pungkal

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /puŋ.kal/

Verb

pungkal

1. to do something for the fist time

   Berau ti dalam tajau nya baru dipungkal.

   The uncooked rice in that jar has just been taken out for cooking for the first time.

   Menua Batang Menjuai udah dipungkal sida ke tuai urung taun 1900 menya.

   The land of the Menjual River was opened by the elders for the first time in 1900.

2. to initiate a fight or quarrel

   Dipungkal iya aku belaya jam kami betundi ngirup.

   He egged me on to quarrel while we were joking and drinking.