Difference between revisions of "Makatak"
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+ | ‘Wayah’ here means old, or hard, or rough skinned. An old frog is a toad. The word for toad is ‘dongkang’. A word that rhymes with ‘dongkang’ is ‘nongkang-nongkang’, meaning ‘jump and skip’. Thus a person is said to talk ‘nongkang-nongkang’ if he talks in a disconnected way, so that he cannot follow what he is saying. | ||
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Revision as of 03:32, 25 April 2018
makatak
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Other forms of "Katak;"
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Definitions
- talk like a frog; talk without stopping and quickly, in a disconnected way en
Translation in English
talk like a frog; talk without stopping and quickly, in a disconnected way
Translation in Indonesian
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Sentences Example
Balinese
Ia ngorta makatak wayah.
English
He talks like an old frog. (Proverb)
‘Wayah’ here means old, or hard, or rough skinned. An old frog is a toad. The word for toad is ‘dongkang’. A word that rhymes with ‘dongkang’ is ‘nongkang-nongkang’, meaning ‘jump and skip’. Thus a person is said to talk ‘nongkang-nongkang’ if he talks in a disconnected way, so that he cannot follow what he is saying.
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