cekel

• handful
• an amount of something which fills the hand

Andap

cekel

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

Mara pesan tiang ngarit maan mara duang cekel.

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Root

cekel

Other forms of "cekel"

Acekel

to have a handful of something, to fill hands with something, measurement

Cekelan

rice the amount of padi Bali that a person who is harvesting the rice can hold in one hand, when one cekelan has been cut, a gatherer takes it and combines it with nine more cekelan to make a tenah, which is then combined into a bale depukan, handful of something

Nyekel

To take a handful (often of rice stalks)

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Related words

padi, padang

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Background information

English
Indonesian
Balinese

Translations

English

a handful; a measure determined by how much can grab in a hand

Indonesian

padi, rumput

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