ayung

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

ayung

1. sibling-in-law of the same sex

Related terms

• ipag

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.juŋ/

Noun

ayung

1. relatives
2. shade

   Enti enda nakal ngelaban panas, Wan, alai nuan duduk ba ayung di tisi serarai nyin

   If you can’t stand the heat, Wan, sit in the shade at the edge of the clearing over there.

Adjective

ayung

1. shaded; overcast

   Endur tu ga ayung, nya alai gari ti dijembi ditu enda mudah rangkai.

   This place is shaded, so clothes here don’t dry quickly.

Verb

ayung

1. to cover from the light and heat of the Sun

   Uji ayungka ulih nuan paung lada ti baru ditanam nya ngena daun nya

   Try covering the pepper seedlings just planted using the leaves.

2. to be unnoticed

   Nadai bala anak penghulu lama kitai nya beberita agi, nyau ayung laban orang.

   Not one of the former leader's children is well-known any more, since they went unnoticed by other people