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Kelet

kelet

  • male en
  • very tight, constricted, crowded, too small to have something enter it en
  • peeled off, scrape off small patch of skin en
  • tight fitting en
  • does not fit, full of people en
  • uncomfortably or unsuitably tight so object can be used, but fit is poor en
  • shame en
Andap
kelet
Kasar
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Alus sor
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Alus mider
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Alus madya
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Alus singgih
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Mider
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Bali dataran dialect
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Bali aga dialect
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Usage Examples

Goloh tendas, kelet ikuh.
[example 1]
His head fits too loosely, but his tail doesn’t fit. [proverb] Said of someone who promises to help a lot, but who really does work so that he himself can profit, i.e. one who does something because he needs something for himself, not because he wants to help others.

[[Word example text en::His head fits too loosely, but his tail doesn’t fit. [proverb]

Said of someone who promises to help a lot, but who really does work so that he himself can profit, i.e. one who does something because he needs something for himself, not because he wants to help others.| ]]

⚙ Usage examples pulled from the Community Spaces


In Balinese:   TPA sampun kelet medaging luu.

In English:  

In Indonesian:  

In Balinese:   Wesana genep sid apa buin sid nusa déwata jani satmaka ngremeng tur sukserah, ané kelet ajak tur nanging satmaka sami tur sid sid nusa ané nanging mekejang bakal bangun niki niki di panegara sid gondang tur panegara sid prejani nganteg bakal bangun.

In English:  

In Indonesian:   Semoga Pandemi Covid-19 segera berakhir, sehingga Pariwisata Bali akan Bangkit kembali.
  1. F. Eiseman - PROVERBS, 1987