These are two of the old nursery rhymes sang by my late Tok (Penang grandmother) long time ago…
Cak cekuq
Udang gamit
Mintak cekuq
Bagi kunyit
Nyai nyai bo
Gendang jawa
Masak buboq
Panggil saya
These rhymes are accompanied by hand gestures. For the first one, is opening and closing your fist while reciting the rhyme. The second one is waving your open palm back and forth, gracefully, to the second rhyme.
One very familiar nursery rhyme is sang while clapping your hands together:
Pok amai amai
Belalang kupu-kupu
Pok <insert child’s name here> pandai
Nanti upah susu
From my Nenek in Malacca, two rhymes sang when a child has knock himself/herself and cried;
Tungku tangkal panjat pintu
Orang nakal memang begitu
Tungku tangkal panjat peran
Orang nakal memang tak jeran
The idea is to sing these rhymes to make the pain go away, while being a bit sarcastic at the same time. Ha ha ha…
There is one more that I am not familiar with. Mak asks me to check with my Mak Long for the correct words. Once I got it, I will post it here.
5 comments:
From what I remember for the first one it was
mintak kapuq bagi kunyit :D
but there could be several versions rite?
Momster, haha... that could be right also. and yes, i guess there are different versions. ;-)
When I ran out of nursery rhymes, I sang Siti Nurhaliza's song to Zarif. These days, he sings himself to sleep.
Kak Yang, such a big boy already! hehe... terpaksa menghiburkan hati sendiri...
aku masih nyanyi pok amai2 kat anak buah aku yg kecik tu...dia slalu mintak sbb dia bleh contribute by tepuk tangan...
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