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Nyalah

nyalah

  • usually followed by a verb indicating the action that is useless, e.g. nyalah ngae, nyalah ngalih, nyalah ngidih, etc. en
  • make unnecessary effort to do, or get, or make, or buy something that is easily obtained or made without much effort en
  • in vain, useless, ineffectual, not enough, not worth effort en
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
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Bali dataran dialect
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Bali aga dialect
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Usage Examples

nyalah gati yen jani lakar melali, krana suba sanje
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⚙ Usage examples pulled from the Community Spaces


In Balinese:   I Pucung kone gegaenne tuwah mapikat di carike, nanging ke nyalah unduk pajalanne mapikat krana ia mikatin kedis masan padi tonden serab.

In English:   Reputedly I Pucung's job was only catching birds in the rice fields, but his journey was in vain because he hunted birds when the paddy had not been fruitful.

In Indonesian:   Pekerjaan I Pucung konon katanya hanya menangkap burung di sawah, Namun perjalananya menjadi sia-sia karena ia berburu burung saat padi belum berbuah.