Israel

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


lama

From Proto-Austronesian *lama (“old, former”).

inh

Lama amai Bunyau nyalin baju!

It's taking so long for Bunyau to put on his clothes!

Utai lama

Kesultanan Sarawak lama
The old Sarawak Sultanate


amai

Amai, aku bisi meda iya.


malam

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *maləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm.


orang

From Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“outsider”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”).


tan

From Proto-Malayic *tahən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back”).


tin

can (an airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.)


ai

From Proto-Malayic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.


anu

something whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, typically as a filler word.


ba

ba Kuching
in Kuching

ba sungai

ba atas jalai


baik

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bait. Cognate with Tagalog bait and Maori pai.


lapar

From Proto-Malayic *lapar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ. Cognate with Old Javanese lapa.

Lapar aku.

hungry (affected by hunger; desirous of food)


baru

rumah baru


minggu

From Malay minggu, Portuguese domingo (“Sunday”), from Latin dominīcus.


aku

From Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

(when placed after a noun) my (first person singular possesive pronoun)


rumah

From Proto-Malayic *rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

home (house or structure in which someone lives)


dua

From Proto-Malayic *dua(ʔ), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.


bulan

From Proto-Malayic *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)

moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)

month (period into which a year is divided)


satu

From Proto-Malayic *sA- (“one”) + *batu (“stone”).


sungai

river (large stream which drains a landmass)


tak

Kami mending, tak iya aja diasuh kami bejaku

The rest of us heard, but only he is asked by us to speak.


tak

Tak manchal! Nadai ulih rara
He is extremely mischievous! Cannot be deterred

expressing the seriousness or strength of words, the most extreme or severe

Tak singin ati aku ka muai iya ke lubuk.

I really wanted to throw him into the pool.

frighten or scare, but not done out of anger


tiga

From Proto-Malayic *tiga, from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕 (tiga), from Sanskrit त्रिक (trika, “triad”).


empat

From Proto-Malayic *əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.


kita

From Proto-Malayic *kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Dini kita?


kami

From Proto-Malayic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.


dada

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS.


darah

From Proto-Malayic *darah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

blood (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies)


pun

From Proto-Malayic *puhun (compare Malay pohon), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun.


pat

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pahət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət (“chisel”).


bari

(of food) stale, rancid (no longer fresh)


ikan

From Proto-Malayic *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.


jam

clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)


zon

zon enda nanah.

zon perang.

Ba pekit belagu BINTANG KECIL, ti diatur RTM, Sarawak enggau Sabah disengkaunka dalam zon timur.

In the competition of 'Small States', organised by Radio-Television Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah are included in the eastern zone.

an area or region if a state or country that for geographic and other reasons, is created and maintained.


ada

From Proto-Malayic *adaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada. Doublet of nadai.


ajar

From Malay ajar, from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, “teacher, master”).


baju

Borrowed from Malay baju, Borrowed from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū, “upper arm”).


barat

From Proto-Malayic *barat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habaʀat (“southwest monsoon”), from Proto-Austronesian *Sabaʀat (“south wind”).


Belanda

Borrowed from Malay Belanda, from Portuguese Holanda.

Holland (a traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)

Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


kuda

From Malay kuda, Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).


duit

Borrowed from Malay duit, from Dutch duit (“a small Dutch coin”).


ingat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iŋat, from Proto-Austronesian *iŋat.


kayu

From Proto-Malayic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.


tanah

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.


amat

Amat, aku bisi meda iya.


amat

Terang amat api!


dan

From Proto-Malayic *dahan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan (“branch, bough”).


enam

From Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.


tujuh

From Proto-Malayic *tujuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq, from Proto-Austronesian *tuzuq. Doublet of tunjuk.


pasir

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”).


anak

From Proto-Malayic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

child (a female or male child, a daughter or son)

(Christianity) Son, one of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated in Jesus Christ


tinggal

Sida tinggal ba rumah baka belama.

Tinggal ditu dulu, lagi aku ngambi.


anda

Iya anda padi

Iya anda jaku tuai.

He is knowledgeable in traditional sayings


atas

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *atas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *atas, from Proto-Austronesian *aCas.


bagi

From Proto-Malayic *bahagi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqagi.

Bagi kayu ti ngeluarka buah nya bungai.

The part of the tree which will bear fruits is flower

Ba Sarawak bisi sebelas bagi menua.


bagi

Sepuluh bagi dua, nyadi lima.

Bagi nuan buah nya


besi

From Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

(physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)


sa

short form for satu, often pronounced as se-.

combine with a verb in nasal form e.g. se + kayoh (kayoh means "paddle") to form a noun sengayoh (a paddle).

combine with a verb in nasal form and a prefix pe- e.g. sa + pe + san (san means "a load") to form a noun sapenyan (as much as one can carry) and sa + pe + temu (temu means "opinion") to form sapenemu (as much as one knows).


kala

Semelfactive or non-iterative aspect i. e. the action or situation has happened once or more but did not repeat itself


atap

From Proto-Malayic *hatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.


nama

Possibly from Proto-Austronesian *nəma (“what thing?”).


aba

From Proto-Malayic *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Aba aku


aba

Jaba aba Jalir

Aba bilik iya


lima

From Proto-Malayic *lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.


ujan

From Proto-Malayic *hujan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.


misa

From Malay misa, from Portuguese missa (“mass”), from Old Galician-Portuguese missa, from Late Latin missa (“mass”), from Latin mittō (“I send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).


laki

From Proto-Malayic *laki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.


terima kasih

terima (“receive”) + kasih (“care”), from Malay terima kasih.


batu

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.


babi

From Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.


padi

From Proto-Malayic *padi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.


bah

From Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.


Siria

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


wi

From Proto-Malayic *hui, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quay, from Proto-Austronesian *quay (“rattan”). Cognate with Old Javanese hwi, Tagalog uway.


ulu

From Proto-Malayic *hulu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Ulu sengayuh

Ulu duku


ulu

Uluka iya aku ngagai tuchung Bukit Sibau.
He led me to the crest of Mount Sibau

Alai Wat, uluka Igat betemu enggau kepala pengajar.

Come on, Wat, accompany Igat to meet the headmaster.


gula

From Sanskrit गुल (gula, “unrefined sugar, molasses”).

sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)


adat

From Malay adat, from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda, “habit, custom”), from the verb عَوْدَ (ʕawda, “to appurtain, to be proper”).

custom (Frequent repetition of the same act)


asap

Probably from merging of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asəp (“incense, ritual smoke”), and *qasəb (“smoke”).

inh

smoke (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material)


ka

Aku ka makai asi.

(informal, modal auxiliary) Contraction of deka.


kitai

From Proto-Malayic *kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.


mata

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.


selatan

From Proto-Malayic *səlatan, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salatan


ati

From Proto-Malayic *hati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.


asi

From Proto-Malayic *nasiʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nasi.


bali

a woven Iban textiles, which figure prominently in the traditional faith and customs of Ibans


tupi

Borrowed from Malay topi, from Tamil தொப்பி (toppi), from Hindi टोपी (ṭopī).

Anak iya ngena tupi biru


tupi

Tupi iya uduk dua iku

Kenyau ari Alan mit, tupi aki iya laban apai indai iya udah midang

Since Alan was little, grandpa raise him because his parents has passed away


raja

From Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”)


dosa

From Malay dosa, from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).


ansa

goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)


asu

From Proto-Malayic *asu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.


tum

an ancient jar that is large in the middle and opening, having a black surface and no design


tum

Tum dulu lauk chelap nya

Kami kena tum bala pengabang dua hari.

to host lot of people for a long period of time


rega

From Malay harga, from Sanskrit अर्घ (argha). Cognate of Javanese ꦉꦒ (rega, “price”).


pagi

From Proto-Malayic *pagi according to Adelaar (1992) but doubted by Hoogervorst (2016) who proposed a loan from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit page, from Sanskrit प्रगे (prage, “crack of dawn”).


sida

→ Malay: sida, sidak

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *sida(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si-ida, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ida.


igi

Igi buah rian


igi

Telu tiga igi

classifier for small thing (including fruit, eggs, seeds, teeth, heads, glands)


mas

From Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”).


akai

ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

wow (expression of one's surprise and wonder)


baja

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “sacrificial food or prayer”).


naya

fall down the cheeks because of crying; fall in a stream


tua

Most likely it comes from the devoicing of the initial consonant of the word dua.


masin

From Proto-Malayic *(mA-)hasin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)qasiN.


dara

From Proto-Malayic *dara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa (“maiden, virgin, unmarried girl”).


apus

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qa(m)pus (“come to an end, be destroyed”). Compare Sundanese apus (“easily go out, extinguished (fire)”).


ubah

(intransitive) to change (to become something different)

(transitive) to change (to make something into something different)


api

From Proto-Malayic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.


iku

From Proto-Malayic *ikur, *ikuŋ (compare Brunei Malay ekong, Malay ekor, Minangkabau ikua), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ (compare Acehnese iku, Balinese ikut, Buginese ikkoʔ), from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.


iku

Tiga iku mayau

Dua puluh iku pengajar


buta

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.


tanda

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tandak (“to stamp the feet”). Cognate of Old Javanese taṇḍak (“dance; to dance”).


hari

From Proto-Malayic *ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi.


akar

From Proto-Malayic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ.


sabun

From Malay sabun, from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn) or Portuguese sabão, both ultimately from Latin sapō.

bor

Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn)


dalam

From Proto-Malayic *daləm, fom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.


dalam

dalam jaku Inggeris


buka

From Proto-Malayic *buka (compare Malay buka), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka (compare Tagalog buka).


rusa

From Proto-Malayic *rusaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa.


basu

From Proto-Malayic *basuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basuq, from Proto-Austronesian *basuq. Cognates Minangkabau basuah and Kulon-Pazeh bazu’.


buk

From Proto-Malayic *buək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.


guna

..., mayuh pengawa begunaka pengelandik dalam digital.

..., many jobs need digital skillfulness.


televisi

Borrowed from Indonesian televisi, from Dutch televisie. Compare to Sarawak Iban televisyen.


alu

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *halu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaSəlu.


kulit

From Proto-Malayic *kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

skin (outer covering of the body of a person)

leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)


bini

From Proto-Malayic *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binahi (“woman, wife”); compare Urak Lawoi' บีนี (bini), Jarai bơnai.


tangan

From Proto-Malayic *taŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋan. (compare Banjarese tangan, Indonesian tangan, Malay tangan, Minangkabau tangan).


bulu

From Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.


nyiur

From Proto-Malayic *ñiur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.


salah

From Proto-Malayic *salah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.


tasik

From Proto-Malayic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (“sea, saltwater”).


tanam

From Proto-Malayic *tanəm (compare Indonesian tanam), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəm (compare Cebuano tanum (“plant”), Chamorro tanom, Samoan tanu), from Proto-Austronesian *CaNəm (“grave, to bury”) (compare Amis tadem).


telu

From Proto-Malayic *təlur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qitəluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qiCəluʀ.


tunu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu, from Proto-Austronesian *CuNuh.


tunu

manuk tunu

jani tunu


utara

Borrowed from Malay utara, from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara).


langit

From Proto-Malayic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.


zat

Vitamin sigi zat ti pemadu diguna tubuh.

Vitamins are natural substances found in food and absolutely essential to a healthy body.

any of the organic substances present in food and essential to nutrition.


manis

Possibly come from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)(h)emis, from Proto-Austronesian *ma- + *(h)emis. Compare Tagalog matamis.


buah

From Proto-Malayic *buah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.


naga

Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “large snake”).


kampung

Kampung Cina

Kampung Melayu

community (an area where a particular ethnic group inhabits)


pintu

Lima pintu rumah.

Empat puluh pintu kedai


gua

Ultimately from Sanskrit गुहा (guhā). Cognate with Malay gua (“cave”).

cave (natural cavity formed underground)


berat

From Proto-Malayic *bərat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)bəʀəqat.


berat

hard: having a severe property; presenting difficulty.


kuku

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.


ina

From Proto-Malayic *ina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ina, from Proto-Austronesian *ina.


pilih

From Proto-Malayic *pilih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq, from Proto-Austronesian *piliq.


lubang

From Proto-Malayic *lubaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lubaŋ (compare Hawaiian lua), from Proto-Austronesian *lubaŋ (“burial pit”).

inh

Jalai nya mayuh lubang ngenjing enda tentu ulih seliahka kerita.

That road has lots of potholes that cannot be avoided by a car.

Sekumbang musin pengujan tu sigi bejualka ikan nya mih lubang penatai belanja kami menyanak.

During the monsoon we are selling fish as the only source of income for our family.


tunjuk

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuk (“to point at”).

Telih tunjuk iya


tunjuk

Nembiak nya nunjukka burung ba langit.

The children pointed out the bird at the sky.

Tunjukka ku jalai ngagai rumah kita.


kain

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kain (“woman's skirt”).


takut

From Proto-Malayic *takut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)takut (compare Maori mataku, Rapa Nui mataku, Tagalog takot), from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)takut.


tubu

Anak mit nya tubu amat gamal, aruh iya pait diberap.

That small child is quite robust, so understandably he is heavy to be carried.


tubu

Tubu enggau pemanjai rumah nuan tu awakka lantang agi endur kita diau.

Extend your house so your living space is larger.

Lalu tubuka dia mih randau bukai, kala kitai tu betemu enggau tukang randau tu

Elaborate the conversation to other topics, inasmuch as we are meeting with this moderator.


nanah

From Proto-Malayic *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

pus (fluid found in regions of infection)


daun

From Proto-Malayic *daun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.


serai

Cymbopogon citratus
Cymbopogon citratus#Translingual


ruti

Borrowed from Malay roti, Tamil ரொட்டி (roṭṭi), from Sanskrit रोटी (roṭī) or रोटिका (roṭikā, “bread”).


lia

From Proto-Malayic *halia by metathesis from earlier variant *lahia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia (“ginger”).

Zingiber officinale
Zingiber officinale#Translingual


mua

From Proto-Malayic *muha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa.


duduk

From Proto-Malayic *duduk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dukduk.

to sit (to be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)


rami

Rami bendar orang ba pasar


tenggara

Asia Tenggara


bata

a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.


babas

(botany) volunteer plant (a plant that grows on its own, rather than being deliberately planted by a farmer or gardener)


nanas

From Malay nanas, from Dutch ananas, from Spanish ananás or Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná.


reta

From Malay harta, from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).


luku

assured, certain, determined, immovable, steadfast, unswerving.


luku

the manner of sleeping of a person lying on one side with knees drawn up to the abdomen and the two hands inserted between the thighs because either cold or no cover.


anang

From Proto-Malayic *jaŋan, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaŋan.

Anang ninggalka aku.


dian

Borrowed from Malay dian, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦪꦤ꧀ (diyan).


pua

a fabric woven using cotton or silk thread that is always involved ceremonially in festivals and celebrations, in association with traditional customs and beliefs.


puas

From Proto-Malayic *puhas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqas.


enda

From Proto-Malayic *daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

Enda makai aku

Enda mar baju nya


reti

From Malay erti, from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).


tirai

Borrowed from Malay tirai, Tamil திரை (tirai, “curtain”), from Sanskrit तिरस् (tiras, “apart, across”)

Tirai mar


semina

Anang semina bejai Penan aja.


rara

Rara iya kasar.

He was rough when breaking up a quarrel.

Uji rara seduai nyin ke betalat enggaika nyau berekak lagi.

Stop those two over there from arguing further lest they fight afterward.


rari

hurry to leave a place one is working without approval of one's employer.


rari

Semua orang ke kena tutup udah rari ari rumah pasang.

All the prisoners have fled from the jail.

free oneself from some impediment or restraint, such as a jail or restrictive situation.


luki

Amat luki iya, sepiak sen pen enggai mih nyau diberi ke orang.

She was so stingy, she doesn't want to donate even half a cent to anyone.


tinga

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiŋah, from Proto-Austronesian *CiŋaS.

tinga kayu


lipan

From Proto-Malayic *hAlilipan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalu-hipan, from Proto-Austronesian *qalu-Sipan.


Filipina

Borrowed from Malay Filipina, from Spanish Filipinas.

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Kristian

Borrowed from English Christian, from Latin Chrīstiānus.


panas

From Proto-Malayic *panas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panas.


taun

From Proto-Malayic *tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun (compare Malay tahun, Maori tau).


tanak

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *tanək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanək, from Proto-Austronesian *taNək (“to cook anything but rice”).


katil

From Malay katil, Tamil கட்டில் (kaṭṭil), from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā). Cognate to Portuguese catre.


panggang

From Proto-Malayic *paŋgaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋgaŋ (“roast over a fire; toast”).


aduh

From Proto-Malayic *aduh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aduq.

ouch (expression of pain, discomfort or shock)


bangku

Borrowed from Malay bangku, from Portuguese banco.


tetak

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *tətək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təktək, from Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“chopping to pieces, cutting up”).


bintang

From Proto-Malayic *bintaŋ (compare Indonesian bintang), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən (compare Tagalog bituin), from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən.

Bintang nya ulih dipeda maya malam hari

The stars can be seen at night of the day.


biru

From Proto-Malayic *biru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)biʀaw.


kuning

From Proto-Malayic *kunit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)kunij.


timur

From Proto-Malayic *timur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.


timur

situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward

east
of or pertaining to the east; eastern


basah

From Proto-Malayic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq (“wet; wash clothes”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-baseq (“wet, moist, damp”), from Proto-Austronesian *baseq (“wash clothes”).

wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)


angin

From Proto-Malayic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin.


tulang

From Proto-Malayic *tulaŋ (compare Malay tulang), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqəlaŋ, *tuqəlan (compare Bau Bidayuh turang, Chamorro to'lang, Bakung turang), from Proto-Austronesian *CuqəlaN.


tati

Enda betatika iya bala anak tiri, tak dibuai iya lalu.

He doesn't care about his stepchildren, abandoning them altogether


bau

From Malay bahu, from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu).


tuai

From Proto-Malayic *tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *tuqaS.


lawa

Lawa amat indu nya!


baya

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.


pait

From Proto-Malayic *pahit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqit, from Proto-Austronesian *paqiC.


nyin

Diau nyin iya.


kukut

From Proto-Malayic *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.


Eropah

Borrowed from Malay Eropah, from English Europe.


iya

From Proto-Malayic *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.


Roh Kudus

From Indonesian Roh Kudus, from Arabic الرُّوح الْقُدُس (ar-rūḥ al-qudus).

der

الرُّوح الْقُدُس


adi

From Proto-Malayic *adi-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

sibling (younger person who shares same parents)


jadi

Festival Hutan Hujan Sedunia (RWMF) ke-13 dipenyadika malam hari empat digulu 20 raban pemusik enggau 200 iku pengarang berita ari serata dunya.

The 13th edition of the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) came about on Thursday night where 20 musicians and 200 news reporters from around the world assembled.

become, come about, reach a successful conclusion.


silik

Rayat apin nemu enggau silik Konsep 1Malaysia, ku Salang

The people not yet understand the 1Malaysia concept completely, said Salang.


raras

Kami sebuat bepegai ba anak raras lebuh bejalai nurun Bukit Lesung.

All in our group clung to the small saplings when we were descending Mount Lesung.

used in anak raras or anak kayu, small saplings the size of one's wrist of forearm, suitable for firewood.


raras

Raras tubuh indu nya amat badas, aruh iya menang bepekit Kumang Gawai.

The shape of that woman's body is excellent, so it is fitting she win the Kumang Gawai contest.

human beings: build, form, physique, proportion


raras

seraras senapang patah


ikat

From Proto-Malayic *ikət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikət, From Proto-Austronesian *Sikət (“tie, bind, attach to by tying”).


ikat

Dua ikat ensabi


bawang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawaŋ (“garlic, onion”).


makai

From Proto-Malayic *makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.


gawa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“religious feast; festivity”). Doublet of gawai, compare with Tagalog gawa.


puntan

Utai digaga iya puntan


nanga

(geography) confluence (point where two rivers or streams meet)


uji

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uzi, from Proto-Austronesian *uzi (“test, assay, examine”).


tabur

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabuR (“strew”), *-buR (“strew, sow; sprinkle”).


jurai

... madahka Bajet 2011,ti deka dipejuraika kena 15 Oktober tu ila ...

...said that 2011 budget will be tabled on 15 October ...


tusu

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *susu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.


minyak

From Proto-Malayic *miñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *məñak.

petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.


tangga

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *taŋga(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋga (“runged ladder”).

inh

standard (grade level in primary education)


lemak

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləmək (“fertile, of soil”).


lemak

Lemak amat kachang guring tu diempa

These fried ground nuts have a fatty taste when eaten

Jaku iya lemak

(of speech) pleasant seeming; too good to be true


lemak

Telih iya belemak


sitan

From Malay setan, from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).

der

Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān)


tarit

Sagin dibeli iya dua tarit.


tarit

Panas tak ngenyit tarit lepas ujan.


tarit

Tarit iya ba jari aku, mai lalu ke rumah.

He pulled my hand, bringing me into the house

Uji tarit seput nuan.


ruai

→ Malay: ruai

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀuqaŋ. Cognate with Malay ruang.


utang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutaŋ, compare Malay hutang.


kesa

tropical fire ant
w:en:tropical fire ant

fire ant (Solenopsis spp. (tropical fire ants))


semangka

Usun makai semangka.


nadai

From Proto-Malayic *adaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada. Doublet of adai.


rendai

From Proto-Malayic [Term?]. Compare Malay rendang, Minangkabau randang, Urak Lawoi' เรอนัก.

parched glutinous rice fried in a pan without oil


mija

From Malay meja, from Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin mēnsa.


buai

Buai uras nya

Jam dibuai iya beganjuh kia-kia.

He is wasting time loafing about here and there.

Buai 4 ari 5

(mathematics) subtract, deduct, remove, minus


perarat

place an item purposely on the water to be carried downstream.


angat

From Proto-Malayic *haŋət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaŋət (“warm”).


bayak

From Proto-Malayic *biawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayawak.


sanu

someone whose name is unknown or left unmentioned, typically as a filler word.


sapit

anak sapit


sinu

Sinu iya


sinu

Aku sinu ke iya laban iya nadai duit.

I feel sorry for him because he has no money.


Itali

Borrowed from Malay Itali, English Italy.


betan

Munsuh nguji betan ba kuta sida.

The enemies are trying to defend on their fort.

Kami betan ba iya setaun tu.


kacha

From Malay kaca, from Sanskrit काच (kāca).


gaya

From Malay gaya, probably from Sanskrit गय (gaya, “acquired or conquered properties”).


nangka

Artocarpus heterophyllus
Artocarpus heterophyllus#Translingual

jackfruit, fruit of the tropical tree Artocarpus heterophyllus


televisyen

From English television. Compare to Indonesian Iban televisi.


batang

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bataŋ.

batang ai

batang jalai

batang kayu

Principal member or part of class or thing.

log (the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches)


batang

Numeral classifier for cylindrical objects.


lukan

an edible mollusc, Cyrena sp. A bivalve, living in the muddy banks of saltwater streams in downriver regions. The shell can be burned, pounded and made into lime for use when chewing areca nuts.


jauh

From Proto-Malayic *jauh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)zauq.


berau

From Proto-Malayic *bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.


kaul

Kaul diri sebilik

Sentang kaul pemati iya enggau pengawa ti nerumpak beng nya benung dipansik polis diatu.

The connection between his death and the robbery of the bank are being investigated by the police now.


kaul

Kaul nuan dulu dan ke siti nya


nyawa

From Proto-Malayic *ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Siraya xinawa.

Nyawa kitai enda panjai

Nyawa iya besai

Nyawa iya inggar

Nyawa duit Ringgit


ludah

From Proto-Malayic *ludaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ludaq.


mirah

From Proto-Malayic *(mA-)irah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)iʀaq.


embun

From Proto-Malayic *Ambun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ambun, from Proto-Austronesian *ambun.

dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc)


butuh

From Proto-Malayic *butuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butuq, from Proto-Austronesian *buCuq.


benih

From Proto-Malayic *bənih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq (“seed set aside for the next planting”). Cognate with Javanese winih and Tagalog binhi.


ubat

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ubat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ubat.

medicine (substance which promotes healing)


ukur

to measure (ascertain the quantity of a unit)


ujung

endmost (last in a series, furthest away)


angkat

From Proto-Malayic *aŋkat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aŋkat.


tula

From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha


panggil

From Proto-Malayic *paŋgil (compare to Malay panggil).


tambah

arithmetic operation
arithmetic operation#English

(mathematics) to add (to perform the arithmetic operation of addition)


kedai

Borrowed from Malay kedai, from Tamil கடை (kaṭai).


semua

From Malay semua, from Sanskrit समूह (samūha).


tuak

From Proto-Malayic *tuak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuak (“palm wine”).

rice wine (a traditional alcoholic beverage made from glutinous rice that is fermented with yeast, alcoholic and inebriating.)


bansa

From Malay bangsa, from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”).


padang

From Proto-Malayic *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).

inh

large space covered with one kind of vegetation

freshwater swamp, usually flooded and supporting few plants


jalai

From Proto-Malayic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.


bulu mata

بولو مات (Jawi)

bulu (“hair”) + mata (“eye”) (compare Malay bulu mata)


jarum

From Proto-Malayic *jarum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀum.


masam

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-qalesem (“sour”).


laban

From Proto-Malayic *laban, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”).


laban

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“besides, except”).


urup

From Malay huruf, from Arabic حُرُوف (ḥurūf).


uban

From Proto-Malayic *huban, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quban, from Proto-Austronesian *qubaN.


sejarah

Borrowed from Malay sejarah, from Arabic شَجَرَة (šajara, “tree”).


tarum

From Proto-Malayic *tarum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum.

Indigofera tinctoria
Indigofera tinctoria#Translingual


arap

From Malay harap, from Old Javanese harĕp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp.


leju

Nyau leju makai tubu, tetenguk deka makai belauk genuk.

I'm bored of eating bamboo shoots, I am craving gourds for a side dish.

Leju amat aku udah bejakuka ulah nuan, lalu ga nuan enda ngasi.

I am enraging of speaking to you about your misconduct, and still you don’t obey me


terima

From Malay terima, from Old Javanese tarima (“receiving, accepting; gratefulness”), ultimately from Sanskrit तारिम (tārima).


alah

From Proto-Malayic *alah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alaq. Compare Malay alah, kalah.


Ogos

August (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)


kangai

Nama kebuah nyawa indai Dum kangai-kangai munyi nya? Kada enda bisi penusah sida sebilik?

For what earthly reason is the Mother of Dum crying so loudly on and on like that? Could it not be there they are having some kind of trouble?

a resonant voice heard from far away and goes on and on because of some trouble or calamity.


semalam

Combination of se- (“one”) + malam (“night”).


asil

From Malay hasil, from Arabic حَاصِل (ḥāṣil, “end, conclusion; score, sum, total”).


kandis

Maya Jipun suba' bisi' orang nyadika getah ngena' buah kandis

During the Japanse Occupation, people coagulated the latex of rubber trees using the fruit of kandis trees.


kuih

Borrowed from Malay kuih, Hokkien 粿 (kóe).

bite-sized cakes, cookies or pastry, especially the steamed ones made in Southeast Asia or Southern China


linsa

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lisəhaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lisəqəS.


pandak

Borrowed from Malay pendek, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak (“short in height, squat and compact in build, of a person”).


ukai

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukən (“negator of nominal”). Doublet of bukai.


juara

Borrowed from Prakrit 𑀚𑀼𑀆𑀭 (juāra), from Sanskrit द्यूतकार (dyūtakāra, “gambler”).


umai

From Proto-Malayic *huma(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah (“swidden”).


bacha

From Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).


peluh

sweat (bodily fluid ejected through the skin to cool down the body)


chara

From Sanskrit आचार (ācāra, “behaviour, good conduct; usage; custom; rule”), from Sanskrit चर् (car, “to move, to practice”).
Alternatively, from Malay cara, from Persian چاره (čâra, “remedy; help; business; scheme; means, manner, mode”).


gawai

→ Malay: gawai (semantic loan)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“religious feast; festivity”). Doublet of gawa.


kandung

Kandung Endun baru tujuh bulan diatu.

Endun's baby is just now seven months along.


sigi

Pechaya meh, sigi iya ke menchuri berau nuan.

Trust me, he really is the guy who's been stealing your rice.


belimbing

[bəˈlɪmbɪəŋ]


petara

From Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, “revered; worshipful”).


ukun

Uji ukun dulu bilik nuan nya


mabuk

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-buhuk, from Proto-Austronesian *ma-buSuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buSuk. Cognate with Pangasinan abuek, Eastern Cham ꨟꨝꨭꩀ (mưbuk), Malay mabuk

sick because of consuming poisonous stuff


iyu

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *hiu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qihu, from Proto-Austronesian *qiSu. Cognate with Indonesian hiu, Cebuano iho and Urak Lawoi' ฮยู (hyu).


kerita

From Malay kereta, from Portuguese carreta.


menara

From Malay menara, from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).


dilah

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dilah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (“tongue”), from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq (“to lick”).


ayung

Enti enda nakal ngelaban panas, Wan, alai nuan duduk ba ayung di tisi serarai nyin

If you can’t stand the heat, Wan, sit in the shade at the edge of the clearing over there.


ayung

Endur tu ga ayung, nya alai gari ti dijembi ditu enda mudah rangkai.

This place is shaded, so clothes here don’t dry quickly.


ayung

Uji ayungka ulih nuan paung lada ti baru ditanam nya ngena daun nya

Try covering the pepper seedlings just planted using the leaves.

to cover from the light and heat of the Sun

Nadai bala anak penghulu lama kitai nya beberita agi, nyau ayung laban orang.

Not one of the former leader's children is well-known any more, since they went unnoticed by other people


kawin

From Malay kahwin, from Arabic كَاوِين (kāwīn, “marriage; dowry”).


dunya

From Malay dunia, from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).


munyi

From Proto-Malayic *buñi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buñi.


kupi

From Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).


bisi

nadai

antonym(s) of “to be present, to be exist”

Iya bisi dia.

Bisi tiga pemutus ti disedia.

Iya bisi duit


tulak

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulak (“push something away, shove, repel; push off, as a boat leaving shore or being poled through shallow water”). Cognate with Tagalog tulak.

inh

Mali nulak orang baka nya!

Penemu kita ke mantah nya tulak kami magang.

Your criticisms have been rejected by us

4 tulak 5


antu

From Proto-Malayic *hantu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.

Nya alai, sida takutka antu.

ghost, familiar spirit (especially of ancestor, in whatever guise it appears)


kurur

Proto-Malayic *kuluʀ (compare Malay kulur), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuluʀ (compare Maori kuru, Hawaiian ʻulu).


galong

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-luŋ (“bend, curve”). Cognate with Malay gulung,
Acehnese gulông and
Tagalog gulong.


terung

Solanum melongena
Solanum melongena#Translingual

eggplant; brinjal; aubergine (Solanum melongena) (fruit of the plant)


latak

From Proto-Malayic *latak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *latak.


raran

a wooden frame, a rail or bar between two uprights over a fire in the open as support for the bamboos when cooking (pansuh) vegetables or glutinous rice in them.


raran

Ular negararan badan kayu.

of the behaviour of snakes looping or stretching from one branch to another while sleeping.


kiba

From Proto-Malayic *kibaʔ. Compare Banjarese kiwa.

left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)


tauk

From Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.


itung

From Proto-Malayic *hituŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qituŋ (“consider, think about”).


adap

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *hadəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (“front, facing part”).


pelajar

Menteri Pelajar


dinga

From Proto-Malayic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *dəŋəʀ.

to listen (to pay attention or listen carefully to a sound)


lukung

a kind of insect that has a pair of hard outer wings to cover a pair of inner soft wings, feeds on green leaves, especially young leaves like illipe and durian leaves, is edible. There are two types of lukung; lukung kaban, that live ina colony. and lukung kapu, with lime-liked outer wings.


lukung

an earthworm, large and long, found in swamps, often used as bait for set lines.


emba

Anang irau, nya mina jaku emba sida


emba

Apai indai iya ngemba iya enti iya pulai kia

His parents will threat him if he ever return there

Uji emba dik manuk nya


nemu

Compare Malay temu (“to meet; to encounter”).


rambu

Perintah diatu merambu deka ngurangka sabsidi ...

The government plan to reduce subsidies ...


gadung

From Brunei Malay gadung. Compare with Maguindanao gadung, Maranao gadong, Tausug gaddung and Pangutaran Sama gaddung.


idung

From Proto-Malayic *hiduŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ijuŋ.


ketumbar

Coriandrum sativum
Coriandrum sativum#Translingual

coriander (dried seeds of Coriandrum sativum plant)


kangan

a small bird, Black naped Blue Monarch Flycatcher Hypothymis azurea Boddaert.


intu

endun nya' bagas ngintu menyadi' ia tabin suba.

That girl did nothing but look after her brother when he was ill.

Gawai diintu diri sebilik aja, anang pulai ke meua, anang ngabang sereta anang begelumu ba ruai

Gawai is self-celebrated in own room only, do not come back to hometown, do not celebrate and gather together in ruai (unpartitioned gallery in a longhouse).


adai

From Proto-Malayic *ada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to be, exist”). For the negation sense, compare Javanese ora, Tagalog wala.

Adai ngirup aku

Adai mar baju nya


benang

thread, a long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.


bangkai

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋkay. Cognate of Tagalog bangkay (“cadaver, corpse”).


pukat

From Proto-Malayic *pukət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pukət.


ikak

Udah ikak nyawa aku.

worn out (excessively tired and thirsty due to heat exhaustion or doing work too vigorously, exercising, running, etc.)


ikak

Iya ikak ka sabung
He’s too fond of cockfighting.


pajak

pajaka ia ka telok dinding

pajak! pajak! uji muai ambis sakali'

anang majakka padi alam pasu
don't press down the padi in the pasu measure

ia majakka aku meli tajau ia

ia majakka aku negerja nya


landai

Tanah ti landai

Tu jaku landai


pasuk

(martial art) the position used to blunt attack and protect oneself


kanggan

black cotton cloth, Chinese black calico.


lebat

Buk lebat

Lada kami lebat endar bebuah taun tu

Our pepper plants are really fruitful this year.

Lebat kayau kami sekali tu, nadai siku bala enda bedengah

We gained much while headhunting, not one of us did not take a victim.

Leka jaku Laut ‘pentingʼ lebat amat dikena kitai Iban bejaku kemaya haritu.

The Malay loan word 'penting' is routinely used by us Ibans nowadays.


belian

From Dutch briljant, from French brillant, from Medieval Latin as if *berilare (“to sparkle like a beryl or other precious stone”), from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”). Doublet of brilian.

der

a glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron; a gemstone made from this mineral.

(in extension, card games) diamond: a card of the diamonds suit.

diamond:
diamond: a card of the diamonds suit.


bulan satu

Compound of bulan (“month”) + satu (“one”).


kebal

(immunology) protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens


kandul

a piece of equipment set in a cylinder, jar or container or rice beer as a strainer of the beer.


ulun

From Proto-Malayic *hulun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulun (“outsiders, alien people”).


utai

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ujan (“cargo; load a cargo”).


irup

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hiʀup, from Proto-Austronesian *Siʀup.


rarang

far apart, not close, some distance between or after an interval.


kemisi

Kemisi belajar


sekula

From Malay sekolah, from Portuguese escola.


sepital

From Malay hospital, from English hospital.


mensia

Borrowed from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣyà, “human being”).


manyi

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wani (“honeybee”).


enggau

and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)


ngagai

Iya nganjung pesan kami ngagai sanu ti bermalam di umai

He takes our message to those spending the night on the farm

Minyak nyau ambis lalu kami beratung kili ngagai pasar

Our fuel ran out so we drifted down (till we came) to the bazaar


bukai

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukən (“negator of nominal”). Doublet of ukai.


tichak

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *cəkcək, *cikcək.


gerija

Borrowed from Portuguese igreja, from Old Galician-Portuguese igreja, from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”).


serega

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्वर्ग (svarga).


demalam

Combination of de- (“one”) + malam (“night”).


kangau

Uji kangau kitu ke Wat nyin, Jang ngambi buah ungkup sida iya.

Call Wat yonder to come here, Jang, to get their share of the fruit.


idup

From Proto-Malayic *hidup, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip, from Proto-Austronesian *qudip.


musin

From Malay musim, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim).


perau

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pArahu (compare Malay perahu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀaqu (compare Tongan folau).


mayau

... bisi nerima cek kena nupi jelu mayau.

... receive a cheque to feed the small cats.


panjai

Compare Malay panjang, Urak Lawoi' ปาญัก (panyak).


nyamai

From Proto-Malayic *ñaman, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñaman.


bajik

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bait.

Bajik amai indu nya!


menua

From Proto-Malayic *bənua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua, from Proto-Austronesian *banua.


remaung

From Proto-Malayic *hari-mauŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qari-maquŋ (“wild feline”).


seleju

From Malay salji, from Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj).


Peranchis

Borrowed from Malay Perancis, from Portuguese francês (“French”).


Jipun

Borrowed from Malay Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).


Jereman

Borrowed from Malay Jerman, from English German.


Ejip

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


sempama

From Malay umpama, from Pali upamā (“simile, parable, comparison”), from Sanskrit उपमा (upamā).


chukup

enough, sufficient, adequate, ample, plenty


melikat

From Malay malaikat, from Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika).


bungai

From Proto-Malayic *buŋaʔ (compare Malay bunga), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (compare Ilocano bunga (“fruit”), Tagalog bunga (“fruit”)).


musin bungai

From musin (“season”) + bungai (“flower”).


ulih

Aku ulih belagu.

Ulih aku ke jamban?


jaku karung

jaku (“word, language”) + karung (“deep meaning”).

compound

A type of Iban poem of themes like love or heroism


jaku pengawa

From jaku (“word, language”) + pengawa (“work”).

(linguistics) verb (word which represent an activity)


jampat

Angel jampat sereta bagas ngereja pengawa.

Angel is fast and diligent while doing her duty.


jenila

From Malay jendela, from Portuguese janela.


cherita

From Malay cerita, from Pali carita, from Sanskrit चरित (carita, “course of life”).


chunto

From Malay contoh, from Tamil சௌத்து (cauttu, “pattern, sample, model”).


menira

From Malay bendera, from Portuguese bandeira (“flag”).


mipau

Buku ke dibeli iya ba kedai bup nya mipau.


terebai

From Proto-Malayic *-baŋ, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-baŋ. Compare Malay terbang.


ensana

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


padah

Possibly from Proto-Austronesian *pa-bajaq (“give knowledge, teach”).


sengong

with the sound which flow through nose while speaking


emperaja

darling (a calling for boyfriend/girlfriend)


bedau

Aku bedau tinduk


perchaya

Aku perchayaka iya.

(intransitive) to believe, to have trust


kediri

Indai kediri manduk ikan tu.

It was mother herself who cooks this fish.


kediri

Orang-orang ke nginti nya ngasaika tasik tu baka ba rumah kediri.

When at sea, the fishermen feel as if in their own home.

Aku datai kitu kediri


nasit

From Malay nasib, Arabic نَصِيب (naṣīb).


nama kebuah

Nama kebuah langit biru?

(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.


keretas

From Malay kertas, from Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās), ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).


pagila

tomorrow (The day after the present day.)


pagila

tomorrow (On the day after the present day.)


lenyau

to lose (make something/someone disappear)


pekit

... Pekit Forum Nembiak Sekula (PFNS) nyangka deka nerima bantu ari perintah menua.

... School Children Forum Competition is expected to receive assistance from the state government.


pengerai

Sapit Menteri Pengerai Mensia Mayuh, Pengawa Berumah enggau Perintah Lokal.

Deputy Minister for Public Health, Housing and Local Government


meredeka

From Malay merdeka, ultimately from Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika, “prosperous”). Cognate of Buginese ᨆᨑᨙᨉᨀ, Tagalog maharlika.

Sarawak udah meredeka ari 22 Julai 1963.

Sarawak has been declared to be independent since 22 July 1963.

(politics) free from colonialism, annexation, military occupation, etc.; liberated; independent

(rare) free from an obligation, especially a prison sentence

(rare) self-sufficient; independent; not dependent on others


rayat

From Malay rakyat, from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).


lukut

Enti nitihka perati mensia, batu ti selalu bebelat enda mudah dibalut lukut.

If according to the wisdom of humans, a rolling stone gathers no moss.

lichen, moss, flowerless, growing on stones, tree trunks, etc.


ayap

Sabun labuh lalu ayap ke dalam lubuk.

The soap fell and disappeared into the depths of the pool.


ayap

Lapa hari tu tak ayap, tak baka ke deka ujan?

Why is it so dark today, like it is going to rain?


bekau

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bekas. Cognate with Javanese bekas and Tagalog bakas.

Bekau kaki jelu


asuh

to order / ask (someone to do something)


chukai

From Malay cukai, from Tamil சுங்கம் (cuṅkam).


sibau

Nephelium cuspidatum
Nephelium cuspidatum


tangkan

Aku dulu bejalai lalu ditangkanka iya.

I walked in the lead, and was followed by him

Udah apai nuan, tangkanka sapa nyadi tuai rumah kita?

After your father, who succeeded the position of the head of your longhouse?


tangkan

Tangkan tu bisi agi pengetu, nya baru datai ba rumah.

After this there will be a stop, and then we will arrive at the house.


jamah

Lebuh indai Bunyau nganyam, jamah iya balat alus.

When Bunyau's mom weaves, her work is exceedingly smooth.


jamah

Mensul pala iya kena jamah Libau

His head is swollen after being beaten by Libau.

Makai mih kitai, jamah dia kengka utai ti bisi, anang malu-malu.

Let’s eat, take whatever comes to hand, don’t be shy.


kambin

From Proto-Malayic *kambiŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kambiŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *kandiŋ.


urau

Iya berumban muat ai getah meda hari urau.

He hurried carrying the latex seeing the cloudy day.

Cheremin nya urau.

Bulu manuk nyaʼ urau.


rimpak

Benda rimpak


chabul

Mulut nembiak nya chabul amat, nya ke ngenyialka kitai lebuh turun di ai begiga ikan.

The mouth of that child is uncontrolled, saying things that are bound to bring bad luck on us when we go to the river looking for fish.

unable to control the mouth in saying things that should not be uttered


pungkal

Berau ti dalam tajau nya baru dipungkal.

The uncooked rice in that jar has just been taken out for cooking for the first time.

Menua Batang Menjuai udah dipungkal sida ke tuai urung taun 1900 menya.

The land of the Menjual River was opened by the elders for the first time in 1900.

Dipungkal iya aku belaya jam kami betundi ngirup.

He egged me on to quarrel while we were joking and drinking.


berapat

Lebuh berapat iya lalu disatak aku ba pegu.

When sparring, I struck him with my hand on the nape of his neck.


entimun

From Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatimun.


nyur

From Proto-Malayic *ñiur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.


nyur

to begin the firing of cleared materials on a farm site


lundai

bukit lundai

pejalai lelundai

falling away more softly at the end (of a singing or laugh)


berita richah

From berita (“news”) + richah (“chatter”)


kenang

Uji kenang nuan mimpi nuan enggau aki

Try to discuss about your dream with grandpa


paung

paung buluh


kanchin

button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)

hook (small metal catch inserted in a loop or eye for fastening clothes)


ai mata

From Proto-Malayic *air mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ ni mata. Equivalent to ai (“water”) + mata (“eye”)

tear (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes)


nerusan

ujan nerusan


bawang burak

From bawang (“onion”) + burak (“white”).


kerat

Kerat dagin manuk nya


butuh dilah

butuh (“penis,dick”) + dilah (“tongue”).


eklisia

Borrowed from English ecclesia, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).


sekeda

sekeda sida nyau turun

some of them have gone out to work (on the farm)

sekeda apin mansau

beri' aku sekeda utai nya'


sakeda

From sa + keda
# Alternative spelling of sekeda


kayoh

paddle. Usually combines with sa / se to form sengayoh (a paddle).


temuai

...deka matak temuai ari antarabansa...

...will attract visitors from international...

Kalender program dagang temuai Sarawak 2021 dilancharka
2021 Sarawak tourism calendar of events is launched.

combined with dagang (business) to form dagang temuai meaning "tourism".


ngabang

...andal ati ngabang ngagai sekeda rumah panjai ...

Bala pengabang mayuh dilalau awakka ngemeranka ulah ti manah...

Many guests are counseled in order to keep a good personality...

combined with pe to form pengabang (invited guest to a ritual festival).


engkat

tu' meh engkat jako' aku


embing

maiau ngembing dinding ngiga' utai, tengiling ensurok ensurai ngiga' makai

The cat hugs the wall looking for something to eat.


sembiang

... udah begulai besembiang enggau raban Kristian di ...

... had a Holy Communion together with christians in ...


semela

Nembiak patut nyemelaka pemujur dalam pelajar enggau pengelandik

Young people should balance their success in education and skills.


ngemata

Ngembing, ngemata sereta kuarantin orang sakit Covid-19 ba rumah.

Leading, looking after and quarantine of Covid-19 patients at home.


visyen

From English vision. Cognate Tagalog visyon and bisyon, plus Malay visi.

visen (alternative)
vishen (alternative)


komunikesyen

From English communication cognate to Tok Pisin komunikesen, Tagalog komunikasyon (via Spanish), Malay komunikasi (via Dutch).


pengelantang

Pengajar si Sarawak dilalau ngerejista diri enggau KGBS, ngintu pengelantang pendiau kaban gerempung

Sarawak teachers called to register themselves in KGBS (Kesatuan Guru Bumiputera Sarawak), watch out for the life benefits as a member of the association.


pambar

'Utamakan Sarawak' ukai reti nya deka mambarka perintah besai, ku Abang Johari

Abang Johari says 'Sarawak First' does not mean will be separated from the big (federal) government.


ngembuan

Sarawak ngembuan pelin ke besai ba SCORE.

Sarawak has a big plan in SCORE (Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy).


teresang

Gerempung Pengintu Pengelantang Pendiau Teresang Dayak Sarawak udah meri bantu ngagai PPDK Julau
Association of Caregivers, Life benefits and Offerings Dayak Sarawak already gave aid to Julau Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Programme.


meredika

From Malay merdeka, from Classical Malay مرديكا (mĕrdeka), from Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika, “prosperous”). Cognate of Javanese ꦩꦂꦢꦶꦏ (mardika), Buginese ᨆᨑᨙᨉᨀ (maradeka), Tagalog maharlika.


pinggai

Borrowed from Malay pinggan, from Classical Persian پنگان (pingān, “cup; bowl”) (compare Cebuano pinggan (“chinaware”), Tamil பீங்கான் (pīṅkāṉ, “ceramic”)).


kunchi

From Malay kunci (“key”), from Hindi कुंजी (kuñjī, “key”), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā).


nyemetak

Iya nyemetak madah.


semetak

Jaku iya semetak.


engkeman

Gambar ti diambi aya suba tak engkeman amat ba ruai kami

The picture that was taken by uncle was so perfect for our gallery


lukis

Tu lukis Mona Lisa.


pelukis

art materials, equipments used to make a drawing.


kibut

to bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)


dambar

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *damar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *damaʀ.


nyelipan

From Proto-Malayic *hAlilipan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalu-hipan, from Proto-Austronesian *qalu-Sipan.


kerigai

kerigai babi


pansuh

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasuq (“to roast, broil”). Compare Ibatan paso (“to roast”), Tagalog pasô (“burned”), Tausug pasu' (“heat”).


pansuh

manuk pansuh


empelawa

Empelawa nya besai serta bebisa amat.


kandul-kandul

Besai amai tekuk iya udah, nyau kandul-kandul ba' rekang.

Her goitre has grown very big, and is protruding and hanging from her neck.

a nature of things, such as beehive hanging from a limb or goitre hanging from the human neck.


rusah

Enda tan iya kena rusah pengawa kasar
He cannot bear the burden of hardwork


ngerusah

Sida balat ngerusah iya dalam gawa iya


gegak

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gakgak (“caw, as a crow; raucous talking of people”), probably onomatopoeic.


kandut

Kulat buah dikandut iya enggau kain.

She carried the mushrooms in her (upfolded) skirt.

a fold of cloth, or cloth bag, used to carry something in the absence of a basket or other carrier.


bekangau

Seduai iya bekangau.

The two of them were calling to one another.


ngangau

Iya ngangauka aku.

call, summon., using a loud voice to get someone to hear and come.


pengangau

Rumah kami sepengangau.

Our houses are within shouting distance.

the distance at which a person's voice can be heard.


ngelukan

Ba sekeda endur di Sarawak, ai ngelukan diirup lebuh musin kemarau panjai.

In some places in Sarawak, brackish water is drunk when the dry season is long.


lukap

Debu begumpul ba lukap tikai.

Dust is collecting on the edge of the mat.

turned back, turned up the edge of a mat.


belukih

Keleju-keleju ti belukih, seduai nyauka belaya.

Becoming fed up with joking around, the two of them nearly got into an argument.


lukau

Ini Chakui seduai Apai Angap agi lukau-lukau berandau taja malam nyau jauh.

Grandmother Chakui and the father of Angap are still talking softly so as not to be heard by anyone else though it is late into the night.

the sound of a person speaking but the words are indistinctly heard.


kelukis

Sekeda kita nembiak tak sebarang utai kelukis ba dinding bilik pemira.

Some of you students simply scribbled graffiti on the toilet walls.


ngelukis

Iya agi ngelukis surat.


ngeluku

Iya ngeluku ka anak enggau menantu iya.
He sticks with his son and daughter-in-law.

being assured, certain, determined, established, make permanent, settle firmly.


meluku

Iya meluku tinduk ba selepak guni berau.
He slept in a fetal position between gunnysacks of rice.

sleeping in a fetal position with the legs drawn up to the chest, and the hands inserted between the thighs.


lukuk

not straight, as the hunched back of an elderly person.


lukuk-lukuk

Aki Atuk lukuk-lukuk duduk ngibun padi enggaika diempa manuk.

Grandfather Atuk is bent, sitting and guarding the paddy from being eaten by the chickens.

The manner of a person who is bent when sitting or walking is humpbacked.


melukuk

Aki Ungkuk melukuk duduk nali panjuk tali tengang.

Grandfather Ungkuk is bent when sitting, plaiting fibres of tengang for a snare.


lukus

Lukus isi iya kena pechik ubat getah.

His skin is burned being splattered by acetic acid.


ngelukus

Ai angat ngelukuska jari iya.


lulai

trees. Garcinia beccarii Pierre, Clus.; Garcinia parvifolia (Miq.) Miq. vel aff.; Garcinia sarawakensis.


lulap

tinder, touchwood, often taken from the growth of entibap palms and used to make fire with a fire piston (guchuh api), flint and steel (batu api), or firedrill (sukan).


lulap

Lulap Sempurai seduai Pungga laja sehari-hari nya.

Sempurai and Pungga dipped their darts all that day.

dip the tip of a blowpipe dart into ipuh poison to obtain the potency to kill an animal shot with the dart.


ngelulap

dip (darts) into ipuh poison to obtain potency to kill animals with darts.


ngerara

Iya ngerara aku bejaku.

Iya ngerara api.


pengerara

pengerara api

rumah pengerara api

a peacemaker, one who qualms an argument or quarrel, one who extinguishes a fire.


terara

capable of ending other people's quarrels, putting out the fire.


rarah

Buk iya udu amat rarah.

Di menua chelap daun kayu rarah dalam musin ruruh.

In cold countries, leaves of trees fall off in the autumn.

branches, leaves, ripe fruit: break away, drop off, fall, shed, split off.


berarah

fall, fall off, drop, of things such as leaves, branches of fruit from trees.


perarah

Buah rian di tembawai du ambis diperarahka kaban kera.
The durian at the old housesite have all been removed by the macaques.


rarak

Aku tetemuka malau ba batang rarak tulang.
I have found some gum lac on the stem of the rarak tulang.

a creeper, Dasynaschaton sp, always selected for the rim of a fish-trap, of which there are three types: rarak udan creepers with a black skin, rarak tulang Fissistigma rigidum Ridl., having white skin, and rarak bubur, an unidentified creeper with white skin but does not last as the rim of a fish-trap. The first type is the most lasting. Rarak tulang is used to make fire by friction, and medicinally.


rarak

Indu renyuan nya bebalut enggau rapak bungai.

pollen, fine smooth powdery material produced by flowers, pollinating other plants when carried by wind, birds and insects so those plants flower and produce fruit.


rarak

one of a set of drum (gendang) played in consort.


ngeraran

Sawa ngeraran ba dan kayu kempan.

The python is hanging on the fig branch.

dangle, hanging down, sagging; of snakes; stretch out on a branch, looping between two branches.


rarat

Perau iya rarat dibai ai ke bah tunggol.

His boat was swept away by the flash flood.

drag anchor, adrift, drift away, flow away, retreat, go downstream.


rarat

Pama ga aku, tang kena tulak iya bulih setengah depa aku rarat.

I'm pretty strong but being shoved by him, I am driven back by several feet.

retreat, move back, unable to defend or fight (surut).


berarat

Kami berarat laban pin patah.

We drifted because the shearpin snapped.

drift; following the ebbing of an outgoing tide.


ngerarat

Iya ngeraratka perau aku.


pengerarat

Kini pengerarat ai tu?.

drift, of a boat floating on the water; the direction of the movement of water.


rarat-serarat

drifting and drifting, descending, going down.