Traditional Weaving - Part 3

00:00:00nih uih...
now I'm...

00:00:02kinih narih nenganuh dih
this is how you weave it

00:00:04naru' ih
do it

00:00:06tu'en narih kupat-kupat tidih keyh
you arrange them switching each end

00:00:09am narih metala pu'un nih
you don't just put them all the same way round

00:00:17mala dih karuh tauh ko ko'
say it in Kelabit

00:00:19ah?
what?

00:00:20enun ken muyuh renga' muyuh naru' ineh ih?
what do you call it when you do that?

00:00:21nudo kan?
"nudo" right?

00:00:22nudo
start the weaving

00:00:24nih uih nudo
now I'm starting the weaving

00:00:25nih uih nudo
now I'm starting the weaving

00:00:29nudo kedeh ngen sinih nih
they call this "nudo"

00:00:32ngudeh ko mekupat-mekupat dih?
why are you putting them different ways round?

00:00:35non narih?
what can I say?

00:00:37tak idih petala keyh
if you have them all the same way

00:00:40la' laya' tieh man
it will be weak

00:00:44utak iko am mekupat ih
if you don't alternate

00:00:48kineh nidih la' laya'
it tends to be weak

00:00:50nih mekupat dih keyh
this is alternating

00:00:52inan udung ih, inan pu'un ih
there are some ends and some bases

00:00:56doo' nih, am nih laya'
it's good, it isn't weak

00:00:58paad teh ken ena' ih, paad teh kapal ih keyh
the same thickness

00:01:03keli' muh udung dih nih lipi?
you know that the ends are thinnner right?

00:01:08lipi tidih
it's thinner

00:01:09pu'un ih, kapal nidih
the base is thicker

00:01:13kadi' neh narih naru' dih kupat-kupat
so that's why you have to alternate

00:01:18kadi' neh narih naru' dih kupat-kupat
so that's why you have to alternate
kupat-kupat
alternate

00:01:19kadi' neh narih naru' dih kupat-kupat
so that's why you have to alternate

00:01:37nenganuh nih, nudo nih suk da'at ih
in weaving, the start is the hardest bit

00:01:42tak ieh pengeh senaru', senudo ano' keyh
when this bit is finished

00:01:45doo' nieh
then it's ok

00:01:49am mikat tu'uh naru' ih
it's not so hard to do

00:01:59naru' dih ku enun ieh?
what does she want it for?

00:02:02pin i'it keh?
a small mat? or what?

00:02:04pin i'it keh?
a small mat? or what?
mo, naru' edteh epin i'it ko ngeneh beto'
yes, make her a small mat

00:02:04mo, naru' edteh epin i'it ko ngeneh beto'
yes, make her a small mat

00:02:24keli' muh kaber suk iring baa'?
do you know the pendanus by the wet paddy field?

00:02:28suk nih, suk ineh neh
this one is from there

00:02:32tu'en narih midang tidih pu'un
you dry it first

00:02:34kidih tiko nenganuh
and then you start to weave

00:02:40suk belaan muh ku berebpeh na'ah ih neh?
is that the one you called berebpeh before?

00:02:43am, suk dih
no, that one

00:02:43am, suk dih
no, that one
tu'en midang dih?
it's dried?

00:02:44am, suk dih
no, that one

00:02:45suk tenganuh kudih dih
the one I weaved before

00:02:49sinih?
this one?

00:02:50nih kaber nuk iring takung ih neh malem
this is the pendanus near the pond
sinih?
this one?

00:02:50nih kaber nuk iring takung ih neh malem
this is the pendanus near the pond

00:02:53takung sidih
that pond

00:03:05tu'en narih midang ih kayu' bata' kineh keyh
you dry it when it's green like this

00:03:09matey deh nuk
if they are dry

00:03:11da'at ngirut dih men iko beruhman
you won't be able to flatten them well

00:03:46nuk ideh peh, tu'en muh mekupat-mekupat tideh neh?
are you also alternating these ones?

00:03:48mo
yes

00:03:49awey' ko mekupat nuk senudo muh pu'un na'ah ih kekuh?
I thought you were only alternating the ones at the start?

00:03:53mo
yes
awey' ko mekupat nuk senudo muh pu'un na'ah ih kekuh?
I thought you were only alternating the ones at the start?

00:03:53mo
yes

00:03:54tak ko am mekupat dih keyh
if you don't alternate them

00:03:57nga' ko naru' dih tetala keyh
if you put them all the same way round

00:04:01neh nidih la' kapal seh lipa, lipi seh lipa
then it will be thick at one end and thin at the other

00:04:07sirut tidih beruh terun?
and probably tapered?

00:04:09iiih
yeah
sirut tidih beruh terun?
and probably tapered?

00:04:09iiih
yeah

00:04:13sirut tieh beruhman
it's also tapered