~Learn Bidayuh Bau Jagoi (Colour)~

Now we will learn about some colours.

Red - Bilieah

Dark red - Bilieah pogiah

Yellow - Siia'

Too yellow - Siia' pogah

Green - Bilu

Blue - Bilu kodu

Black - Songot

Too black (refer to extreme dark skin colour) - Songot poto'

White - Moopuu'

Too white (refer to extreme white fair skin colour) - Moopuu' Suuwi'

And the other colours that are available, we just says it as the english word.

I don't know why.

But maybe that are the only colours that my ancestor know once upon the time...

^^

(See the bottom part's word all in English.

My ancestor only know the colour after British come...Hehehehe...)

~Learn Bidayuh Bau Jagoi~

This blogspot is about some words that is use in Bidayuh Bau Jagoi daily conversation

I              - oku' / ku' (the ( ' ) work as k)

You         - muu / mu'

He/she     - iyoh / yoh

we           - oto' / to'

us            - koih

you guys  - ingan

they         - nyaa muno' 

Some of the simple conversation:

How are you?

Oni abar mu'? / Oni abar muu?

How is he/she?

Oni abar yoh?

Good. And you?

Paguh. Muu neh?

He/she is fine.

Iyoh paguh leh.

Where you want to go?

Kaki muu ya' odi?

I want to go buy some thing.

Oku' yak odi milih balang.

Let's go to eat and drink.

Jak odi man duoh nuo'. ('duoh' can be two or and)

What do u eat?

Oni man mu'?

What do u drink?

Oni nuo' mu'?

What's time is now?

Pukul kudu adin?

What time we meet?

Pukul kudu oto' bidapod?

We meet at two.

Oto' bidapod pukul duoh.

Let's go out.

Jaa' luah.

Where is John? He is playing outside.

Kaki so' John? Yoh patie' de' sopak.

John play video game.

John main video game.

~Learn Bidayuh Bau Jagoi (Number)~

I have friend that requested me to write a blogpost about learning Bidayuh Bau Jagoi language

since she is dating a Bidayuh Bau guy.

So this is my blogpost to learn some easy Bidayuh Bau Jagoi language.

I think I would like to start from number;

0 - kosoong

1 - ni'

2 - duoh

3 - taruuh

4 - pat

5 - limoh

6 - nuu'om

7 - tu'

8 - moyih

9 - pili'e

10 - smo'ong

11 - smo'ong ni'

12 - smo'ong duoh

...

19 - smo'ong pili'e

20 - duoh puluk

21 - duoh puluk ni'

...

29 - duoh puluk pili'e

30 - taruh puluk

...

100 - slatus

101 - slatus ni'

....

1,000 - slibu

...

10,000 - smo'ong libu

...

That all about numbers... ^^

~My Mother Language~

I am a mixed blood.

My dad is Chinese and my mom is Bidayuh (indigenous in Sarawak).

Although Bidayuh is a race in Sarawak but Bidayuh people speak different Bidayuh language.

The language is differ according to where we from.

My family, we are from Bau, Jagoi, so we speak Bidayuh Jagoi language.

There many other Bidayuh language, such as:

• Bidayuh Bau, Jagoi
• Bidayuh Bau, Krokong
• Bidayuh Bau, Singgai
• Bidayuh Bau, Gumbang
• Bidayuh Bau, Tringgus
• Bidayuh Serian ( There are also like Bidayuh Bau where there are many different language that they speak)
• Bidayuh Padawan ( There are also like Bidayuh Bau where there are many different language that they speak)
• ...

That are the one that I know, probably there are more that I don't know. 

Although I am from Bidayuh Bau Jagoi, I can also speak good Bidayuh Bau Singgai.

Some of the words are the same, some are not and the dialect is different.

I can also understand a little bit of Bidayuh Serian language since I have friends from there.

The words are totally different.

Bidayuh is a race with so many culture.

But after many of us receive Christian as our religious, 

some of the culture also slowly gone with our ancestor.

But I still can see some of them when I am at the very young age.

The celebration of Gawai Dayak.

Gawai Dayak is a ceremony where the villager praise the 'Paddy God' for the good harvest that they gain for that year.

The true ceremony involve some spiritual 'things'.

But now we can still watch the ceremony which is kind of 'play back' without the actual spiritual part.

(Actually I want to share some of the real ceremony image but I lost them...Huhuhu...)

This is the traditional cloth that women wear if they are involve in the ceremony.

The ceremony is actually kind of spooky.

(At least that was how I felt when I watch the ceremony when I was young)

But now I am kind of miss it, since it is my family, my race culture and the young generation probably won't see or know about it anymore.

There are actually many things about Bidayuh.

But this is all that I can remember now.

So later...

Actually I can speak good Mandarin too since my dad is Chinese.

And I also love Chinese culture. ^^