Childhood Games
Badau talks about childhood games and making toys in the Ba Kelalan dialect of Lun Bawang. The recording was made in Buduk Nur on 1st November 2017.
uih mada' cerita kerab kai suut
ok, I'm going to tell a story about when we were young
a luk kaya' kai
we didn't have any toys
naru' senapang sendiri rat ku bulu'
we made our own guns out of bamboo
kai nalap laa bukuh, laa kertas
we collected extra books, extra paper
anun-anun pakai kai ku kaya' kai
we used whatever we could find as our toys
a kai miek mele kapal maun
we couldn't buy toy planes back then
kai naru' kapal sendiri pakai tana' sia'
we made our own planes from clay
pakai botol kai naru' burur ieh
we used a bottle to make the body
dih naru' ilad ieh pakai kayuh
then we made the wings from sticks
dih pakai kai meraut
and we used that to play
inan suleng senapang uen kai maun to'
we also had another gun that we used
senapang sit
an air rifle
dih kai lamud bua' ladeh
we mixed chilli
kerab kai meraut kai ngelamud bua' ladeh
we mixed chilli when we played
dih kai nguwit bua' ladeh dih
and we took that chilli
dih kai mecit dih nan kawan kai
and we squeezed it near our friends' eyes
keneh mateh
if it gets in their eyes
nangi'
they cry
sama, a luk kidih gula' kai maun
before, we didn't have any sweets
kai ngalap gula tefuh luk rat kedai dih
we got sugarcane from the shops
dih kai nelau' ih bang tin
and we made it hot in a tin
pengeh kai nelau' ih bang tin
after we heated it in the tin
dih kai nalap suleng usi'
we got a toothpick
dih kai lulun-lulun gula dih su dih
and then we roll the sugar on it
dih kai naru' ih bang raun baung
then we but it on a banana leaf
metueh ieh
when it's hard
dih ko nalan luun tana'
then you walk around
ana'-ana' ko nimet ieh
proudly holding it
inan gula uih kedeh
saying you have sweets
neh mo'
that's the end