Boreh

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Definitions

sweet smelling yellow-tan powder made of perfumed sawdust, mixed into a paste with water and used on canang and other offerings, and sometimes smeared beehind the ear as a kind of deodorant en
sometimes called uras en
medicine: external en
the sawdust is supposed to be sandalwood, but, because of the expense of real sandalwood, it usually is something cheaper en
general word for any sort of traditional medicine that is used externally en
security, guarantee, warranty, collateral en
uap is a special kind of medicine that is used as a poultice on the stomach en
powder fragrant en

Translation in English

medicine; poultice; security

Translation in Indonesian

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Siat Papah Biu

Word audio

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Andap

boreh

Alus sor

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Alus madya

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Alus mider

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Alus singgih

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Dialects

Bali Dataran

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Bali Aga

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Sentences Example

Balinese

Ia maboreh kayue.

English

Literally: He is putting boreh on woode; a rather far-fetched pun that means that a person has been fired from his job, because putting boreh on wood is like painting wood, macat, and the word for being fired from a job is mapecat.

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Balinese

I Made nulungin méméné ngaé boréh ane malakar aji baas miwah cekuh.

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Usage examples pulled from the Community Spaces

Balinese

Sewai-wai gaenange bubuh, uligange boreh.

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