Intro to Sarawakian language (Malaysia)

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syilla said:
auk (yes) auk (yes)

a very funny word...should learn
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I doubt if i can pronounce that word when someone ask yes or not,i definetly will say no:hiding: yes it is funny and unimagine sis.I still remember when i heard my sarawakian friends was scolded by his mother,the sound was "kau kenaq kelak kau"
 
lama gilak kamek sik masuk L1

Lama - long time
gilak - very
kamek - I
sik - did not
masuk - enter @ read

Sik sempat nangga
sik - do not
sempat - have time
nangga - look
 
Syilla, kitak orang Sarawak kah?

I went to Sarawak in 1994. Has been tortured for 2 weeks by my friends grandma. She continued speaking Sarawak without a single Malay word. So my friend's mum said "Auk ajalah". So whatever she said I will say "Auk nenek". Even when she asked "Kitak gi sine tadi tok?" I said "auk"

Kitak - you
gi - went
sine - where
tadi - just now
tok - this
 
belah ayah kamik oghang sarawak.

Nenek pompuan kitak oghang sarawak?

kamek pande sikit2 aja bah...
 
syilla said:
belah ayah kamik oghang sarawak.

Nenek pompuan kitak oghang sarawak?

kamek pande sikit2 aja bah...
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No. I was referring to my friend's grandma

My father side came from Siam(the last Muslim kingdom in Pattani), and my mom is purely Kelantanese
 
owang sawak sitok is the thread opener.

lasykar lah tok lawak sitok.

ney orang sawak sitok angkat tangan?

*angkat tangan
 
lasykar kena terjermah perkataan sikit2...baru org faham.

lagi2 mat saleh... :D
 
lasykar said:
hehhe
ndang kitak orang tok lawak ada juak..
ney orang sawak sitok? angkat tangan....
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mun kamek angkat tangan, kitak can see?

mun - if
kamek - I
angkat - raise
tangan - hand

can see - how to say this in kelaka Sarawak
 
hehhe = "my type of loughing"
ndang kitak orang tok lawak ada juak.. = "its truely you all are funny"
ney orang sawak sitok? angkat tangan.... = "are there sarawakian here?, raise hand..."

its difficult to translate word by word.. becos the grammar and fragmentation are unique..

cheers
 
1 unique things that sarawakian always saying is.. "yarabbi"..
even the non muslim also say that..
correct me if i'm wrong

blink blink~~~~~
 
sitok ada orang sabah. tapi nya sik masuk thread tok.
(here we can find one sabahan. But he didn't post in this thread yet).

Nama nya MuhamadRizan.
(His name is MuhamadRizan)
 
lasykar said:
1 unique things that sarawakian always saying is.. "yarabbi"..
even the non muslim also say that..
correct me if i'm wrong

blink blink~~~~~
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Thats interesting...

i think yarabbi is an arabic word. Am i right?
 
I used to use web name "Pabiyen Sitok". People keep asking the meaning

Pabiyen means Baweanese. Bawean is one of the island in Indonesia near Java Island. My hubby's grandma was from Bawean Island

and Sitok means here in Sarawak Language
 

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