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!
Friday, 21 October 2016
Mamaki and profanities
Alert...
I swear I need apply some chilli padi mouthwash. One catch, I kind of like bird's eye chilli in my food/cooking. You guess right. It's lame at least for me. And I have watched a good dose of tips over various cooking channels. Like wear a glove (even a pair) or avoid touching your eyes when handling that 'kick-ass' (is that swearword, cause I swear I don't know) ingredient. What I'm trying to say is that not only food satiates or has the ability to satisfy (in this case hunger), choices of words I find set my soul free. You know the drill : pent-up emotions, grrr like a tiger (my birth year but can't grrrr like real) or just... lah... So what am I suppose to do? ahhh.... I swear I swear all the time. Like the other day, a lorry (I mean 'yuuuge', a tanker) driver put out his hand seemingly signalling to right. So I stepped on my brake waiting for a lane change. No $$$$ he was "ashing" off a cigarette. Butt. Cigarette butt. I swear when I stub my toe. Funny it's always my left 'index' toe.
Less stirred, life of years past. Though I recall saying "kinohuan"/crumbs, "koduto iziau"/pinch you to someone of "david's" (worry not, David owned it) thinking I was Goliath. I don't swear or very familiar with "big" profanities in my first language. The household members back then really applied real zipper to shut one up. Both thumbs and index fingers with a lot of pressure.
Who said that "profanity is a lazy mind trying to speak forcefully"?
T o end, cussing is "mamaki".
Peace out.
Saturday, 15 October 2016
"Nadaa" and Deplorable
Got it. Wrapped my head around one more meaning of "nadaa". I only understood it as 'suffering' for the longest time.
My introduction to another contextual meaning of nadaa/deplorable/terrible/awful
over a phone conversation :
question : How are you?/Ingkuo kono?
answer : Doi.. nadaa iti/ I'm suffering (nadaa meaning prior knowledge).
question : Nookuo kodii dino? What is wrong? Onu komozon nu do nadaa? What do you mean by suffering/deplorable (after enlightened)? Iisai minomobog diau? Who beat you up?
answer : Odoi...okon ko kivaa minomobog dogo. No... ain't beaten up.. Voos ku ogumu giavat. My face covered with zits. Nadaa tuongus./ Facially deplorable.
question again : what..??/ OOnu???
Not that I imagine supporters of Team Trump are all pimply. Not at all. Though zits do make a deplorable appearance at times. Worries can be a factor. . I am equating deplorable to "nadaa". People want change. They are tired of living in a deplorable condition. No job, no money in the bank, how to buy groceries?
So a nadaa situation calls for a desperate measure. They believe that Trump can lift them out of their deplorable/lamentable/woeful condition/"kadaan". They can be vocal once again in Trump. So, why not Trump? What do they have to lose? Unless of course they are on the gravy train of dishonesty. Fearful that the gravy train will be no more.
Being labelled as deplorable/nadaa for wanting change, so one can (as basic as) put food on the table, is a sign that a system (pro people) is broken. Wanting to get out of a deplorable rut is a clear message. Get it out loud. May it be clearly heard. Leverage deplorable/nadaa. Makes sense. Enough is enough/Uha kam uha no.
Got it. Wrapped my head around one more meaning of "nadaa". I only understood it as 'suffering' for the longest time.
My introduction to another contextual meaning of nadaa/deplorable/terrible/awful
over a phone conversation :
question : How are you?/Ingkuo kono?
answer : Doi.. nadaa iti/ I'm suffering (nadaa meaning prior knowledge).
question : Nookuo kodii dino? What is wrong? Onu komozon nu do nadaa? What do you mean by suffering/deplorable (after enlightened)? Iisai minomobog diau? Who beat you up?
answer : Odoi...okon ko kivaa minomobog dogo. No... ain't beaten up.. Voos ku ogumu giavat. My face covered with zits. Nadaa tuongus./ Facially deplorable.
question again : what..??/ OOnu???
Not that I imagine supporters of Team Trump are all pimply. Not at all. Though zits do make a deplorable appearance at times. Worries can be a factor. . I am equating deplorable to "nadaa". People want change. They are tired of living in a deplorable condition. No job, no money in the bank, how to buy groceries?
So a nadaa situation calls for a desperate measure. They believe that Trump can lift them out of their deplorable/lamentable/woeful condition/"kadaan". They can be vocal once again in Trump. So, why not Trump? What do they have to lose? Unless of course they are on the gravy train of dishonesty. Fearful that the gravy train will be no more.
Being labelled as deplorable/nadaa for wanting change, so one can (as basic as) put food on the table, is a sign that a system (pro people) is broken. Wanting to get out of a deplorable rut is a clear message. Get it out loud. May it be clearly heard. Leverage deplorable/nadaa. Makes sense. Enough is enough/Uha kam uha no.
Friday, 7 October 2016
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