K - Word List


ka'ab

English: area if kitchen used for storing bamboo water containers


kaab 1

English: washing place and water storage area in kitchen (ie. where `tabang' are kept


kaab 2

English: to skip into a hole ?


kaar

English: coil, circle


kaber

English: pineapple
Bahasa Malaysia: nenas


kabing

English: left side,


kabu

English: empty-handed


kabung

English: a type of bird, Long-Billed partridge
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis burung


kacang

English: kacang tana', peanuts


kadang

English: long, lengthy
Bahasa Malaysia: panjang


kadi' 1

English: because
Bahasa Malaysia: sebab, kerana


kadi' 2

English: small
Bahasa Malaysia: kecil


kail

English: strong (of a person)


kak

English: sound of cackling (onom.)


kalang

English: thick creeper from which latex is collected


kalat

English: thick rope


kalen

English: key (to open a lock)
Bahasa Malaysia: kunci


kaleng

English: woven rattan carrying basket


kamih

English: we (pl. excl)
Bahasa Malaysia: kami


kangkong

English: green vegetable.
Bahasa Malaysia: According to Janowski, this is the only veg that can be grown in association with lati' baa'


kanid

English: 1) cousin, child of MZ, MB, FZ, or FB; 2) term of endearment between comrades
Bahasa Malaysia: sepupu


kapak

English: axe
Bahasa Malaysia: kapak


kapal

English: thick


kapeh

English: how?
Bahasa Malaysia: bagaimana?, macam mana?


kapur

English: lime, chalk
Bahasa Malaysia: kapur


karad

English: parang sheath belt, made of rotan (epid rabar binan)?


karar

English: a slant


karuh

English: language, talk, what is said, words


karuh karuh

English: noisy talk, ineffective talk, babbling


kasang

English: peanuts
Bahasa Malaysia: kacang


kasing

English: safety pin


kasur

English: a type of bird, Ferruginous Wood partridge
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis burung


katem

English: wood plane, implement for planing wood
Bahasa Malaysia: ketam


kato

English: locust, grasshopper;
Bahasa Malaysia: belalang


kato raka

English: stick insect


katu

English: ancestor, descendant; a continuation of anything


kawan

English: friend
Bahasa Malaysia: kawan


kawang 1

English: task ?
Bahasa Malaysia: pekerjaan


kawang 2

English: gaps or notches cut into ridges, mountain ranges, an ancient practice


kawi'

English: bent, curved, zig-zag


kawit

English: accidentally cut or scratched by being brushed with a machete (as with working next to someone cutting grass


kaya'

English: weak
Bahasa Malaysia: lemah


kayad

English: bamboo knife for slicing


kayang

English: alud kayang, backstroke


kayep

English: swimming
Bahasa Malaysia: bererang


kayep kayep

English: dog paddle in the water


kayuh

English: wood, tree
Bahasa Malaysia: kayu, pokok kayu


ke-t-aag

English: able to chop up finely


kebakadan

English: too full from overeating


kebaya'

English: able to follow


keber

English: pineapple
Bahasa Malaysia: nanas


kebiten

English: to be borrowed from ?


kebu'uh

English: to be able to look after


kebubpul

English: ?can be mended, patched


kebuyan

English: songs, ballads, (old Kelabit oral traditions)


kedaan (kedtaan)

English: suffering


kedai

English: 1) shop, shophouse 2) restaurant, food place
Bahasa Malaysia: 1) kedai 2) kedai makan


kedaluh

English: a fight, quarrel
Bahasa Malaysia: gaduhan


kedaluh (ke-daluh)

English: to be angry with one another


kedelan

English: choke, choke on


kedemut

English: to pout, pouting; to sulk, sulking


kedengan

English: whole night


kedi'it

English: little, small in amount; a while
Bahasa Malaysia: sedikit, sebentar


kediur

English: pout, sulk, sour-faced, pull a long face


kediweh

English: we (dual excl.)
Bahasa Malaysia: kami dua


kedta

English: able to withstand pain


kedtep

English: a blink, act of blinking
Bahasa Malaysia: kelip


kedtep kedtep

English: blink constantly or repeatedly


keduit

English: ladle, scoop


kejem

English: a grimace


kekabi

English: able to finish


kekal

English: come off, eg. of fruit off a tree


kekamen

English: work


kekat

English: dry up, of a pool


kekatih

English: small type of bee (smaller than beranuan)


kekeb

English: lid, cover of something
Bahasa Malaysia: penutup


kekelit

English: small insectivorous bat


kekeng

English: to shrink, as clothing


keket

English: cooking oil
Bahasa Malaysia: minyak masak


keketih

English: a type of bee (smaller than berenuan)
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis lebah


kekpupu'

English: washing, as a habitual activity; ? able to wash clothes, able to hit


kekuwaw

English: a type of bird, dove, Red Cuckoo Dove
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis burung merpati


kelab

English: flapping


kelabet

English: gibbon
Bahasa Malaysia: semiang


kelanit

English: able to skin


kelapuan

English: starving


kelasi

English: maroon langur, red-leaf monkey


kelatang

English: edible grub or butterfly found in hollowed-out tree
Bahasa Malaysia: kelatangen, the marks, result of insect activity in fruit e.g. in durian, mango Da'et bua' sinih kelatangen dih. (neh ieh).


kelatih

English: earthworm
Bahasa Malaysia: cacing


kelau'

English: able to heat


keled

English: type of black and red-spotted fish with a large mouth
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis ikan


kelelawa'

English: spider
Bahasa Malaysia: labah labah


kelepi'

English: sit with legs folded under; ear or mat bent back or over


keli'

English: know (facts)


kelibung

English: material, fabric; cloth, clothing


kelilid

English: able to wind


kelimeng

English: barrel made of tree bark used for storage of dry items; drum-like container


kelinan

English: used rice leaf wrapper


kelingay

English: mirror
Bahasa Malaysia: cermin


kelio

English: type of wild cow with large involuted horns
Bahasa Malaysia: seladang


kelitem

English: able to fix stare ?


keluit

English: fishhook
Bahasa Malaysia: mata kail


kelulun

English: can be rolled


kelulung

English: wood shavings used for decoration


keluma'

English: sarong worn by females


kelupan

English: forget, forgot
Bahasa Malaysia: lupa


kelupit

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


kemeluh

English: give up


kemilu' (k-em-ilu')

English: move in a winding or meandering manner


kemu'

English: short (height, length); to briefly summarize
Bahasa Malaysia: pendek; pendek kata


ken 1

English: according to (someone or something)
Bahasa Malaysia: mengikut


ken 2

English: particle used to form questions


Ken dooq tiko beruhmalem kinih?

English: Hi. How are you doing this afternoon?


Ken dooq tiko? Kapeh tiko?

English: How are you


Ken kereb ko mala kapeh uih mey nangey?

English: Can you tell me how to get there?


Ken mado dih?

English: Is it far?


kenaman

English: pass out, faint


kenangan

English: name of a palm
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis palma


kenen 1

English: eat (imperative)


kenen 2

English: to be eaten


kenep

English: each, every
Bahasa Malaysia: setiap


kenep kenep

English: every


keniw

English: generic name for birds of prey; eagle


kenu'

English: sexual intercourse (vulgar)
Bahasa Malaysia: bersetubuh (kasar)


kepebped

English: act of tying


kepeman

English: able to feed, able to be fed


kepenad

English: is able to climb


kepenub

English: able to dive


kepepag

English: slapping (habitual action)


kepit

English: shrunken (as a bean that has dried)


kepupud

English: able to track down


kera'

English: crab
Bahasa Malaysia: ketam


kerabang

English: area between the legs, crotch


kerabe

English: lop-sided as in a bird with an injured wing ?


kerad

English: roof of mouth, upper palate


keramang

English: crawl


keramut

English: small, wild mango variety


kerang

English: hardened mucus in the nose


kerapit

English: pincer, e.g. in a crab


kerayab

English: sit in a sloppy or disrespectful manner; spread body out, arms outstretched


kereb 1

English: permitted, allowed; can, able, capable
Bahasa Malaysia: debenarkan, dibolehkan; boleh


kereb 2

English: just right


kerebangen

English: cold (in the nose)
Bahasa Malaysia: selesma


kereja

English: work
Bahasa Malaysia: kerja


kerekem

English: claw (of crabs, birds, etc)


kerepu'an

English: annoyed


kereruang

English: land snail


kereruar

English: intestinal worms, flatworm
Bahasa Malaysia: cacing (yg didapati di dlm usus)


kerid

English: generic name for vegetables; vegetable dish to go with rice


kerimit

English: squint as in bright sun, grimace, wince, screw up face


keripab

English: dented, squashed


keripang

English: feeling in stomach


kerita

English: wheelbarrow


keritut

English: wart
Bahasa Malaysia: ketuat, kutil


keruak

English: a type of bird, White Breasted Waterhen
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis burung


kerubau

English: water buffalo
Bahasa Malaysia: kerbau


kerud

English: scratched, scraped, abraised, bruised


kesikenen

English: remember
Bahasa Malaysia: ingat


ketaan

English: recover from sickness


ketapuh (ke-t-apuh)

English: able to sweep


keted

English: back (human)


ketedtan (ke-tedtan)

English: left behind accidentally


ketedten

English: left


keteluh

English: we (trial, excl), the three of us
Bahasa Malaysia: kami tiga


ketep

English: mark left by a bite


ketepak

English: able to split


keter

English: labo keter
Bahasa Malaysia: squirrel


ketian

English: thread
Bahasa Malaysia: benang


ketua

English: head
Bahasa Malaysia: ketua sidang, head of the parish


ketuh

English: very, really
Bahasa Malaysia: sangat, sungguh


keturu'

English: get hurt


ki'ik

English: bamboo piece that is turned by a wind-driven propeller so as to rub against a support stick and make noise to frigth birds from the fields


kiba

English: notch in a tree


kibet

English: heal


kibut

English: medium-sized earthernware jar, similar to `pelayung' but with a narrower base and mouth


kiding

English: lifting


kien

English: sweat, perspiration
Bahasa Malaysia: peluh


kiki

English: hair that is shaved off


kikid

English: porridge, gruel (made from rice mixed with vegetables)
Bahasa Malaysia: bubur


Kikid la’al.

English: Chicken porridge


kilat

English: lightning
Bahasa Malaysia: kilat


kilu'

English: bend or curve, as a road
Bahasa Malaysia: bengkok, selekoh (spt di jalan raya)


kimuh

English: abscess, boil
Bahasa Malaysia: bisul


kinalen (k-in-alen)

English: was locked by


kinan (k-in-an)

English: was eaten by; eaten up


kinanak

English: sibling
Bahasa Malaysia: adik-beradik, kakak


kinanak dedtur

English: younger sister
Bahasa Malaysia: adik perempuan


kinanak dela'ih

English: younger brother
Bahasa Malaysia: adik lelaki


kinawi' (k-in-awi')

English: was bent or curved by


kindaluh (k-in-daluh)

English: was faught by


kineh

English: `that way'
Bahasa Malaysia: macam itu, begitu


kinih

English: `this way'; now
Bahasa Malaysia: begini, macam ini; sekarang, kini


kinilu' (k-in-ilu')

English: result of bending (eg. is a tree falls across a path and a detour must be made around it the new path is called kinilu')


kiong

English: a type of bird, myna, Grackle or Hill Myna
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis burung


kiran

English: a type of fruit of the jackfruit family
Bahasa Malaysia: tarap


kiteh

English: we (dual incl.)
Bahasa Malaysia: kita berdua


kiwer

English: was bored into


kobis

English: cabbage
Bahasa Malaysia: kobis


kong

English: a type of owl; Buffy Fish-Owl
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis burung hantu


kopi

English: coffee
Bahasa Malaysia: kopi


ku

English: as,`sentence particle ?


ku'

English: for


ku'an

English: splinter ?


ku'el

English: wrist
Bahasa Malaysia: pergelangan tangan


ku'uk

English: caw
Bahasa Malaysia: bunyi burung gagak, berkokok


kuan

English: to, for (a person); used in a letter to address someone
Bahasa Malaysia: kepada, bagi


kubil

English: leather, hide, as of deer or baffalo
Bahasa Malaysia: kulit binatang


kuden

English: large earthen cooking pot


kudtuy

English: stretch out one's legs


kuh

English: 1sg agent and possessor; me, my
Bahasa Malaysia: saya, aku, ku,


kuir

English: clouded leopard
Bahasa Malaysia: harimau bintang


kuk

English: sound of dog barking (onom.)
Bahasa Malaysia: bunyi anjing menyalak


kuku'uk

English: sound of cawing (onom.)
Bahasa Malaysia: bunyi burung gagak


kukud

English: foot, leg
Bahasa Malaysia: kaki


kukup

English: scoop of two hands


kukur

English: type of pigeon, Javanese Turtle Dove
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis burung merpati


kulat 1

English: mushroom, toadstool
Bahasa Malaysia: cendawan, kulat


kulat 2

English: wake up
Bahasa Malaysia: bangun tidur


kulit

English: skin (of animals, fruits, trees, bamboo; also of people, though `anit' is usu used for people); rice husk (singular; see padek)
Bahasa Malaysia: kulit


kuloi

English: black sorghum, sorghum vulgare


kulub

English: shingle placed on apex of roof; hollowed log laid inverted over the ridge of the roof to shed rain, ridgepole cover


kuman

English: to eat
Bahasa Malaysia: makan


kupi

English: coffee
Bahasa Malaysia: kopi


kurad

English: berries growing on rotan which make a red dye


kuri

English: ringworm, affected by ringworm
Bahasa Malaysia: penyakit kurap


kuru

English: a type of vegetable
Bahasa Malaysia: sawi Iban


kurut

English: unstrung, as of beads


kusai

English: Chinese chives


kusay

English: a type of vegetable (Chinese lettuce ?)
Bahasa Malaysia: kucai


kutang

English: cockroach
Bahasa Malaysia: lipas


kutuh

English: head lice, lice in the hair
Bahasa Malaysia: kutu


kuun

English: a variety of hornbill; White-crested (crowned) hornbill
Bahasa Malaysia: sejenis burung enggang


kuyad

English: long-tailed macaque, crab-eating macaque


kuyat

English: a scratch on the ground as that made by a fowl in searching for food; the act of scratching


kuyu'

English: buckskin garment that covers only the arms, worn for protection while engaged in certain types of work