a potent fermented drink called tuak topui or tampoi wine from this fruit.
Bahasa Malaysia: tampoi paya

totab

English: a cut mark
Bahasa Malaysia: kesan tetak

totak

English: torn
Bahasa Malaysia: koyak

totak rorak

English: all torn
Bahasa Malaysia: koyak rabak

totap

English: for sure
Bahasa Malaysia: pasti

towant

English: a wound
Bahasa Malaysia: luka

towienk

English: a leaf
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis daun

towoh

English: to laugh
Bahasa Malaysia: ketawa

toya'

English: a garden
Bahasa Malaysia: ladang

trokant oyuo'

English: a pig's mud bath
Bahasa Malaysia: kubang babi

tu'ant

English: a jungle
Bahasa Malaysia: hutan belantara

tu'uh

English: ripening
Bahasa Malaysia: masak

tubad

English: a curse
Bahasa Malaysia: tulah

tubad nyam eh

English: serves him/her right
Bahasa Malaysia: rasakan

tubi'

English: boiled rice
Bahasa Malaysia: nasi

tubi' jaliak

English: porridge
Bahasa Malaysia: nasi bubur

tubie'

English: to be chipped
Bahasa Malaysia: terkelupas

tuboh

English: a poisonous plant called derris elliptica
Bahasa Malaysia: tuba

tubont

English: the end
Bahasa Malaysia: hujung

tudu'

English: towards
Bahasa Malaysia: kepada

tugunk

English: a pile
Bahasa Malaysia: longgokan

tugunk tugunk

English: pile upon pile
Bahasa Malaysia: bertumpuk-tumpuk

tuk

English: to collect
Bahasa Malaysia: kutip

tukas

English: breaks apart
Bahasa Malaysia: tercabut

tukiet

English: to pull or remove something or small pieces of something out of a small opening
Bahasa Malaysia: ungkit

tuku'

English: a stand for cooking
Bahasa Malaysia: kaki dapur

tukuk

English: a beak
Bahasa Malaysia: patok

tukul

English: a hammer
Bahasa Malaysia: tukol

tula'

English: a fly
Bahasa Malaysia: lalat

tulah tiyuo’

English: extremely accursed
Bahasa Malaysia: sangat terkutuk

tulank

English: bone
Bahasa Malaysia: tulang

tuluoh

English: an egg
Bahasa Malaysia: telur

tuluop

English: deep
Bahasa Malaysia: dalam

tuluop ngalom

English: in the middle of the night
Bahasa Malaysia: tengah malam

tuman

English: to ambush
Bahasa Malaysia: hendap

tumang

English: an orphan
Bahasa Malaysia: anak yatim

tumbank

English: to collapse
Bahasa Malaysia: tumbang

tumbank bikadank

English: to fall flat
Bahasa Malaysia: terbaring

tumbiel

English: came loose
Bahasa Malaysia: tertanggal

tumbu'

English: to grow
Bahasa Malaysia: tumboh

tumbut

English: came off
Bahasa Malaysia: tercabut

tunduk

English: to pick up
Bahasa Malaysia: angkat

Tunduonk

English: Tondong
Bahasa Malaysia: Tondong

tungang

English: able to
Bahasa Malaysia: dapat

tunguo'

English: a neck
Bahasa Malaysia: tengkok

tunguoh

English: a ladder - A traditional Bidayuh ladder is a simple affair of a piece of ironwood log cut at regular intervals to create steps. For a novice climber, it requires careful steps but Bidayuh children of old could run up and down these steps without missing a bit.
Bahasa Malaysia: tangga

T - Word List

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