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

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