Book of C^ilam Balam of C^umayel = Kenyah Saga of Death-Life: Sabak

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verse

place

word

meaning

section

citation

1

772

P>ool

p>o`ol

"to swell, inflate"

1.4

"big round"

2

776

Ake

>a'ak>

"unripe"

2.1

"Unripe"

4

783

Kan Hol Aa

hol

"to pierce, bore, prick"

3.2

"extremely sharp bamboo spikes"

5

784

Ix C^>el

c^>e`el

"magpie" (white-spotted bird)

5.c

"white spotted" animals

8

796

Tzuc Oopp

>op>

"to break into pieces"

8.2

"slashing"

11

807

Kikil

k>i'>ik>il

"to reopen a wound several times"

9.1

"to "give blood" yet rejuvenate"

14

814

Yal Sih On

yal >o'on

"to melt, dissolve" "foam"

10.1

"edible-nest"

17

822

@ul A

ts>ul

"gleanings"

12.3

"pollen ... harvest"

18

823

Pib Haal @onot

pi'ib>

"large cake"

13.3

"Job's tears = nyeli, one of the food grains"

19

824

Tah Aac

tah

"vigueira plant (hollow-stalked)"

14.2

"Enteli laki ..., the bark providing long rolls"

20

825

Cooh

ko'>oh

"expensive"

15.3

"King"

22

835

Maax

ma'as^

"who, who?"

16.c

"Whose ... is this?"

24

841

@i@on Tun

@i@on Tun

"had a jacket of ... red beads" (BChBCh, p. 74 fn. 4)

19.c

"the red earth which shines brightly on one's back"

25

847

Ah Ya Mas

ya>

"star-apple, sapote"

20.c

"trees, which flower in the evening and drop their petals at morning" [blossoms only at night; then stars are visible]

26

849

Sinan C^e

si'ina'>an-c^e>

"scorpion tree"

21.2

SINdora tree [21.3 with creatures which "can give a serious sting."]

31

865

Bac A

ba>k

"antler of deer"

24.4

"Deer Antler hill"

33

873

Te Be Naa

b>eh

"road, way"

25.3

"route"

34

875

Yxil

>is^

"goose-pimples"

28.c

"white spots on the skin"

36

877

C^i C^icaan

c^i>

"nance fruit-tree"

29.1

"Jambu lipa = a cultivated fruit tree (Eugenia malaccensis)"

     

c^ika>an

"to be visible, appear"

29.2

"sudden, terrifying appearance"

37

878

Hol Tun C^able

c^a'>ab le>

"to be untied" "leaf" [cf. leaf-dresses of +H.awwah & +Sita]

29.c

"Here maidens often loose their skirts".

38

879

Ytzam Na

 

god indicated with "centipede-head" glyph

30.c

"prawns with pincers"

41

885

Ucu

>u'ukum

"to set (of the sun)"

31.c

"dusk"

43

888

Kin C^il

c^il

"to lie down"

33.3

"stranded as the water fell"

47

892

Tah Cum C^akan

kum

"to overfill"

34.c

"flooded by the overflow of the sacred wine"

48

893

Ix Bal C^e

b>a'al

"to disappear"

35.1

"telescoping"

52

899

Ox Loc^ Hok

>o'os^

"breadnut"

36.7

"Areca (betel)" (a kind of nut)

53

900

C^ac Akal

>a'ak>al

"tank, reservoir"

37.2

"lifted coffin"

54

901

Xoc Ne Ceh

s^ok

"to count, study, read"

38.d

{in the count of the characters read, there is duplication}

             
             
             
             
             

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Munro S. Edmonson (transl.): Heaven Born Merida and Its Destiny. U. of TX Pr, Austin, 1986. pp. 82 sq.

BChBCh = CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON, Publication No. 438. Ralph L. Roys: The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel. 1933.

BIJDRAGEN TOT DE TAAL-, LAND- EN VOLKENKUNDE, Deel 121. 's-Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1965. pp. 1 to 57 Tom Harrison: "Borneo Writing."