Kelet

  • does not fit, full of people
  • uncomfortably or unsuitably tight so object can be used, but fit is poor
  • shame
  • male
  • very tight, constricted, crowded, too small to have something enter it
  • peeled off, scrape off small patch of skin
  • tight fitting
Media
kelet
Kasar
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Halus
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Northern Form
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Usage Examples

Goloh tendas, kelet ikuh.
[example 1]
His head fits too loosely, but his tail doesn’t fit. [proverb] Said of someone who promises to help a lot, but who really does work so that he himself can profit, i.e. one who does something because he needs something for himself, not because he wants to help others.

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  1. ↑ F. Eiseman - PROVERBS, 1987