Gerang

gerang

g)r*
  • any sort of small, whole dried fish used both for food and to make fish meal for chicken feed (tepung). (Mider) (Noun)
  • dried fish; dried anchovies (Mider) (Noun)
Andap
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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
gerang
Bali dataran dialect
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Bali aga dialect
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Usage Examples

Be gerang sambel plecing jaan sajan yaning anggo darang nasi.
Plecing anchovy sauce is very good if you eat it with rice.
Ngorok gerang.
[example 1]
(proverb) Stab a gerang (a tiny little fish from the sea that is usually sold dried or salted). If you stab a live one, it does not produce any blood. Said of a person who does something that does not result in what he sets out to accomplish. Especially used if a man marries a thin woman who does not then have a baby because she not have strong energy. The man is disappointed in the woman. Always refers to something that is alive, not to a thing or an idea.

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  1. ↑ Fred Eiseman Jr - Proverbs, 1987