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DusunDictionary
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dusun-dictionary-corpus

Dusun stringlengths 2 107	English stringlengths 1 101	Type stringclasses 16 values	Malay stringlengths 2 117	Category stringclasses 31 values	Variants stringclasses 568 values
3:00 AM	3:00 AM	noun	3:00 AM	time, events & quantities	null
4:00 PM	4:00 PM	noun	4:00 PM	time, events & quantities	null
"Amu oku insan nokoongoi doh hilo," simbar dih John	“I have never been there,” John replied	sentence	“Saya tidak pernah ke sana,” jawab John	dialog	null
"Amu oku sotuju," ka dih Mary	“I don’t agree,” Mary said	sentence	“Saya tidak bersetuju,” kata Mary	dialog	null
"Apanat oku," ka dih John	“I am tired,” John said	sentence	“Saya letih,” kata John	dialog
"Apatut mamanau noh yati nondo," ka dih John	“We should leave now,” John said	sentence	“Kita patut pergi sekarang,” kata John	dialog	null
"Karaati ko ii?" nuhot dih sigu	“Do you understand?” the teacher asked	sentence	“Adakah kamu faham?” tanya guru itu	dialog	null
"lohowon ku iya tiinu," simbar dau	“I will call you later,” he answered	sentence	“Saya akan menelefon kamu kemudian,” jawabnya	dialog	null
"Nokuro tu' alambat ko?" nuhot dau yau	“Why are you late?” she asked him	sentence	“Kenapa kamu lambat?” dia bertanya kepadanya	dialog	null
"Nombo ngoyon nu," nuhot dih Mary	“Where are you going?” Mary asked	sentence	“Ke mana kamu pergi?” tanya Mary	dialog	null
"Rumulan ii," ka dih mama dau	“Please be careful,” his mother said	sentence	“Tolong berhati-hati,” kata ibunya	dialog	null
"Tahakon dih Mary ti bunga," ka dih John	"Give these flowers to Mary," said John.	sentence	"berikan bunga ini kepada Mary," kata John	declarative	null
"Uhupan tia," janji dih Mary	“I will help you,” Mary promised	sentence	“Saya akan membantu kamu,” janji Mary	dialog	null
3 toun	3 years	phrase	3 tahun	null	null
aadang	balanced	adjective	seimbang	descriptive	null
aadil	just, fair	adjective	adil	personal	null
aadil pertimbangan	fair judgement	phrase	pengadilan yang adil	null	null
aadil pinabagi doh sumber	resources are allocated fairly	sentence	sumber diagihkan secara adil	declarative	null
aaga	estimate	verb	dianggar	stative (object)	ajangka
aaga	anticipate	verb	dijangka	stative (object)	ajangka
aaga nu piro tulun hiti suang?	can you estimate how many people are inside?	sentence	dapat kamu anggarkan jumlah manusia di dalam?	interrogative	null
aagab	in a hurry	adjective	tergesa-gesa	null	null
aagab-agab tomod oku ti	I am really in a rush	sentence	saya tergesa-gesa betul ini	declarative	null
aagat	heavy	adjective	berat	descriptive	awagat
aagat ko tomod. amu oku kobuntut diya	you are too heavy. I cannot lift you	sentence	kamu terlampau berat. saya tidak dapat mengangkat kamu	declarative	null
aaii	able to finish	adjective	boleh dihabiskan	general	aawi
aakan	edible	adjective	boleh dimakan	descriptive	null
aakan ii iti sada ti?	is this fish edible?	sentence	adakah ikan ini boleh dimakan?	interrogative	null
aakan ii ti manuk ti?	is this chicken edible?	sentence	adakah ayam ini boleh dimakan?	interrogative	null
aakan ti linso doh pulutan?	can these cempedak seeds be eaten?	sentence	biji cempedak ini boleh dimakankah?	interrogative	null
aala	lose	verb	kalah	stative (object)	null
aala oku nopo om onuan ku iya doh tusin	if I lose, I will give you money	sentence	kalau saya kalah, saya akan bagi kamu duit	declarative	null
aalus	smooth	adjective	halus	descriptive	null
aalus	smooth	adjective	licin	descriptive	null
aaman	peaceful	adjective	aman	personal	null
aaman ii Sabah dih guulu poh	Sabah was once a peaceful place	sentence	Sabah suatu ketika dulu adalah tempat yang aman	declarative	null
aandad	same time	adverb	serentak	null	null
aandadan	can be waited	verb	boleh ditunggu	stative (object)	null
aansaman	tastes sour	null	terasa masam	null	null
aantakan	at the same time	adverb	masa yang sama	null	null
aanu	able to be taken	adjective	boleh diambil	descriptive	orikot
aanu nu ih tusin nu hilo'd biing?	are you able to withdraw your money from the bank?	sentence	kamu dapat keluarkan duit kamu dari bank?	interrogative	null
aapal	able to be memorized	adjective	boleh dihafal	descriptive	apaham
aapal dih John ih buuk	John is able to memorize the book	sentence	John dapat menghafal buku itu	declarative	null
aaraban	to be spattered	verb	ditaburi	stative (object)	null
aaraban takano ku doh roun	my rice is sprinkled with leaves	sentence	nasi saya ditaburi oleh daun	declarative	null
aarau-arau	hastily	adverb	tergesa-gesa / terburu-buru	null	null
aasi	legal	adjective	sah	general	null
aasi'	delicious	adjective	sedap	descriptive	darasi, osidap
aawal	early	adjective	awal	descriptive	null
aawal ko'd minosik baino?	did you wake up early today?	sentence	kamu bangun awal hari ini?	interrogative	null
aawal nokorikot tongo tulun kumaraja kosuabon baino	workers arrived early this morning	sentence	pekerja tiba awal pagi ini	declarative	null
aawal notutup ih kadai. iri noh sabab minongoi yahai tampat suai	the store was closed early. as a result, we went elsewhere	sentence	kedai itu tutup awal. akibatnya, kami pergi ke tempat lain	declarative	null
aawal oku minodop	I slept early	sentence	saya tidur awal	declarative	null
aawal oku mosik monikid tadau	I wake up early everday	sentence	saya bangun awal setiap hari	declarative	null
aawal pinalabus ih banduan	the prisoner was released early	sentence	banduan itu dibebaskan lebih awal	declarative	null
aawal sorouku korikot yau	she may arrive early	sentence	dia mungkin tiba awal	declarative	null
aawal tomod ti kadai otutup	this shop closes so early	sentence	awal betul kedai ini tutup	declarative	null
aawal yahai nakaasok toun baino tu' nokouli ih John minuhup dahai	we finished planting rice early this year because John came back to help us	sentence	kami awal siap menanam padi tahun ini sebab John balik untuk membantu kami	declarative	null
aawal yau tuminongkiad mantad upis	he left the office early	sentence	dia meninggalkan pejabat awal	declarative	null
aawal-awal rumikot, oowian tokou doh takano	come a bit earlier, or we’ll run out of rice later	sentence	awal sikit datang, nanti kita kehabisan nasi	declarative	null
abaal tomod ih John	John is very smart	adjective	Apuk sangat pintar	sentence	null
ababak	breakable	adjective	boleh dipecahkan	descriptive	null
ababang	lit up	adjective	bercahaya	descriptive	null
ababasan	bored	adjective	bosan	personal	apaasan
ababasan	tired	adjective	penat	personal	apaasan
ababasan oku mandad dia	I feel bored waiting for you	sentence	saya bosan menunggu kamu	declarative	null
ababat	able to mow	adjective	boleh ditebas	descriptive	null
ababo	able to be carried	adjective	boleh diangkat	descriptive	akakat
abagalan	enough	adjective	cukup	general	osukup
abalantas	eloquent	adjective	fasih	general	null
abanar	correct	adjective	benar	general	otopot, otulid
abandak	bright (light)	adjective	terang	descriptive	atarang
abangat	full	adjective	kenyang	general	ayahan
abangat noh tokou mangakan doh timadang baino	this time we’ll be full from eating tarap	sentence	ini kali kita akan kenyang makan tarap	declarative	null
abangga yolo dih pancapaian dau	they are proud of her achievements	sentence	mereka bangga dengan pencapaiannya	declarative	null
abantalan	next	adjective	depan	general	orikatan
abantalan	meet	adjective	jumpa	general	orubaan
abantalan	future	noun	masa hadapan	time, events & quantities	orikatan
abantug	popular	adjective	popular	general	null
abantug	glory	adjective	terpujilah	personal	omulia
abantug kinorohingan tokou	our God is great	sentence	Tuhan kita Maha Besar	declarative	null
abarakatan kasari tulun tosonong boh	good people are always blessed	sentence	orang yang baik selalu diberkati	declarative	null
abarani	brave	adjective	berani	general	asangal
abarani ko mangakan doh buntol?	are you brave enough to eat puffer fish?	sentence	adakah kamu cukup berani memakan ikan buntal?	interrogative	null
abarani ko sumoborong ilo baang?	are you brave enough to cross the river?	sentence	adakah kamu cukup berani menyeberangi sungai?	interrogative	null
abarani tomod sawo nu	your wife is very brave	sentence	isteri anda sangat berani	declarative	null
abasa	readable	adjective	boleh dibaca	descriptive	null
abasagi	square	adjective	segi empat sama	descriptive	ampatsagi
abayang dau masa dapan dih osonong	he imagines a brighter future	sentence	dia membayangkan masa depan yang lebih cerah	declarative	null
adalaan	too much	adjective	berlebihan	general	null
adalaan tomod kolombon ilo tasu	the dog is too fat	sentence	anjing itu terlampau gemuk	declarative	null
adamot yolo nokorikot	they arrived at the same time	sentence	mereka tiba pada masa yang sama	declarative	null
adangki	jealous	adjective	dengki	personal	osolon
adaras	strong	adjective	deras	general	okuat
agaan	light (weight)	adjective	ringan	descriptive	null
agaan opurimanan ku ti kasut	these shoes feel very light	sentence	kasut ini terasa sangat ringan	declarative	null
agaang	can be cracked	verb	boleh retak	stative (object)	null
agaasan	able to be done	verb	boleh dilakukan	stative (object)	null
agaasan	able	adjective	mampu	general	null

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Dusun-English-Malay Dictionary and Corpus

A trilingual dataset containing Dusun, English, and Malay words, phrases, and sentences compiled for linguistic research, dictionary development, and machine translation. This dataset is based on the Dusun language as spoken by the Dusun ethnic group of Sabah, Malaysia. While the Dusun dialect in the dataset shares approximately 99% similarity with standardized Kadazandusun, there may be minor differences in vocabulary, spelling, and standardisation. Researchers working on Kadazandusun NLP may find this dataset largely applicable.

Dataset Overview

This dataset contains approximately 13,000 entries including:

~6k+ dictionary words with translations
~5K+ phrases and sentences with translations

Languages: Dusun (dtp), English (en), Malay (ms)

Curated from DusunDictionary.com for Neural Machine Translation (NMT) model training and language preservation.

Dataset Structure

Columns

Column	Description
Dusun	Word or phrase in Dusun language
English	English translation
Type	Part-of-speech or entry type (noun, verb, adj, phrase, etc.)
Malay	Malay translation
Category	Semantic/thematic category
Variant	Dialectal variations and synonyms

Example Entry

Dusun,English,Type,Malay,Category,Variant
osonong,good,adj,bagus,quality,
doho,mine,pronoun,saya punya,,dogo
louson oku, I'm hungry,phrase,saya lapar,,

Usage

Loading the Dataset

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load full dataset
dataset = load_dataset("DusunDictionary/dusun-dictionary-corpus")

# Access data
print(dataset['train'][0])

Filtering for NMT Training

Extract sentence-level data for machine translation:

# Filter phrases only (adjust based on your Type values)
phrases = dataset['train'].filter(lambda x: x['Type'] == 'phrase')

# Create Dusun-English pairs
dusun_english = phrases.map(lambda x: {
    'source': x['Dusun'],
    'target': x['English']
})

Example Use Cases

Machine Translation: Training Dusun↔English and Dusun↔Malay models
Language Preservation: Documenting endangered language vocabulary
Linguistic Research: Studying Austronesian language structures
Educational Tools: Building language learning applications

Language Information

Dusun (ISO 639-3: dtp) is an indigenous language spoken in Sabah, Malaysia. It is considered endangered, with fewer younger generation speakers. This dataset is part of ongoing efforts to preserve and revitalize the language through technology.

Data Collection

Data is continuously curated and verified by native speakers through DusunDictionary.com, combining traditional lexicography with community contributions.

License

MIT License - Free to use with attribution.

Citation

If you use this dataset in your research, please cite:

@misc{dusun-corpus-2026,
  title={Dusun-English-Malay Dictionary and Corpus},
  author={DusunDictionary.com},
  year={2026},
  url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/DusunDictionary/dusun-dictionary-corpus}
}

Contact & Contributing

Website: DusunDictionary.com
Issues: Report errors or suggest improvements via Hugging Face discussions
Contributing: Native speakers and linguists welcome to contribute

Acknowledgments

This project is dedicated to preserving the Dusun language for future generations.

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