Kakaal do kivaa vatu tagazo diti ii poinsungkad id danau pongumaan do paai do baino. Nokuo tuh kivaa diti? Isai pinapatanom diti?
Kivaa duvo susuzan kokomoi do vatu tagazo diti ii okito do miaga ko' mongumohig do kinoizonon pinosungkadan dii.
Tumanud do iso buuk ii nabasa ku di poguhu, novit mantad daat o vatu diti, ka. Nimaan tonggungai do napadan kusai tabagkong o vatu diti. Nokosuat do hobi kuang do 50 tuhun kusai, ka dati dii.
Nga koiho tokou do vatu nopo do id daat nga kaang. Au ohumis ii. Oomuk ii. Kivaa vatu ii agazo om ohumis nga okudi kozo ii, au ogumu.
Tumanud do boos do piipio tuhun tongotuutuo di poguhu, nimaan buntuttoh toi saano do songuhun no ii vatu. Okonko mantad daat nga mantad vasai id dampa do nuhu. Kivaa nogi pinopoiho dogo dii pipio vuhan nakatahib do ingkaa no susuzan ii noihaan disido. Zi'aki disido sondii o songuhun mantad tuhun tavakas diti.
Ingkuo dii do kaanu mogovit songuhun no do songinan vatu tagazo ii kivinagat do piipio ton? Di poguhu okonko ohumis o lahan pamanaan, okonko aantai. Nombo kivaa kulita pagangkat? Ingkuo kaanu kalabau mamagazat nung au' aantai?
Kivaa do sisimba diti. Kivaa dati id tatangah do ginumuan tuhun do au' otumbazaan do nunu oboos. Tuhun nopo di poguhu nga agazo om avakas, ka. Nga songkuo po vinakas do tuhun, au kaanu isido magangkat do vatu tagazo miampai momoguno do vinakas tinan sondii. Kivaa monokodung disido, ka. Nunu ma iti?
Kivaa do gimat do gunoon, ka. Gimat no diti o mamadadi do tuhun dii do avakas om bongkulitan. Nunu ma o gimat? Aanu iti mantad tuhun di bongkulitan nogi, ka. Mantad nombo kinoonuan disido diti? Tumanud do kapamalatian, mantad logon kinoonuan disido do vinakas diti. (Ingkaa no motuu di poguhu tu' aiso po kotumbazaan doun Kristian.)
Nung ingkaa iti, mositi nopo do oovit do tuhun diti o vatu tagazo do manaan toi momuntut. Om vatu diti no ii okito poinsungkad id danau do baino.
Pungaanan do "megalith" iti id boos Onggilis ii kilati do "a large stone that forms a prehistoric monument..." toi vatu tagazo ii dinadi do tanda ontok timpu di guhu ih kozo (poguhu timpu do kivaa susuzan id koponuatan).
Kakaal kivaa vatu diti pointanom id pomutanaman paai doiho Kodundungan id Penampang. Kavasa mooi intong om mongiho songkuo ih ginazo do vatu diti.
Friday, July 29, 2016
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Atag Momoguno 'Momogun'
Nunu komozon do 'momogun'?
Songian poingizon songuhun do id iso kinoizonon toi kampung, komozon do momogun toi ko momoomogun o tuhun dii do id kinoizonon toi kampung dii. Om doiho nogi ii boos 'pogun'. Sokukuang do duvo komozon do 'pogun'. Iso' nopo nga oguno miaga do 'Pogun Sabah'. Ii nopo koduvo nga pinosungkadan haid do hamin tu minundahiu do hamin ii sanganu.
Tuhun nopo ii poingizon do id iso kinoizonon toi pogun nga mamasok o tuhun dii do doiho. Pungaanan o tuhun dii do tuhun mamasok. Kivaa moboos do "pasok" o tuhun dii. Nga kivaa komozon suvai do boos 'pasok', iso mantad di baagizan do hamin.
Di kavavagu, nimaan paatago do gunoon ngaan "momogun" do pomungaan do tuhun ii mamasok sandad Pogun Sabah. Gunoon iti, ka, do pogohon do 'lain-lain' id foom kopolintaan. Kivaa nogi tuddu do suvai dati nokuo tu maan gunoo boos 'momogun'.
Mantad nodi dii do kivaa piuvahan id piahatan do huguan ngaavi do tuhun mamasok sandad pogun (indigenous people). Miaga kozo do mimang babak o pisaan dioho.
Nimaan uoto ii Huguan Siou Tan Sri Pairin Kitingan kokomoi ahal diti. "Momiubat nopo do timpu," ka disido. Nung Sino-Kadazan ko, ka vagu disido, maan nopo kinsilo ii 'lain-lain' om maan no posuato Sino-Kadazan. Iti no tiuvan disido.
Tou nung mokinongou o huguan ngaavi do tuhun mamasok sandad pogun diti.
Ko-29tv ko-7, 2016:
Huguan do Koisaan Koubasanan Rungus, Jornah Mozihim minoboos do, "... Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan no longer has any vision for his people" songian minongomi boos di Tan Sri Pairin kokomoi do momiubat noopo timpu do miboos mogium ngaan pomungaan do KDM.
Poguhu diti, kivaa komi-komi mantad piipio huguan tuhun mamasok kokomoi do momoguno "Momogun" pomungaan do tuhun Kadazan-Dusun om Murut.
Mokigiot di Huguan Siou do "Momogun" no ii koontok. Nunu dati aantakan nung okunan di Tan Sri Pairin Kitingan iti?
Koiho tokou dii do baino do au kaakun ii Huguan Siou do atag dii.
Kada Sindab, Kada Kaus
Kivaa di mongunsub do kada no daa do huguan tuhun mamasok do osikap mimang sindab toi kumaus. Nung ingkaa, aiso kodimpoton nga id pibabakan do tinimungan. Om songian do ababak, doiho no ii gagut ngaavi dioho do oondos tu au di tagal do tumangkangau kozo zioho kokomoi do havan dioho.
Kotumbazaai no, ka dioho, do au ii tumingkod ii gagut ngaavi do mamabak do tuhun mamasok gisom adadi zioho do aiso lompu. Dadi iisai di pahasaon? Naavi nga' sondii! sabap au koindad do kaakun saviavi kokomoi do ahal di agazo komozon doid tuhun ngaavi dioho.
Tabazai No
Tabazai no do mogium piokunan (consensus) songovian. Nung momoguno timpu di ana-u', tabazai no mooi do aiso di atagak, aiso di ohiivan, aiso di atahiban, aiso di kakaus, aiso di azadaan.
Olugi songuhun, olugi songovian. Komungkang songuhun, komungkang tinimungan. Dadi, soovo' no nunu aantakan songian komungkang o tinimungan.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Donggongon of Penampang
Donggongon!
Donggongon is the biggest town in the district of Penampang. It is connected to Kota Kinabalu city by a network of roads. The Pan-Borneo Highway crosses Penampang, passing through Donggongon via the huge Siga Roundabout.
There was another town years ago, a much smaller one. This was Kasigui. It had disappeared, having been destroyed by fire. The shopkeepers were allocated shop lots at Donggongon. People continued to call these shops "Kasigui." The name 'Kasigui' remained since that particular place is still called by this name. Eating stalls are still available there. The first stall was operated by a Chinese whom the locals called "Sapi" since most of his dishes were prepared using beef. He had a brother who operated a coffee shop at Kasigui. People called his brother 'Kalabau' because he sold buffalo meat noodle soup or ngiu chap. Kalabau moved to Donggongon after the fire. His children are still in the noodle business, owning two coffee shops.
There were only three blocks of shop houses at Donggongon in the past. All of the shops were owned by Chinese. Some of these Chinese married Kadazan wives and became very fluent in the language. Their children spoke Chinese as well as Kadazan.
How was it that these Chinese spoke Kadazan? That is the title of another blog.
How did the name "Donggongon" come about?
Even before a road was built to connect this place with Jesselton - Jesselton was the former name of Kota Kinabalu - Kadazan used to rest here on their way to and from their rice farms or when they visited relatives living at the other side of Donggongon. In other words, these people used to 'mundo'ong' or took a rest here.
So, it was said that because of this, people started to call it 'tundo'ongon' or a place to rest. As time passed, 'tundo'ongon' became 'Donggongon.' Perhaps, this was the way the Chinese who married native wives pronounced 'tundo'ongon'. I remember as a schoolboy hearing some Chinese shopkeepers call Donggongon as Tonggongon. It sounds almost like 'tundo'ongon', doesn't it?
People still make a stop at Donggongon
Even now, many people on their way to and from Kota Kinabalu make a stop at Donggongon. They may make a stop for a drink or a meal or to do some shopping before moving on. These include people staying in the interior like Tambunan, Keningau and Ranau. This town is the last major town between Kota Kinabalu and the interior. So, people stop here for a while to buy stuff they need for the journey or for their households.
And so, Donggongon continues to be a 'tundo'ongon' to this very day.
Donggongon is the biggest town in the district of Penampang. It is connected to Kota Kinabalu city by a network of roads. The Pan-Borneo Highway crosses Penampang, passing through Donggongon via the huge Siga Roundabout.
There was another town years ago, a much smaller one. This was Kasigui. It had disappeared, having been destroyed by fire. The shopkeepers were allocated shop lots at Donggongon. People continued to call these shops "Kasigui." The name 'Kasigui' remained since that particular place is still called by this name. Eating stalls are still available there. The first stall was operated by a Chinese whom the locals called "Sapi" since most of his dishes were prepared using beef. He had a brother who operated a coffee shop at Kasigui. People called his brother 'Kalabau' because he sold buffalo meat noodle soup or ngiu chap. Kalabau moved to Donggongon after the fire. His children are still in the noodle business, owning two coffee shops.
There were only three blocks of shop houses at Donggongon in the past. All of the shops were owned by Chinese. Some of these Chinese married Kadazan wives and became very fluent in the language. Their children spoke Chinese as well as Kadazan.
How was it that these Chinese spoke Kadazan? That is the title of another blog.
How did the name "Donggongon" come about?
Even before a road was built to connect this place with Jesselton - Jesselton was the former name of Kota Kinabalu - Kadazan used to rest here on their way to and from their rice farms or when they visited relatives living at the other side of Donggongon. In other words, these people used to 'mundo'ong' or took a rest here.
So, it was said that because of this, people started to call it 'tundo'ongon' or a place to rest. As time passed, 'tundo'ongon' became 'Donggongon.' Perhaps, this was the way the Chinese who married native wives pronounced 'tundo'ongon'. I remember as a schoolboy hearing some Chinese shopkeepers call Donggongon as Tonggongon. It sounds almost like 'tundo'ongon', doesn't it?
People still make a stop at Donggongon
Even now, many people on their way to and from Kota Kinabalu make a stop at Donggongon. They may make a stop for a drink or a meal or to do some shopping before moving on. These include people staying in the interior like Tambunan, Keningau and Ranau. This town is the last major town between Kota Kinabalu and the interior. So, people stop here for a while to buy stuff they need for the journey or for their households.
And so, Donggongon continues to be a 'tundo'ongon' to this very day.
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Where did the name "Penampang" come from?
Penampang comes from the word "pampang" which, in the Kadazan Language, means "rock". Pampang is a type of rock that is very hard.
St. Michael's Catholic Church is made from this pampang that are found in abundance at Pogun Savat hills. Its construction was completed not long after the end of the Second World War.
How or when the 'en' was added is not known to date. No one has volunteered an opinion. One possible meaning is "to cause (a person or thing) to be in" (Dictionary.com). Can this mean that the pampang is found in this particular place? Thus, Penampang? Who was responsible for inventing this word? Was it one of the early white missionaries such as Fr. Alexander Prenger or Fr. Duxneuner? Was the word in circulation among the people before it was made official? Will we ever know?
Penampang became synonymous with Catholicism and the stage where missionary priests were arrested by Japanese soldiers before they were herded into a lorry bound for Tenom. None of these priests survived to tell their stories.
Penampang was made the administrative centre of the Catholic Church in North Borneo when Fr. August Wachter became the Prefect Apostolic in 1927. But even before this, Penampang became a place where white priests liked to spend time to rest.
But when the Prefecture became a Vicariate, and later a Diocese, Penampang lost to Kota Kinabalu, formerly Jesselton, as the seat of the Bishop.
Penampang played a significant role in Kadazan nationalism even before the idea of the Federation of Malaysia was mooted. It continues to play an important role in the politics of the country in so far as the Sabahan people are concerned. The Kadazan cultural association, the forerunner of the Kadazandusun Cultural Association was born at Penampang before Malaysia.
Penampang again came into the picture, playing a leadership role when white priests and nuns were expelled from Sabah during the time of Tun Mustapha as the Chief Minister of Sabah. Datuk Peter Mojuntin spoke out boldly against the injustices to the Christians of Sabah.
Now, something seems to be missing among the natives of Penampang.
Whither Penampang?
Writer: Pascalis Claudius Lotinggi
Copyright 2016 All Rights Reserved
St. Michael's Catholic Church is made from this pampang that are found in abundance at Pogun Savat hills. Its construction was completed not long after the end of the Second World War.
How or when the 'en' was added is not known to date. No one has volunteered an opinion. One possible meaning is "to cause (a person or thing) to be in" (Dictionary.com). Can this mean that the pampang is found in this particular place? Thus, Penampang? Who was responsible for inventing this word? Was it one of the early white missionaries such as Fr. Alexander Prenger or Fr. Duxneuner? Was the word in circulation among the people before it was made official? Will we ever know?
Penampang became synonymous with Catholicism and the stage where missionary priests were arrested by Japanese soldiers before they were herded into a lorry bound for Tenom. None of these priests survived to tell their stories.
Penampang was made the administrative centre of the Catholic Church in North Borneo when Fr. August Wachter became the Prefect Apostolic in 1927. But even before this, Penampang became a place where white priests liked to spend time to rest.
But when the Prefecture became a Vicariate, and later a Diocese, Penampang lost to Kota Kinabalu, formerly Jesselton, as the seat of the Bishop.
Penampang played a significant role in Kadazan nationalism even before the idea of the Federation of Malaysia was mooted. It continues to play an important role in the politics of the country in so far as the Sabahan people are concerned. The Kadazan cultural association, the forerunner of the Kadazandusun Cultural Association was born at Penampang before Malaysia.
Penampang again came into the picture, playing a leadership role when white priests and nuns were expelled from Sabah during the time of Tun Mustapha as the Chief Minister of Sabah. Datuk Peter Mojuntin spoke out boldly against the injustices to the Christians of Sabah.
Now, something seems to be missing among the natives of Penampang.
Whither Penampang?
Writer: Pascalis Claudius Lotinggi
Copyright 2016 All Rights Reserved
Boos "Kadazan"
Boos "Kadazan" kokomoi do tuhun Kadazan om nogi boos ii gunoon dioho.
Miaga kozo do boos "Onggilis" ii kokomoi do tuhun Onggilis om boos
dioho.
O-ium o Kadazan doid somok potitikid kinoizonon id Sabah (id Malaya om suvai pogun po nga kivaa) nga hohobi no id Penampang, Putatan om Papar. Au osodu piahatan do boos ii gunoon do kaum Bundu-Liwan mantad Boos Kadazan. Id Kadazan, ii suat "Q,R,X,W om E" au oguno. Dati do ii-iso no "Penampang" do kivaa 'e'. Di poguhu, pinosuat do faado topuak o ngaan Inobong do "Enobong". Kahasa dati tuhun ii nokosikul id Boos Onggilis mangait "Inobong" sabaagi do Ainobong. Oiton ii do 'Ihnobong'. Apatut do gunoon do Kadazan o suat 'e' sabap do ogumu hozuk songian moboos.
Gunoon 'R' om 'W' id boos Dusun. Sabaagi do tiuvan, loun id Kadazan ('leaf, ka id Onggilis) maan posuato do 'roun' id Dusun. Boos Dusun 'wogok toi pig id Onggilis, vogok id Kadazan. Gunoon do Kadazan "L" naamot "R" gunoon do Dusun. "V" pamaganti do "W".
Ahansan o Kadazanpedia do kapanaak kopoihaan kokomoi do Kadazan, lahan dioho mogiigizon om ii pomogunan pohiihiput dioho. Iti no lahan toniini papabaagi. Ahansan do mamaagi nogi ii suvai mantad toihaan dioho.
O-ium o Kadazan doid somok potitikid kinoizonon id Sabah (id Malaya om suvai pogun po nga kivaa) nga hohobi no id Penampang, Putatan om Papar. Au osodu piahatan do boos ii gunoon do kaum Bundu-Liwan mantad Boos Kadazan. Id Kadazan, ii suat "Q,R,X,W om E" au oguno. Dati do ii-iso no "Penampang" do kivaa 'e'. Di poguhu, pinosuat do faado topuak o ngaan Inobong do "Enobong". Kahasa dati tuhun ii nokosikul id Boos Onggilis mangait "Inobong" sabaagi do Ainobong. Oiton ii do 'Ihnobong'. Apatut do gunoon do Kadazan o suat 'e' sabap do ogumu hozuk songian moboos.
Gunoon 'R' om 'W' id boos Dusun. Sabaagi do tiuvan, loun id Kadazan ('leaf, ka id Onggilis) maan posuato do 'roun' id Dusun. Boos Dusun 'wogok toi pig id Onggilis, vogok id Kadazan. Gunoon do Kadazan "L" naamot "R" gunoon do Dusun. "V" pamaganti do "W".
Ahansan o Kadazanpedia do kapanaak kopoihaan kokomoi do Kadazan, lahan dioho mogiigizon om ii pomogunan pohiihiput dioho. Iti no lahan toniini papabaagi. Ahansan do mamaagi nogi ii suvai mantad toihaan dioho.
KADAZAN
The word "Kadazan" refers to the Kadazan people and also to the language that they speak. It is similar to English which refers to both the people and their language.
The Kadazans can be found in almost every part of Sabah (even in Malaya and other countries) but notably at Penampang, Putatan and Papar. The language spoken by the Bundu-Liwan tribes does not differ much from the Kadazan Language. In Kadazan, the consonants "Q, R, X, W" and the vowel "E" are not used. Perhaps, "Penampang" is the only word that contains the vowel 'e'. At one time Inobong was spelt by the white priests as "Enobong". An English-speaking person may mispronounce "Inobong" as Ainobong. It is pronounced 'Ihnobong'. The vowel 'e' should be used in Kadazan because of the various ways words are pronounced.
Dusun use 'R' and 'W'. For example, loun in Kadazan which means the leaf (of a tree) is spelt roun in Dusun. The Dusun 'wogok' for pig is 'vogok' in Kadazan. "L" is used by the Kadazan while Dusun use "R". "V" is subsituted with "W".
Kadazanpedia hopes to make available information about the Kadazan, their way of life and the world around them. This is a contribution in a small way. It is hoped that others will contribute their knowledge to this effort.
Please click HERE for the Kadazan version of this blog.
Writer: Pascalis Claudius Lotinggi
Copyright 2016 All Rights Reserved
The Kadazans can be found in almost every part of Sabah (even in Malaya and other countries) but notably at Penampang, Putatan and Papar. The language spoken by the Bundu-Liwan tribes does not differ much from the Kadazan Language. In Kadazan, the consonants "Q, R, X, W" and the vowel "E" are not used. Perhaps, "Penampang" is the only word that contains the vowel 'e'. At one time Inobong was spelt by the white priests as "Enobong". An English-speaking person may mispronounce "Inobong" as Ainobong. It is pronounced 'Ihnobong'. The vowel 'e' should be used in Kadazan because of the various ways words are pronounced.
Dusun use 'R' and 'W'. For example, loun in Kadazan which means the leaf (of a tree) is spelt roun in Dusun. The Dusun 'wogok' for pig is 'vogok' in Kadazan. "L" is used by the Kadazan while Dusun use "R". "V" is subsituted with "W".
Kadazanpedia hopes to make available information about the Kadazan, their way of life and the world around them. This is a contribution in a small way. It is hoped that others will contribute their knowledge to this effort.
Please click HERE for the Kadazan version of this blog.
Writer: Pascalis Claudius Lotinggi
Copyright 2016 All Rights Reserved
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