mingkoko mongiak, I would say, it's lol (laughing out loud)
You say, bye. I say, 'tumoodo no'. It's more like saying be good or be safe.
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!
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Tabung om kotobungan
Just thinking out loud. Say 'tabung' (it's a soft 'b') means urban. It's not a saving box.
Hmmm...kotobungan, any chance of it being a cognate with 'pertembungan' in Malay meaning convergence in English.
Use them in sentences :
1) tabung - Poingizon ih Malia doid tabung. Malia resides in an urban area.
2) kotobungan/cosmopolitan/urbane - Miaga tuhun do kotobungan ih Malia. Malia seems to exude an urbane mannerism.
Uh, that's tricky.
Something else...
I was saying a broom. Someone next to me wasn't cognizant of the word. Familiar with a sweeper. In Kadazan we call the labor-aid, 'tiimuau'. Wish you could hear me. Not sure whether I'll ever be able to figure that one out. Being audible, that is.
I'm off to do some sweeping (the floor). Bah, mongimuau zou poh kio. Or, mooi zou poh pongimuau, kio.
Hmmm...kotobungan, any chance of it being a cognate with 'pertembungan' in Malay meaning convergence in English.
Use them in sentences :
1) tabung - Poingizon ih Malia doid tabung. Malia resides in an urban area.
2) kotobungan/cosmopolitan/urbane - Miaga tuhun do kotobungan ih Malia. Malia seems to exude an urbane mannerism.
Uh, that's tricky.
Something else...
I was saying a broom. Someone next to me wasn't cognizant of the word. Familiar with a sweeper. In Kadazan we call the labor-aid, 'tiimuau'. Wish you could hear me. Not sure whether I'll ever be able to figure that one out. Being audible, that is.
I'm off to do some sweeping (the floor). Bah, mongimuau zou poh kio. Or, mooi zou poh pongimuau, kio.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Is palate, tivou?
Trying to be tricky. I tricked yours truly, big time. I forgot my password. (Wakaka. Ha,ha, ha.) Is that considered as a meme? Whatever. I'm in my own time.
Koiiakan om Pinaasakan
I'm not serious at all instead perhaps hilarious (koiiakan) in my blogging approach. Still not applying anything new.
Anyway, Pinaasakan is food. It is fish cooked simply with ginger, salt and takob-akob (dried sour fruit, a kind of like a smaller version of a mangosteen. I think). My late mother used to add slices of unripe bambangan (Sabah fruit) to the dish to give it a unique taste. Bless her soul. She was not into chillies.
I'm trying to euphemise my shortcomings. Hilarious. When I was about done going through my version of Pinaasakan only then it hit me that I should have taken a picture. So, no picture yet again.
Pinaasakan with Spices
1kg sardines (fresh)
10 slices of ginger
5 dried tamarind slices( dried takob-akob unavailable in my location)
1/2 tspn mustard seeds
1/2 tspn fennel seeds
1/2 tspn cummin seeds
Turmeric (leaves, powder or root)
7 grains of fenugreek
Some whole white peppers/black peppers
Olive oil
Water
I used a cast iron pan. Line your pan with the ginger slices. Next, arrange the cleaned sardines on the ginger slices in a manner that makes dishing out easy. Apportion the spices between levels of the stacked fish in the pan. You may just distribute all the spices all at once right on top of the stacked fish. Ooops, almost forgot, some salt. I added quite a bit of sea salt to mine.
Use slow heat. Water and oil are optional, really. I don't stint when I'm on a once- in- a- blue moon quest to settle a score with my palate. You will know when it is ready.
Verdict
I loved it with rice and some vegetables. Squeeze some lime onto your Pinaasakan for extra zing and perhaps chilli too. Bird's eye chilli. I had some Peri-peri sauce on hand. So, I used some. Go on. Try.
My Children's Say
Fillet the fish, not keen on bones. Or even better use salmon. I'll do my grilled cheese.
What???
Koiiakan om Pinaasakan
I'm not serious at all instead perhaps hilarious (koiiakan) in my blogging approach. Still not applying anything new.
Anyway, Pinaasakan is food. It is fish cooked simply with ginger, salt and takob-akob (dried sour fruit, a kind of like a smaller version of a mangosteen. I think). My late mother used to add slices of unripe bambangan (Sabah fruit) to the dish to give it a unique taste. Bless her soul. She was not into chillies.
I'm trying to euphemise my shortcomings. Hilarious. When I was about done going through my version of Pinaasakan only then it hit me that I should have taken a picture. So, no picture yet again.
Pinaasakan with Spices
1kg sardines (fresh)
10 slices of ginger
5 dried tamarind slices( dried takob-akob unavailable in my location)
1/2 tspn mustard seeds
1/2 tspn fennel seeds
1/2 tspn cummin seeds
Turmeric (leaves, powder or root)
7 grains of fenugreek
Some whole white peppers/black peppers
Olive oil
Water
I used a cast iron pan. Line your pan with the ginger slices. Next, arrange the cleaned sardines on the ginger slices in a manner that makes dishing out easy. Apportion the spices between levels of the stacked fish in the pan. You may just distribute all the spices all at once right on top of the stacked fish. Ooops, almost forgot, some salt. I added quite a bit of sea salt to mine.
Use slow heat. Water and oil are optional, really. I don't stint when I'm on a once- in- a- blue moon quest to settle a score with my palate. You will know when it is ready.
Verdict
I loved it with rice and some vegetables. Squeeze some lime onto your Pinaasakan for extra zing and perhaps chilli too. Bird's eye chilli. I had some Peri-peri sauce on hand. So, I used some. Go on. Try.
My Children's Say
Fillet the fish, not keen on bones. Or even better use salmon. I'll do my grilled cheese.
What???
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