Melanau Books: Borneo Sarawak Upacara Kematian Melanau Likow Di Sarawak

Borneo Sarawak Upacara Kematian Melanau Likow Di Sarawak

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Title: Borneo Sarawak Upacara Kematian Melanau Likow Di Sarawak
Condtion: New
Pages: 120
Price: RM30.00

Description:

Upacara Kematian Melanau Likow Di Sarawak merupakan penulisan yang memfokuskan mengenai upacara tradisiyang masih diamalkan oleh sebahagian ahli masyarakatMelanau Likow di kawasan Mukah dan sekitarnya.

Buku ini juga menghuraikan satu analisis mengenai salah satu elemen budaya dalam masyarakat Melanau tradisi, iaitu mengenai fasa-fasa yang berlaku dalam upacara kematian, termasuk upacara selepas pengebumian ahli dalam komuniti ini.

Penulisan ini juga meneliti sejauh mana pandangan dan teori-teori pengkaji awal mengenai upacara kematian dapat diaplikasikan kebenaran atau sebaliknya dalam kajian ini.

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Melanau Books: Speak Melanau Mukah

Speak Melanau Mukah

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Title: An English - Melanau Mukah Word and Phrase List
Language: English
Published: 2010
Price: RM26.00

This is a good book to learn Melanau or for those visitor who like to visit Melanau Village, English translate to Melanau.

Description: The list of words and phrases in this book was compiled by a New Zealander, who carried out long term anthropological fieldwork in the Melanau Kapongs around Mukah, Sarawak in the early 2000s .

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The Fall of Melanau Kingdom and the expansion of Brunei empire

Raboung- Melanau crafts, Knowledge from the ancient time

A E Lawrence writing in the first edition of the Sarawak Museum Journal of 1911 in an article entitled "The First Brunei Conquests on the Sarawak Coast" stated that Awang Alak Betatar enlarged the newly founded Brunei territory by first defeating the Melanau hero Tugau, thus advancing his frontiers from the Tutong River to the Rejang delta.

According to Brunei's own epic poems, Syair Awang Semaun, this happened during the rule of Brunei's first ruler, Awang Alak Betatar, who was later renamed as Sultan Muhammad Shah when Brunei battled against the Melanau Government. When Melanau lost, Brunei conquered all its territories stretching from Mukah to Tutong. This short article will illustrate how Brunei began its first conquests thus enlarging the newly founded Brunei.

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Grammar 9: Beza Miseak dan Piseak ? Dua-dua bermaksud memasak

Perkataan Miseak & Piseak datang dari kata dasar Iseak yang membawa maksud "masak". Me- dan Pe- merupakan dua imbuhan awalan yang sering digunakan dalam bahasa melanau. Perlu diingat bahawa dalam bahasa melanau tiada pengunaan imbuhan akhiran seperti -kan dan -i mahupun imbuhan apitan seperti me-..-kan, me-..-i.

Me+Iseak = Miseak -> dalam bahasa melayu membawa erti "memasakkan" sesuatu untuk orang lain. Imbuhan awalan me + kata kerja sering membawa maksud melakukan sesuatu untuk orang lain.

cth lain:
upouk bajou (basuh baju) Me+upouk = Mupouk bajou -> membasuh baju orang lain.
usok pa-a (cuci tangan) Me+usok = Musouk pa-a -> mencuci tangan orang lain.

Pe+Iseak = Piseak -> membawa erti "memasak" sesuatu untuk diri sendiri.Imbuhan awalan Pe + kata kerja sering membawa maksud melakukan sesuatu untuk diri sendiri.

cth lain:
upouk bajou (basuh baju) Pe+upouk = Pupouk bajou -> membasuh baju diri sendiri.
usok pa-a (cuci tangan) Pe+usok = Pusouk pa-a -> mencuci tangan diri sendiri.

Ini merupakan salah satu ketelitian dan perbezaan bahasa melanau berbanding bahasa melayu. Dengan penambahan imbuhan sahaja dapat membawa maksud yang berbeza dalam maksud ayat dan pengisian. Selamat belajar :)

By: Learn Melanau On 2:42 AM

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10 Foreign Words you thought were Melanau (Loanwords)

Loanwords are words adopted by the speakers of one language from a different language (the source language).This are just a few "borrowed" words and phrases which are commonly used in modern melanau. 1. Omo- a washing powder. Comes from an english brand of washing powder OMO- On my own. Omo, Unilever’s international-brand washing powder. Omo is a blue detergent powder launched in 1954, and became the Unilever spearhead in the synthetic detergent market.
2. Merait- comes from the word "right". To "right" means to tick or to correct an exam paper.

 

 3. Wap- a wharf



 4. Gab- to be fashionable. Comes from the english word "garb"- fashion
 5. Diek- from the english word "deck"

 

6.  Ingsil- a "Hinge"- a jointed or flexible device on which a door, lid, or other swinging part turns. from malay word "Engsel".



7.  Segerit- Comes from the word "cigarette".



8. Bicin-a brand of MSG Ve-Tsin



9. Setukin- comes form the noun "stocking"- a usually knit close-fitting covering for the foot and leg



10.  Rutik paun- a normal sandwich bread. During the Brooke era 1 batch of roti paun used weighs 1 pound.

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Teluwaih Jinih- The Melanau girls, the belles of borneo

Melanau praises when seeing a beautiful lady goes:

Kejinih ji jawai a teluwaih yen, lah tipa musit matalau! 

What a beautiful lady. Just like ray of sunshine!

Such claim may have held some truth. Rajah James Brooke had a liking for melanau girls for their fair complexion and dark open eye of the italians. He said that they had 'agreeable countenances, with the dark, rolling, open eye of the italians, and nearly as fair as most of that race.

All photos by Chabien aka. McKibben Agin

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Selamet Lau Ma!- happy father's day!

to all learn melanau fans :

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