Salako Or Badameá: Sketch Grammar, Text and Lexicon of a Kanayatn Dialect in West BorneoSalako, or bahasa Badamea as it is often called, is spoken in the northwestern tip of Borneo on both sides of the Malaysian-Indonesian border running through this area. It is a dialect of Kanayatn (Kendayan), a major Dayak language and one of the principal languages of West Kalimantan Province (Indonesian Borneo). The present volume contains a short grammatical description of Salako as well as a lexicon and a body of texts with translation (consisting of folk stories and fairly detailed accounts of local traditions). |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The ethnic and linguistic setting | 7 |
Acknowledgements | 13 |
Sketch Grammar | 19 |
Morphophonemic alternations | 26 |
Morphosyntax | 38 |
Texts | 85 |
Wedding customs | 101 |
The story of the Canon Grandpa Monkey | 153 |
Curitā Ne Tanuk ba Ancāh Leo | 160 |
Curitā Ne Bongkok | 166 |
Curitā Ne Panātn angan Ne Dibo | 176 |
Asalusul manok | 182 |
The story of Cape Headhunters Crossroads | 189 |
The story of Ne Satā curing a crocodile | 196 |
Pa Aiai marrying the kings daughter | 204 |
Customs involving cremation | 114 |
Adat kampākng | 130 |
Curitā rajā batanuk | 140 |
Curitā Mariam Ne Baruk | 146 |
Pa Aiai placing a fishtrap | 210 |
Pa Aiai catching birds | 217 |
Common terms and phrases
abis adā adat Aiai allomorph amā amas ambini ampat ampus an-nyian lah an-nyian tai an=pian anā anak ang-koā angaki atākng ayā bahwa baik bakatā bamboo baru Bengkayang berā binie bisā buātn Bunsu burukng curitā dāāpm Dah akā dameā dari dayā Dayak Dibo diri doho duduk enyekng ga'e iā dah ihan lah Indonesian intransitive verbs Jadi jaji jare Jubatā jukut kahe kalo kamar kami kampokng Kanayatn kaniā karna kayo kayu king kitā koā koat Kulup lah iā makātn Malay Malayic Mamākng Sauākng manok manyak marker masih mati misti muih na'an nagari nahui namu nanang nang napātn nasal nyamae nyian paddy padi Pakapurātn Pontianak puākng rajā rajā an-nyian REL=MED REL=PROX rice rumah Salako Sambas sampe samue'e sangape Sanger Sarawak Sariana Satā seko siā sidi Singkawang Tanuk tuhā tumpi ugā ukuman umā urākng verbs village Waktu West Kalimantan yakoā