Book of C^ilam Balam of C^umayel = Kenyah Saga of Death-Life: Sabak
# |
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" |
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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} |
different transcriptions:
traditional |
modern |
c |
k |
k |
k> |
th |
t> |
@ |
tz> |
x |
s^ |
pp |
p> |
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."