Rapey

Rapey

1. arar manuk let ngen rakak dari.

2. inan lun nuk ngeraad perungudtung kumaq na'it baka (mey nuk beken-beken), tu'en lem erang da'an kayuh.

Translations

Kelabit - English:

1. rapey - bird's nest made from small twigs

- Only for certain kinds of birds e.g kukur, meto, keniu, gamit etc... you cannot say rapey pirit, or rapey berengiran

- Rapey is less finished in appearance compared to arar. In general, the building materials used in rapey are relatively coarser than that used for arar.

2. rapey - a temporary shelter

- usually built between branches of a tree by hunters, while waiting for wildboar and other game to appear

Synonyms

• arar