Dadalu

dadalu

ddlu
  • An insect with large wings, like a flying ant, that comes at masan matajuk (rice planting season, at the start of the rainy season). The insect loses its wings, which litter the ground. Legend is that it comes from a termite, tetani, and, when it dies, to turn into padang teki, a kind of grass.
Andap
dadalu
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

Cara dadaluné, kampid baan nyilih. Yen masan sabeh, sinah akeh wenten dedalu.
[example 1]
[proverb] Like the “dadalu” borrowing wings. It is said that the “dadalu” borrows its wings and then leaves them behind after a short time. This expression is used to refer to a person who borrows something from someone else in such a way that others will think it is his own property and not borrowed. It is also used when you really do have something nice and you do not want others to know that you actually own it, but, rather want them to think that it is borrowed.
[[Word example text en::[proverb] Like the “dadalu” borrowing wings. It is said that the “dadalu” borrows its wings and then leaves them behind after a short time. This expression is used to refer to a person who borrows something from someone else in such a way that others will think it is his own property and not borrowed. It is also used when you really do have something nice and you do not want others to know that you actually own it, but, rather want them to think that it is borrowed.| ]]

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  1. ↑ Fred Eiseman Jr, Proverbs 1987