Hunting
Samuel Agong discusses some Lun Bawang practices when hunting for wild boar and other animals in the jungle using the Ba Kelalan dialect of Lun Bawang. The recording was made in Buduk Nur on 24th February 2019.
bang kereb nih uih pian mada' ratnan cerita'
now I want to tell you the story
kudeng peh me' nekap puung, me' pulung
of how to hunt for animals and go into the jungle
me' nganup maya' duwai tepun maun
of hunting with my grandfathers
kereb uih anak suut maun
when I was young
kereb maya' kedeh
when I went with them
dih uih nier kedeh
I watched them
kudeng peh deh nganup
to see how they hunted
kudeng peh oko' mangang
and how the dogs barked
kudeng peh cara ngatey baka
and how they killed wild boar
kereb uih suut maun
when I was young
kereb kai nganup
when we hunt
dih kai ngalap baka
if we catch a wild boar
dih kai mabeh dih
then we carry it
dih kai ngepub neh bang lepo
and we smoke it in the hut
dih kai muli' nguit neh
then we go home with it
mio-mio feh
a while later
dih uih aneh
then I tried something
dih uih nutun belajar sebuleng lah
then I tried to learn by myself
belajar kudeng peh uih ngelatih oko' mangang kan
to learn how to train the dogs to bark
dih uih meman oko'
I fed the dogs
dih uih ngajar uko' neh
then I trained the dogs
dih uih nated kedeh
then I took them out
mangang, lekian
bark and then stop
mangang beruh lekian
bark again and then stop
merur nutun oko'
it's tiring to train the dogs
nutun oko' luk beruh mangang kan
training puppies that have just started to bark
pengeh neh feh, dih uih nganup beruh
after that, I went hunting again
dih uih mayung baka neh kan
and I speared the wild boar
mayung kedeh setangal
I speared him half dead
a ieh mate tecu
but he didn't die straight away
naru' oko' netep ieh neh
so I let the dog bite him
uen kuh mayung ieh setangal matey
I speared him half dead
baru uko' netep keneh fem
and when the dog bit him
necuk keneh kuman neh
I ordered him to eat him
pengeh neh feh
after that
kereb ieh pengeh nekuman dara' neh feh
when he has eaten the blood
ba mangang tuu-tuu deh feh
then they really bark
asal deh mangang peh
as long as they bark
dih deh ngimet baka neh feh
then they get to have the wild boar
naan baka nih feh kan
if they surround a boar
dih deh nurung
then they bark at it
buri' tau lun Bawang, nurung kekai kan, nurung
in Lun Bawang we call it "nurung"
bang kereb neh feh
at that time
neh oko' mangang tuu-tuu, mangang tuu-tuu
the dogs really bark
ba senang
it's very easy
asal peh ideh mangang
if they bark
mangang baka
bark at a wild boar
payo uen ngimet
or if they surround a sambar deer
dih deh nekem mulun payo neh
they catch it alive, the sambar deer
nekem mulun payo
they catch the deer alive
nguit muli' me' ruma'
and bring it home
neh cara uih kudeng luk nekap puung pakai oko'
that's how I hunt for animals with dogs
pengeh neh teh
as well as that
inan cerita' uih enun belajar kudeng peh uih ngunih telao
I have a story about how I learned to call for barking deer
ngunih telao kan
calling for barking deer
dih kai ngunih kedeh neh feh
we call for them
muleng telao neh fem
and the barking deer appears
dih ieh matun kemu
and when he comes closer to you
dih ko madil telao neh
you shoot the barking deer
dih ko nguit keneh
then you take it
ba senang sineh
that one is easy
tudo ko
you just sit down
kudeng peh iko nganup
if you go hunting
aneh ieh men, ngerada' oko' kan
you have to chase after the dogs
asal oko' neh rat angang
if the dog barks badly
medereh ko ngerada' angang men
it's difficult for you to follow the barks
asal deh roo' angang feh megageh
if they bark well, it's quick
kuk kuk kuk sekua
kuk kuk kuk once
muneng, mate cu, mesenang
it's close by, he'll die quickly, easy!
mesenang
easy
asal oko' rat angang
if the dog barks badly
dih ko narud
then you shout
neh ko narud
you shout
"oooh, oooh, iapeh oko', iapeh oko'?"
"oooh, where's the dog? where's the dog?"
mado
far away
nan tuda' batuh ko upun
then you run several miles
asal uko' luk mileh
if the dog is smart
mangang kudeng nih mecing sunih kan
and barks right up to a given point
tuda' , kira tuda' aneh lah, mecing setengah aneh lah...
it could be several, what is it, half a...
mangang kudeng nih me' su nih
if they bark like this up to this point
tuda' rantai
then it is just a few meters
cu deh nurung
then they bark straight away
dih ko madil baka neh feh
and you shoot the boar
pengeh dih ko nguit muli'
afterwards then you take it home
kereb kai nguit...
when we take it home...
kereb ko maya' ku lemulun mula'
when you follow a big group
doo' ramai ieh tapi masalah ieh
it's lots of fun but there's a problem
magi'-magi'-magi' kan
we have to divide it up
pengeh neh sendiri uih feh
so I go by myself
sendiri, bang kereb uih sendiri
when I'm on my own
ngalap baka, mabeh, medereh
when I catch a boar and carry it, it's difficult
berat tu-tuu neh
it's really heavy
le-le bang, me'-me' waluh pulu'
it almost comes to 80
waluh pulu' kilo mecing meratu kilo
80kg or 100kg
mabeh mo', mabeh mung-mung, mabeh
you just have to carry, carry it all
ba mait su nih
it's really painful here
mabeh neneh
you carry it
neh kerja lemulun bang kereb jaman maun
that was what people did in the past
kereb aneh neh, kereb a teh dalan mecing tunge'
before the road came here
neh kerja' tunge'
that was the work here
me' ngalap baka, ngalap lemek kan
to get wild boar and get the fat
deh nguba', aneh neh, nguba' naru' sineh ku pakai ngeriki
they melt it to use for frying
nekinih minyak kacang pakai deh kan
today they use cooking oil
neh cara lun maun
that's what the old people did
deh, aneh deh maun
what did they do in the past
ngemug narus baka neh bang deram neh
they stored the melted fat of the boar in a drum
uen deh ngemug neh
the stored it
neh neh ku giatan maun neh
that was something we did in the past
bang kereb maun
in past times
neh kerja uih kereb dih
that was my work at that time
kereb uih me' pulung
when I went to the jungle
nan cara beken teh
there are also other ways
me' bang fa'
going to the river
me' ngenub luang kan
going to dive for fish
luang dih ngeten pukat
the fish, you set a net
dih ko masut ki luang neh feh
then you disturb the fish
masut keneh
disturb them
neruruk keneh yang batang dih
and use a stick to get them out from under the log
dih ko ngalap luang neh
then you catch the fish
nan cara to'
then there is another way
uih campur dengan bangsa Iban lah
I mixed a lot with the Iban
ba beken deh peh
they are different
pakai aneh deh, pakai senapang lawid kan
they use a fish gun
nier bang neh
they look in
dih deh madil luang neh
then they shoot the fish
mula' bangsa nan arih campur lah
I mixed with lots of group
me' neten keluit kan
we went to set fishing hooks
keluit buung, keluit beladan
with eel or tortoise as bait
belajar mung-mung ratnan inih lah
I learnt everything about that
kudeng cara me' pulung
just like going into the jungle
mula' macam
there are lots of ways
me' ngilu' kah
you can go midnight hunting
ngilu' anun?
midnight hunting for what?
puung macam-macam, beruang
lots of different types of animal, bears
uih pernah uih naneh, madil beruang kah
I have already done that, shot a bear
narud dih
shouted at it
kudeng nih beruang neh
that's how bears are
beruang udung kayuh kuman bua' kiran hee', merecem
bears at the top of the tree eat kiran fruit, you know, in the dark
narud neh
you shout at it
temurut neh beruang neh
then the bear climbs down
ngelawan hee'
and comes at you
neh cara me' pulung
that's a way to hunt in the jungle
kereb uih me' pulung
when I go into the jungle
kereb a senapang, medereh
when there were no guns, it was hard
medereh mayung baka
it was difficult to spear boars
baka me' ngetep hee' ngelawan
they bite you, attack you
paksa pakai karit hee'
you are forced to use your parang
pakai karit sama gaman kan
use a parang and a spear
pernah uih neh naneh, neperefeh baka kan
one time I noticed a wild boar
dih uih mayung keneh
so I speared it
ooh ngelawan ngetep ieh gaman neh kan
oooh, he attacked, he bit the spear
pengeh neh dih uih naneh keneh mayung keneh sunih peh kan
after that, I speared him here
mate
and he died
pengeh neh inan beruh to'
after that there was another one
eyyh pelaba dereh dueh
so difficult with two of them
pengeh neh feh dih uih mayung ki baka
afterwards, I speared the wild boar
dih uih naneh keneh, ngened keneh bang fa' lah
and drowned him in the river
kudeng neh cara mereh
that's a difficult way
ba dereh kudeng me' bang pulung kan
so difficult to go into the jungle
nan lemulun uen ngetep baka
there are people who have been bitten by wild boar
uih, pernah nan baka nengetep kukud uih to'
ike me, I have had a wild boar bite my leg
anak baka ieh
it was a baby boar
dih uih me' naneh keneh kan, me' nekem keneh
and I went to catch it
kitep ieh bua' kukud uih
and he bit my toe