- Overview
- Nature and Function of Oral Literature
- Sabah Oral Literature Project
- Community Based Field Methods
- Methodology Papers
- Guide to the Varieties of Oral Literature in Borneo
- Rungus Classes of Oral Literature
- Rungus Ritual Text from the Sabah Oral Literature Project
- Rungus Metaphorical and Poetic Phrases
- A Cultural Dictionary for the Translation and Exegesis of Texts
- Rungus Varieties of Rice
- Rungus Phonemes
- Sacred Groves Among the Rungus Dusun of Northern Sabah: Relict Areas of Biodiversity
- Ethical Issues of Collecting Oral Literature
- Collection Issues and Suggestions
- Some Thoughts on the Collection of Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Discovery and Loss
- Linguistic Charts for Articulatory Phonetics
- Bibliography of Introductory Linguistics
- Codes for Recording
- Codes for Transcription and Translation
- Selected Bibliography of Oral Literature
- Bhutan Oral Literature Project
- Laura W. R. and George N. Appell Research Grants
- In Memoriam: George N. Appell
- In Memoriam: Laura W.R. Appell
- Ethical Dilemmas of Public Access
- Research Grants Awarded 2022-
- Fellowships Awarded 2008-2020
- Urgency of the Project
Metaphorical and Poetic Phrases (Sambatan)
by: Savoli Mabok, Minobidang Solumban, Majintin Sovoli, and Hamzah Marajun
| Sambatan | Literal translation | Meaning | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nivantai ot tukad | a ladder was keep in a storage | Everybody is going to a feast/ceremony. | |
| 2. | Nakasa'ab do vahat | Had bitten the storage platform at the abai (attic). | Someone you are visiting had just finished their meals. | |
| 3. | Nokopuhus do zazamu | Had dropped the zazamu | Had miss an opportunity because acting too late. | |
| 4. | Noduok-duok | Have done something like what happen in a story about a Duok | Someone who try to cut or decrease something but somehow overdone it making the things became useless. | |
| 5. | Otuvong ot abai | The attic is dark | Having a lot of brassware/things/wealth . | |
| 6. | Yadno solot do tungau ot tagad | Having a swidden a size of a tungau (mite, type of tiny organism) | Having a small rice field | |
| 7. | Purutan Kutu | (someone could possibly) picking a flea | A very well cleaned swidden area. | |
| 8. | Tinunguban ot Mulau- Sulau | Putting a head on the knee cap | Someone who is in deep thought, looks depress or sad. | |
| 9. | Yadko nasahavan do koniw | Like an eagle just fly over (him), also explain the way chicken felt to see an eagle. | Someone who is look really scared. | |
| 10. | Yadko norulun do lazag | Like someone who just have (his/her) sailing boat swept away by strong current | A sad or frustrated face of someone when his love ones is gone. | |
| 11. | Yadko Monokis-nokis o tagarangon | Like a tree called "Tagarangon" which it's harden resin burnt with sparkling sound and scattering away | Sound of a leg beads when someone walk quickly. | |
| 12. | Yadko mitimpa-timpa o kolizan | Like interchanging words from trees called"Kolizan" which have various kind of fruits. | A nice sound of leg beads when someone is walking. | |
| 13. | Yadko niarab Kukukon | Like a tree called "Kukukon" pouring down it's uncountable flying seeds. | Too many people /things. | |
| 14. | Mad sompi rindingon do bukala | Both like being inside a walling of a fine white bracelet. | Both looks extremely nice and magical. | |
| 15. | Sompi kumunggu ot utok | Both will have their brain shrinks. | Both will live well for a long time. | |
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