colek

• remove take a small piece of something, squeeze, press, dig out (ear wax)

Andap

colek

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

Kadung suba macolek pamor (paribasa)

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Suba colek pamor.

Literally: someone has taken a small piece of lime; referring to something that everyone knows about already, the idea being that lime is white, and so it is obvious to anyone that you have taken

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Root

colek

Other forms of "colek"

Acolekan

little bit of something sollid

Nyolek

push with the ends of the fingers, take a pinch of something like salt or pamor, dip into with e.g. a chip into salsa, touch lightly with the finger tips, take a small piece of something, squeeze, press, remove, dig out (ear wax), dip something, e.g. finger, chip, knife, into something soft so as to get a small amount to lick, spread, eat, etc.

Nyolekin

smear something on something else, as with tepung tawar on palms, touch lightly to draw attention

Synonyms

• oles (l)
• poles (l)

Antonyms

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Related words

jriji, pamor

Puzzles

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Background information

English
Indonesian
Balinese

Translations

English

remove

Indonesian

jari, kapur

Origin

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