Aba

English: (noun) log used as support for firewood when making fire in hearth

Bahasa Malaysia: kayu yang digunakan sbg penopang untuk kayu api


Source: Peter Martin's Kelabit Dictionary


Examples


Nih uih ela' ame ngalap kayuh aba.
I am going to fetch some `aba' wood.


Related to Aba


aba': wary, fearful

abad: a type of grass with sharp cutting leaves; sword grass

abak: valley; groove; gully

aban 1: fight or squabble over ownership of something

aban 2: because; unless, only if, when, due to

abang 1: drain, ditch, trench, canal

abang 2: type of vegetable

abar: dread, anxiety about future events

abat: prevention, blockage; interruption, cutting in (when someome speaks)

jaban: toilet, washroom

kerabang: area between the legs, crotch

laba: to pass by, very, excessive

laba': childish or improper behaviour (giggling, showing off)

labak: crease, groove

maba': fearful for

mabar (m-abar): to be in dread

nabak (n-abak): grooved

nabalu' (ng-balu): to give provisions to someone going on a journey

naban (ng-taban): to run away with, steal, kidnap, elope with

nabat (ng-tabat): to treat with medicine, apply medicine to

ngaba': have rights to something, e.g. family property

ngabak (ng-abak): to make grooves

ngabang 1: to make or cut a ditch or drain

ngabang 2: to ambush someone

ngabar (ng-abar): to cause to fear, to be uncertain of one's ability

ngabat (ng-abat): to prevent, block; to interrupt

ngelaba (ng-laba): to overtake, crosses

paban: to fight over something

pelaba: very, extremely, often

penabat: something to treat with