Elu 1

English: (noun) fallow land; land that has previously been used but now lies unused

Bahasa Malaysia: tanah rang


Source: Peter Martin's Kelabit Dictionary


Related to Elu 1


belu'en: to be clumped together

belu'ing: small hoe-like instrument used for tilling and weeding in rice paddies and gardens

belu'ug: wasps nest

beluan: small woven container, often used for measuring

belubpuk: wood borers, all varieties of insects etc which eat wood, bamboo, etc

deteluh: they (trial)

edto teluh: Wednesday

elu 2: rotted remains of fruit that has become overripe without being eaten

elud 1: pitfall for catching animals

elud 2: slippery hillside that has been denuded of foliage

eluk: buffalo pen in which to place and feed buffaloes

elung 1: crested fireback pheasant

elung 2: confluence of two rivers

keluit: fishhook

kelulun: can be rolled

kelulung: wood shavings used for decoration

keluma': sarong worn by females

kelupan: forget, forgot

kelupit: flat-topped rattan basket woven finely like a mat; rotan basket for holding skulls

kemeluh: give up

keteluh: we (trial, excl), the three of us

melu (m-elu): overripe, of fruits

melukung: carry a child, basket or anything non-elongated on the shoulders

meteluh: you (trial)

ngelu (ng-elu): to allow fruit to become overripe and go to waste

ngelu'eh (nge-lu'eh): to be sleepy

ngelua (nge-lua): initiation ceremony in which people are smeared with the blood of an animal slaughtered for the purpose (cf Lian pp 130)

ngelubang (nge-lubang)_: to make a hole

ngelubid (nge-lubid): to roll something over (eg. a log)

ngelubpa (ng-lubpa): to make nude