Selamat Hari Gawai Dayak!
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006To all my Dayak friends! Selamat Hari Gawai!! So many Dayak etnics in Sarawak, but I can only speak Iban so I will continue my today’s post with BI - Bahasa Iban. (most of my Dayak friends are Iban anyway) Don’t laugh indu indu .. dum dum ..jang jang di luar sana! Bwawahahahah!
Gawai tu, arap ka kitak ke nyambut Gawai gayu guru gerai nyamai, lantang senang! Nama utai ka dipinta, ti ka rumah besai, pinta bini besai, kereta besai arap ka bulih magang (ada ka perkataan tok?) Sida ka bisi ngirup ai tuak nya, ingat ingat ka anang me-malau ke dirik. Oh ya, bisi main lagu ‘Aku Palau’ gawai tok? Ah? Bisi lagu baru? ‘Indu Palau?’ Sounds kul!
(I made that up) Ar? Bisi artis Iban baru? Anderson Ngalai enggau Johnny Aman enda berlagu agi? Hehe.. gaga amai ati aku ti berjako pasal Gawai. Lama udah enda ke rumah panjai, menda indu bajik rumah panjai, mandi telanjai.. (Oh no!
No offence girls, it’s just that it rhymes! Haha!)
B, sorry enda nitih nuan pulai
nadai tiket belon kati ka deh? Send my wishes to uncle and auntie. Makai ka mayoh mayoh maya ari gawai tu, anang tan-tan.. muahahahaaha! I’ll see you soon
Muaks!
Archibald, sorry laban enda ulih bergawai ba rumah panjai nuan, sampai ka berita ngagai indai apai nuan! (Anang enda ingat bai si ti dua case ai tuak pulai ditu
Ulih kitai bergawai baru ba KL muahahahaha!)
Alice, sorry laban enda ulih datai maya ari besai nuan, anyway wish you all the best things in the world!:)
Rowena, same goes to you. Sorry lah sik pat datang hari berbahagia kau, ada masa kita keluar makan makan k? My treat
Kaban ka bukai nadai disebut aku ba ditu, nuan nemu sapa nuan (isk.. translated bulat bulat you know who you are hahah!) Dini alai menua nuan, as long as nuan nyambut Gawai, Selamat Hari Gawai! Eeeeeeee hahh!! Aram meh kitai bertandak nitih ke lagu Gawai.. Take care guys!
p/s : pardon my lousy Iban heheh! Never really write in Iban, only talk some with Iban friends. I stand corrected