Yesterday as I was standing in the LRT on my way to work, while reading my book, I overheard some very familiar language tone. This is the kind of tone that only a Rungus or in my case a ’sesat’ Rungus would know. I heard a lady talking on the phone and in between she was using words like ‘mokirayou’.
It turned out that the two men standing next to me was in the same group and there was another middle aged woman with some kids with here who was also part of the family. I found out that they were of course Rungus and were here on vacation or something. They were on their way to Johor.
Between the brief moment with them, I only managed to introduce myself and my family name which the elder guy said he knew my dad. They are staying near the ‘Padang Golf’ in Kudat. The younger guy is working in PJ Hilton in the F&B department. I did not even manage to get a surname. They stopped at the Pasar Seni station.
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ita says:
o..itu perkataan ‘mokirayou’ saja yang kau tau?
July 17th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Cindy Jane says:
LOL!
July 17th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Kay Kastum says:
Ita- Itu pun saya tidak tahu apa maksud dia…
July 17th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Cindy Jane says:
mokirayou means like minta puji, bagaya. Hahaha! Ngam kan tu kak Ita?
July 17th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Jewelle says:
oh i thought its a murut word cos my mom and aunts all used it, like one of the fav word ni…hehe
July 19th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
ita says:
ya, ngam betul tu cindy, boleh tahan kau ah..
July 20th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Kay Kastum says:
Jewelle- Don’t ask me. Lagi sesat
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:15 pm
ita says:
Kay, Cindy, Jewelle – kalau ARAMAI TII…apa maksud dia? selalu orang sebut-sebut…
July 24th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Kay Kastum says:
“Banyaknya orang di sini.”
July 24th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Jahiah Simbaku says:
mokirayou is not rungus word, it’s typical dusun word. In rungus it should be ‘mokindazou’. to show-off
August 24th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Kay Kastum says:
Jahiah- Really? He he… perhaps her slang ave it away..
August 24th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
ita says:
jahiah, are you sister of danny simbaku? yang di Kota Marudu tu? your family formerly from kg. rampai sikuati ka tu??
August 30th, 2007 at 9:45 am
buruvid says:
surprisingly, ada bah pula site “Family Kastum” ni……
December 8th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Kay Kastum says:
buruvid- Ah kau ni like you don’t know pulak..
December 9th, 2007 at 12:09 am
kundarad says:
aramai iti bah itu..bukan aramai tii.
kalau aramai iti, maksudnya, ‘meriahnya..’ sebab situasi dalam keramaian ba pula kan. ia juga merujuk kepada situasi /rasa gembira kerana suasana ramai-ramai.
aramai tii selalu dirujuk sebagai tapai. orang selalu blang; ada aramai tii.
dia maksudkan, ada minuman keras la itu.
tapi maksud aramai iti adalah suasana yang gembira dan biasanya suasana yang gembira itu kerana ada unsur minum-minum dan miahabal-habal bilang urang.kuranka?
April 9th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
kundarad says:
siow, belum say hi ba pula kan. turus riumolot pula.
keluarga kastum ini dalam pemahaman saya, kastum itu ialah i (si) amai kositum ba kan? ka atau lain? yala mana tau ulun tanid. ba, tesinggah sekijap ba ini. mitambi vagu.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Kay Kastum says:
Kundarad- Itu kena tanya expert oh…
April 27th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Joe_G *Agaram Co. says:
Kopivosihan tadau tagazo do kaamatan….:razz:
May 30th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Joe_G *Agaram Co. says:
May 30th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
ita says:
ya, memang c amai kositum.. selalu aku dengar orang sebut nama c aki begitu.. e kositum ka..KASTUM ba tu kawan nama sebenarnya…
August 7th, 2009 at 10:42 am
RAMY says:
hello rungus people how r u all .. actually im interested in rungus language i would like to know ur opinions about ur language r u proud of it? do u try to develop it alwyes? do u use it in homes? do u try to save it from death and make it as a strong language?
im researcher and i wish to find some educated rungus people can answer my questions about rungus language
October 31st, 2009 at 5:24 am
aubry@obey says:
im proud to be part of rungus.huhuhu we also used at home and at the church.We want to save our language until the next generation
February 1st, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Kay Kastum says:
Aubry- Yeah. Especially people like me. Tidak pandai cakap… (somebody please give me a kursus)
February 2nd, 2010 at 8:44 am
Aubry says:
Yeah pandai juga itu kau cakap rungus.Kalau saya bercakap saja walaupun rungus saya tunggang terbalik.huhuhuh
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm