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Language: Iban

Source/Author:  Blust from: Richards (1981) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:iba  Glottocode: iban1264 
Notes:  Richards A. J. N. (1981): An Iban-English dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Malayo-Chamic:Malayic:Ibanic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand taŋan   18  
1 hand jari finger x  
2 left kibaʔ   27  
3 right kanan   1, 73  
4 leg/foot kaki =foot 1  
4 leg/foot pah =leg    
5 to walk jalai   21  
6 road/path jalai   1  
7 to come datai   14?  
8 to turn word info bilok   24  
9 to swim nyemerai      
10 dirty kamah   35  
11 dust abu   1  
11 dust apok   1  
12 skin kulit   1  
13 back word info belakaŋ   27  
14 belly perut   32  
15 bone tulaŋ   1  
16 intestines perut   23  
17 liver atau   1  
18 breast tusu   1  
19 shoulder bau   17  
20 to know, be knowledgeable tauʔ   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable temu      
21 to think pikir loan 22 L
21 to think runding      
22 to fear takut   1  
23 blood darah   1  
24 head palaʔ Skt kapala 'skull' 45 L
25 neck rekoŋ      
26 hair word info bok   1  
27 nose idoŋ   1  
28 to breathe be-ñawa "still alive"? 1  
28 to breathe nyintak seput "inhale"? 98  
28 to breathe enseput to breathe    
29 to sniff, smell sium   30  
30 mouth mulut   27  
30 mouth ñawa   1  
31 tooth ŋeliʔ      
32 tongue dilah   4  
33 to laugh ketawaʔ   1  
34 to cry sabak      
35 to vomit mutah   1  
36 to spit ŋe-ludah   1  
37 to eat makai   1  
38 to chew word info kuñah   16  
39 to cook word info sumai      
39 to cook word info tanak "to serve (food)" 1  
40 to drink irup   12  
41 to bite gigit Malay Loan? 21 L?
41 to bite ketup      
41 to bite kanit      
42 to suck tusu'      
43 ear pendiŋ   10  
44 to hear diŋa   1  
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see pedaʔ      
47 to yawn ŋuap   19  
48 to sleep tindok      
49 to lie down word info galiʔ   24, 109  
50 to dream mimpi   1  
51 to sit dudok   35  
52 to stand diri   1  
53 person/human being oraŋ   20  
54 man/male laki   2  
55 woman/female induʔ      
56 child anak   1  
57 husband laki   28  
58 wife bini   5  
59 mother indai   1, 92  
60 father apai   12  
61 house rumah   1  
62 thatch/roof atap   1  
62 thatch/roof bumbung      
63 name nama   12  
64 to say sebut      
64 to say jakoʔ      
65 rope tali   1  
66 to tie up, fasten kebat      
66 to tie up, fasten ŋikat Malay Loan 1 L
66 to tie up, fasten nanchang      
66 to tie up, fasten nanggam      
67 to sew word info jait   2  
68 needle jarum   1  
69 to hunt word info gigaʔ      
69 to hunt word info ŋ-asu   36  
70 to shoot word info timbak   49  
71 to stab, pierce tusok   1, 49  
72 to hit word info pukul Malay Loan 27 L
72 to hit word info maluk   1  
72 to hit word info sipat   1  
72 to hit word info lunsin   1  
72 to hit word info paluʔ   1  
73 to steal ngenchuri   19  
74 to kill bunoh   1  
75 to die, be dead mati   1  
76 to live, be alive idup   1, 82  
77 to scratch word info garuʔ   55  
77 to scratch word info kisai      
78 to cut, hack word info tetak   3  
79 stick/wood kayuʔ   1  
80 to split word info belah   1  
81 sharp tajam   1  
82 dull, blunt tumpul   3  
83 to work word info kereja   23  
83 to work word info b-umai planting paddy 1  
83 to work word info gawa to work    
83 to work word info pengawa work    
84 to plant tanam   2  
85 to choose pilih   1  
86 to grow word info tumboh   1  
87 to swell word info kembai   20  
88 to squeeze word info perah   1  
88 to squeeze word info gelam      
89 to hold word info pegai   32  
90 to dig kali   1  
91 to buy beli   1  
92 to open, uncover bukaʔ   1  
92 to open, uncover telenga      
92 to open, uncover silak      
92 to open, uncover kebak      
93 to pound, beat word info tutok   2  
94 to throw word info tikau      
95 to fall word info laboh   1?  
96 dog asuʔ (archaic) 1  
96 dog ukui   20  
96 dog uduk      
96 dog ukoi   20  
96 dog udok      
97 bird buroŋ   17  
98 egg teluʔ   1  
99 feather bulu   1  
100 wing sayap   26  
101 to fly terebai   18  
102 rat cit   28  
102 rat tikus   22  
103 meat/flesh isiʔ   31  
104 fat/grease lemak solid 24  
104 fat/grease lenying greasy    
105 tail ikoʔ   1, 72  
106 snake ular   2  
107 worm (earthworm) ulat   36  
108 louse word info kutu   1  
109 mosquito ñamok   1  
110 spider empelawaʔ   1  
111 fish ikan   1  
112 rotten word info burok   1  
113 branch word info dan   1  
114 leaf daun   1  
115 root urat   1  
116 flower buŋai   1  
117 fruit buah   1  
118 grass rumput   27  
119 earth/soil tanah   1  
120 stone batu   1  
121 sand pasir   18  
122 water word info aiʔ   2  
123 to flow arung      
123 to flow jungking      
124 sea laut   6  
124 sea tasik   1  
125 salt garam   18 L
126 lake danau Malay Loan 1 L
126 lake lepung a natural lake    
126 lake pegung a man-made lake    
127 woods/forest kampoŋ and 'utan' = poetic    
128 sky laŋit   1  
129 moon bulan   1  
130 star bintaŋ   1  
131 cloud word info awan   1  
131 cloud word info remaŋ      
131 cloud word info sebun      
132 fog apok      
133 rain ujan   1  
134 thunder guntur   30  
135 lightning kilat   1  
136 wind aŋin   1  
136 wind ribut   24  
137 to blow word info tiup Malay Loan? 1, 19 L?
137 to blow word info sepu      
137 to blow word info puput      
138 warm word info panas   1  
139 cold word info celap   28  
140 dry word info raŋkai   1?  
141 wet basah   1  
142 heavy berat   1  
143 fire api   1  
144 to burn word info tunu   1  
145 smoke word info asap   49  
146 ash abu   1  
147 black itam   1  
147 black celum   23  
148 white burak   3  
148 white putih   1  
149 red mirah   1  
149 red mansau      
150 yellow kuniŋ   1  
151 green ijau   25  
152 small mit   23  
153 big besai   28  
154 short word info pandak   1  
154 short word info pandau   1  
155 long word info panjai   24  
156 thin word info nipis Malay? 1 L?
156 thin word info mipau      
157 thick word info tebal   26  
158 narrow sekut      
159 wide luas   42  
160 painful, sick sakit   1  
161 shy, ashamed malu   20  
162 old word info tuai   1  
163 new baru   1  
164 good baik   33  
164 good manah      
164 good badas   31  
165 bad, evil jaiʔ   1  
166 correct, true kenaʔ      
166 correct, true amat      
167 night malam   20  
168 day ari   17  
169 year taun   1  
170 when? word info kemaia      
171 to hide word info pelam      
171 to hide word info belalai      
171 to hide word info lalai      
172 to climb word info tikiʔ   1  
173 at ba   17  
173 at di   20  
174 in, inside alam   1  
174 in, inside dalam   1  
175 above d-atas   1  
176 below baroh      
177 this tuʔ      
178 that ñaʔ      
179 near dampih   25  
180 far jauh   1  
181 where? word info ni      
182 I aku   1  
183 thou nuan      
183 thou diʔ      
184 he/she ia   1  
185 we word info kitai   1  
185 we word info kami   2  
186 you kitaʔ "you all"    
186 you diʔ      
186 you nuan      
187 they sidaʔ   1  
188 what? word info apa   1  
188 what? word info nama   16  
189 who? word info sapa   12  
190 other bukai   10  
191 all abis finished + all : compare German "alle" 31, 74  
191 all semua   33 L
191 all magang      
192 and eŋgau   64  
193 if entiʔ      
194 how? word info kati      
195 no, not nadai   109  
195 no, not endaʔ   109  
195 no, not ukai   26  
196 to count itoŋ   31  
197 One word info satu   1, 16  
198 Two word info dua   1  
199 Three word info tiga   8  
200 Four word info ampat   1  
200 Four word info empat   1  
201 Five word info limaʔ   1  
202 Six word info enam   1  
203 Seven word info tújûh   4  
204 Eight word info lapan   4  
205 Nine word info semilan   10  
206 Ten word info sapuloh   5  
207 Twenty word info dua puloh      
208 Fifty word info limaʔ puluh      
209 One Hundred word info seratus   4  
210 One Thousand word info seribu   5  

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