According to Taman Urai, heard here in the recording, lakuh is not an original Kayan poetic practice. It may have been inspired by and adapted from the Malay pantun, and is usually sung in the Malay language. Indigenous communities in Borneo also have their own variations of lakuh in their respective languages. During my research, the only lakuh I heard sung in Kayan was by Hiran Urai (Ubong Jok), although others may have performed it in Kayan in the past.