Nomboo no ih huhumozou Kadazan nabantug, Rita Mojilis ,do baino?
Where is the renowned Kadazan singer , Rita Mojilis, these days?
Noikot toomod daa vinasi nung kivaa di kotiitiu poh daa diau.
It would be really great to have someone who could at least hold a candle to you.
Au zou insan katanud sumuang pias doungosodop mokiuung hampun. I have no personal account of a nocturnal outing in a jungle for durian wake/mokiuung hampun. Nakaandad zou mah hampun id daadatad nouung. "Asapou toomod tuva hampun". I like that sound. Dadi.... I want to recapture nuances of my first language, Kadazan. Nung mokiiuung hampun ko boos Kadazan : Welcome to my blog. Enjoy!
Keep the posts coming! I'm learning Kadazan too. I Googled some of the words I was looking for and stumbled across your blog!
ReplyDeleteI thought candle is dian. Titiu is a torchlight, no?
Tabantug om nabantug? Are they the same?
Hi Lester,
DeleteRight. Candle is dian, Titiu is torchlight, too. My take is perhaps not quite a literal translation. See, titiu could be sumbu'h'. Anything/Something that emits light to enable visibility. Ih kotitiu. Miaga do torchlight, dian toiko u'uugan(pardon the spelling) nung guugulu.
On tabantug om nabantug. To me tabantug is more like super of the superlative degree. For e.g famous, more famous and most famous. So,tabantug is most famous and nabantug is famous. Think degree of comparison. Positive, comparative and superlative.