This glossary of Penan terms has been compiled from information obtained in the interviews with various Penan community members.
atui: A wooden xylophone that only to be played when one gets a clouded leopard.
bareh: A type of iron used as the main item in blacksmithing
belatik: A wild boar trap
belu’ing: A hand sickle
Bilik/amin: A bilik or amin in a longhouse setting represents one family unit.
biyew: Small animal traps for as birds or four legged animal such as fox, mouse deer,
monkeys.
bua’ta: A type of jungle fruit
burak: Rice wine
kelorei: A traditional musical instrument where a few bamboo sticks of different lengths and sizes are tied together and attached to a gourd at the bottom end of it. The sound is produced by blowing through the gourd.
kerajang: An iron rod used during the first process of poking hole in a blowpipe
keringot: A bamboo nose flute
lake' savit pedun: A type of rattan use to tie the animal trap
lake’ lunuk: A type of rattan use to tie the animal trap
nyateng: Resin or better known by its Malay word damar
oreng: A type of jew's harp made of the sliver of the stem of a sago branch.
pagang: Bamboo harp
parang: Machetes
pepanak: An action of hitting the opponent’s spin top
pepok: Another form of small animal trap.
pipok atui: Two small sticks used to hit the atui
purok: A hearth normally located in the middle of the hut
pusan: An ancient blacksmithing blower used for blacksmithing.
ridan: Thorns of a plant
sape: A string instrument adopted from the neighbouring Kenyah
selungan: Ratttan bangles usually worn at the male’s calf
ske’tok: A fish species
sulap: A small hut made out of wooden poles and roofed with palm leaves
suwak: Thorns
syok: An iron rod used to polish a blowpipe’s bore. A small piece of rattan is attached at the tip of the rod
tajem: A name of a tree (antiaris toxicaris) that produces latex and the latex usually used for blow pipe dart poison.
tanyit: A name of a tree species. In Malay, tanyit is known as “Pokok Ketapang” (koompassia excels)
telekit: A ring of rattan used for target practice.