Traditional Weaving - Part 5
Sineh Nu'uh Ulun demonstrates how to weave a mat using the Remudu dialect of Kelabit. In this recording, she demonstrates how to weave the mat. The recording was made in Bario on 11th February 2019.
ngilad, am teh dulun ngajar uih
in the past, other people didn't teach me
nga' ina' nenganuh keyh
when mum wove
neh nuih tudo nuih iring neh
I sat down next to her
neh nuih ni'er ieh nganam-nganam
I would watch her picking up strips
lit keli' tuih
and then I knew
abi-abi nuk tu'en-tu'en kudih
everything that I do
na'am lemulun ngajar uih
no-one taught me
tu'en kuh ni'er keyh
I would watch
keli' nuih dih
and then I knew
kineh uih nih
that's how it was with me
tak ko ngelepi' ieh
when you fold it
mey lem pebeneh nieh?
does it go underneath?
mo, nih suk lipi' kuh dih na'ah ih
yes, this is the bit I folded earlier
nih nih
this one
nih nih
this one
iiih
yeah
iiih
yeah
nih nih, nuk inih nih
these ones
mo
yes
kinih
like this
tu'en ngelepi' nieh
you fold it
mo
yes
tu'en ngelepi' nieh
you fold it
mo
yes
muli' nieh mey ruyung nuk idih beruh?
and then it goes back with the rest?
muli' nieh mey ruyung nuk idih beruh?
and then it goes back with the rest?
mo, neh nieh mey peruyung inih
yes, then it goes back together with these ones
na'an neh keyh
at the end
ieh suk ketecan liang ngi
this is left on the bottom
suk lipi' nih
the folded bit
suk lipi' neh suk tu'en ngeteb ih?
the folded ones are the ones that are cut off?
mo, ngeteb deh ngabi tideh
yes, they cut them all off
suk lipi' neh suk tu'en ngeteb ih?
the folded ones are the ones that are cut off?
mo, ngeteb deh ngabi tideh
yes, they cut them all off
mo
yes
enun nuk tu'en ngeteb neh?
what is it that gets cut?
enun ngadan ih ken muyuh?
what do you call it?
rugir
we call it "rugir"
rugir ken lun merar
the elders called it "rugir"
ngudeh deh mala ih rugir kekuh?
I wonder why they called it that?
oh, rugir enun kemuh?
oh, rugir, what did you say?
rugir
rugir
rugir, mo
rugir, yes
tak nuk let Bario inih, nuger kedeh
people from Bario call it "nuger"
nuger
nuger
ngudeh ieh?
why?
ngudeh deh mala kineh ngen idih ko'?
why do they call it that?
awey' ieh uger-uger?
because it goes uger-uger?
wey', kapeh tebey'?
joking, what do you think?
ngadan nuk belaan lun merar, la' beken-beken tidih
the names our elders used were funny
mo
yes
nuger mo
nuger, yes