Aan

English: (noun) dammed up stream or river

Bahasa Malaysia: sungai atau anak sungai yang diempang


Source: Peter Martin's Kelabit Dictionary


Examples


Diu' lem aan patun neh narih.
Take your bath in the pool of the dam.

S-in-aan ebpa Peluan.
dammed, held back


Related to Aan


aang 1: stopper for bottle or other container.

aang 2: tool used for gouging wood, adze

baang: specially built section behind the fireplace for storing logs

belaan (bala-an): being spoken about, mentioned, reputed, saying, telling

beraan: type of porridge (cf. bubur)

daan: hut in ricefield (people often stay here when the padi is ripening to scare away the birds, farm hut

dekaan: term of intimacy used between close relatives

getaan: crossing at a river or ford; type of bridge ?

getaan (guta-an): place where people usu wade across a river, a ford, a small bridge ?

kedaan (kedtaan): suffering

ketaan: recover from sickness

maan: badly hurt or wounded

naan (n-aan): to dam a river

naang: to cut (eg. planks) with an adze

naang (n-aang): to put a stopper on

penaan (pen-aan): material such as sticks and stones used to dam a river

penaang (pen-aang): stopper; something which serves as a stopper

saan: material, such as sticks and stones, used to dam a stream or river

sinaan (s-in-aan): dammed, held back

sinaang (s-in-aang): was put on by

sinaang (t-in-aang): was worked with an adze by

taang: way or manner of adzing