'basa kita'

(Title means Our Language / 'Bahasa kitani') 'Bahasa Tutong' is the language for the Tutong community in Brunei. My parents were born in Tutong, but I am not as fluent as one should be. So Ive decided that whenever i get back home for summer, I have to start collecting bits and pieces from the dad, grandma, and old folks at local kopitiam; and share them here. This is dedicated for my family back home, I miss you all

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

maang. raya.

i had my 2 words ready for today until ta mentioned few 'interesting' lines. 'abut jiyu maang' and 'iti jiyu raya'. i had a good laugh. lol (and more LOL). no i wont tell you the meaning here. too explicit to be posted. email me if you're that curious. huhuhu..
oh yes, that is why i have 'maang' and 'raya' for todays' two-words. (=

maang (maa-'ung) - merah. red.

to describe red-coloured object. duh. not only objects, someone's face or part of body (*wink* lol). huhuhu..

jawui-ni maang..
muka-nya merah..



raya
(r*a-ya) - basar. big.
*french 'r'

can be for something huge like 'a huge house' - lamin raya. talking about our 'r', it is similar to the french 'r'. so anything spells with 'r' will be pronounce with the french r. its the letter after 'ain'. 'ghin'. if you remember you jawi that is. huhuhu..

puru raya bah mato ina !
suruh basar bah mata atu !


2 words for today, Salam.

Nakalai~

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Manja jaie basa jiu ina nakalai������

11:10 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Dong macam mina ehh..ado² jiu tuh

9:29 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Ado² gala*

9:29 PM  

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