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!
Sunday, 22 July 2012
nokopuan=sprained=tergeliat/terpelecok
Nokopuan huhusou takod au di katangkus. Sprained one's ankle, unable to run. Kaki (buku lali) tergeliat jadi tidak boleh (ber)lari.
ohiivan, nohiivan, kohiivai, kohiiiu
ohiivan- forgotten or overlooked egs. Posuaton no om au nodii ohiivan. Write it down so that it will not be forgotten or overlooked . 2) Osomok ohiivan daa moninduk manuk nga mookook kopizo. Would have forgotten to feed the chicken if not for its cackle.
nohiivan- can't remember, forgot, forgotten or has escaped one's memory egs. Nohiivan ku oh ngaan nu. I can't remember your name. 2)Nohiivan ku oh pinokianu dau. I have forgotten his/her request. 3)Nohiivan ku nodii do ingkuo dii popoguhu poh haid. A lot of things in the past have escaped my memory.
kohiivai- overlooked, forgotten eg. Kohiivai nu minogovit oh dahin? You didn't bring a change of clothes?
kohiiiu/kohiiihiuu/obinghiiiu- forgetful eg. Kohiiihiuu dii, ananauu nodii umul. A bit forgetful due to age.
nohiivan- can't remember, forgot, forgotten or has escaped one's memory egs. Nohiivan ku oh ngaan nu. I can't remember your name. 2)Nohiivan ku oh pinokianu dau. I have forgotten his/her request. 3)Nohiivan ku nodii do ingkuo dii popoguhu poh haid. A lot of things in the past have escaped my memory.
kohiivai- overlooked, forgotten eg. Kohiivai nu minogovit oh dahin? You didn't bring a change of clothes?
kohiiiu/kohiiihiuu/obinghiiiu- forgetful eg. Kohiiihiuu dii, ananauu nodii umul. A bit forgetful due to age.
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
sumaat, nakasaat
Oh, blimey. I forgot how to do anything on this blog. I mean really. My brains really kaput for a while. I got switched off for sometime. Is my spelling for 'switch' correct? Amnesia is not really a foreign word after all. Wow, for a long moment there. I thought I had a few greats to share. I totally forgot how to post a new post. Now, I wonder how did I even get to be here.
I have a Kindle e-reader. It's actually underutilized. When I so... wanted it the waiting-game was like forever. I had like googled on its usage and all. By the time it showed up, I'd forgotten whatever information was pertinent. Anyway, I used to be really a crybaby. It was not because I was scared of something or anything. It was more of a 'soppy' situation. Until I decided to do some 'spring cleaning' to my existence. But when I was helping my son with his pancake-making I felt kind of soppy again. He is partnering with another classmate to demonstrate in class how they make their pancake. He is ten. I would have cut class during my time. That was not soppy. I was being silly, timid and shy.
Anyways, now on sumaat or nakasaat. Sumaat would be having goosebumps. 'Sumaat zou' is like saying 'I'm having goosebumps'. It is present now. It is happening right now. 'Nakasaat zou' is equivalent to 'I was having goosebumps' or 'I had goosebumps' all over me upon hearing the news. News could either be good or bad. You had the goosebumps for whatever reasons. You got past that certain prickly feeling to tell.
Just to drive it home (almost/?) 'saat' means a paint or color. So, it's like you are all 'hair' when you are 'sumaat'. Hair standing on end on your skin..
I have a Kindle e-reader. It's actually underutilized. When I so... wanted it the waiting-game was like forever. I had like googled on its usage and all. By the time it showed up, I'd forgotten whatever information was pertinent. Anyway, I used to be really a crybaby. It was not because I was scared of something or anything. It was more of a 'soppy' situation. Until I decided to do some 'spring cleaning' to my existence. But when I was helping my son with his pancake-making I felt kind of soppy again. He is partnering with another classmate to demonstrate in class how they make their pancake. He is ten. I would have cut class during my time. That was not soppy. I was being silly, timid and shy.
Anyways, now on sumaat or nakasaat. Sumaat would be having goosebumps. 'Sumaat zou' is like saying 'I'm having goosebumps'. It is present now. It is happening right now. 'Nakasaat zou' is equivalent to 'I was having goosebumps' or 'I had goosebumps' all over me upon hearing the news. News could either be good or bad. You had the goosebumps for whatever reasons. You got past that certain prickly feeling to tell.
Just to drive it home (almost/?) 'saat' means a paint or color. So, it's like you are all 'hair' when you are 'sumaat'. Hair standing on end on your skin..
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