Baba Nyonya
Baba Language
- The Malay influence
by Raymond Kwok
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Baba Nyonya
Baba Language - The Malay influence by Raymond Kwok |
CCC chabai to punish someone chabut to runaway chaching worm chakap banyak talkative champuk to get involved in chapek limp chari pasai to find fault charut to scold chawat loin cloth chaya shine chebuk to wash one's backside chelok-chelok hidden niches chelop to dip (in silver, gold) cherewek to talk rubbish, long winded chikak arms akimbo chikek strangle chelaka damn you, a curse on you chelok chelok hidden riches cherewek to talk rubbish chichit great grandchildren ch'ooi gampak babbling nonsense chuchuk to instigate chium to kiss chomeh cute chuop wait a second churut cheroot, cigar DDD daki see laki derai expression showing an extreme of condition he was beaten derai - he was beaten badly, physically or at a game dhoby dhoby dodoi lulling a baby to sleep dudu rocking the baby (to sleep) EEE esok tomorrow esok lusa good at postponement GGG gagap stammer gaji pay, wages galeh a scratch galo to quarrel gampak shock, surprise, excitedly gampuk utter nonsense ganggu to disturb, to embarass ganti to replace, to substitute garing to fry until crispy, crispy gatai itchy, amorous he is a gatai fellow - he is a flirt gayat frightened gelai a tumbler gelek to gyrate, to roll over geram a feeling of frustration I geram you - How I love you (to a baby) gesek a seductive smile getah sap (of plants) gigi teeth gila mad gili ticklish when I look at his wounds I get gili (goose pimples) giling to grind gomoi to wrestle gugur a miscarriage guling to roll up bua guling - marbles HHH had limit halap to entrust, to depend halu to pester halu-bilu a nuisance hangat to get angry haram to bear a grudge hentam to hit heran curious holomat respect III indoi to swing intan low grade diamon intan manis dark and sweet (of a person) itam black Itam manis - a dark beauty JJJ jadi success no jadi - a failure jaki angry, annoyed jalan jalan to go for a stroll jambu guava jamin to guarantee janji a promise jarang jarang sparse jarli finger jelat a surfeit, to be nauseated I had too much durian and was jelat jelawat a mole, pimple jilak to lick jinkek on tip toe jjom to claim, its done gua jom chi ooi - I claim this place juling to make eyes, rolling one's eyes with displeasure when that man entered the room she juling him |
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Tones ` down tone as in tay (earth) ^ up tone as in ch'uan (tired) ! abrupt sound n nasal |
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