Dengak-dengok

d) \ k¾Ñ) e\o k/

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Definitions

move head to and fro like chicken en

Translation in English

move

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Mider

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Kasar

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Andap

dengak-dengok

Alus sor

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Alus madya

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Alus mider

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Alus singgih

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Bali Aga

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Sentences Example

Balinese

Bagas mula anak belog, yening ujian sai dengak-dengok ngalih jawaban krana tusing taen melajah uli awal semester

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Indonesian

Bagas memang anak bodoh, saat ujian ia sering tolah-toleh untuk mencari jawaban karena tidak pernah belajar dari awal semester

Balinese

Buka bedake semberin; dengak-dengok.

English

(proverb) Like a thirsty person at a well; his head pokes back and forth looking in every direction.

A person who is thirsty and can’t reach the water in a well and cannot get the water out looks this way and that to see how he can get at the water. He can see it, but he cannot get it, stretching his neck back and forth.

Said about a person who loves someone but cannot talk to her or get to her because she is remote from him.

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Usage examples pulled from the Community Spaces

Balinese

Aluhne, nenten misi ngantosang dosen makelo di kampus, nenten dengak-dengok di jendela nolih wenten napi sing dosenne, yen wenten dosenne langsung dados katemu ngidih galah anggen bimbingan tur pas ujiane agak tenang sawireh ujian online nenten ada sane mabalih uli mahasiswane.

English

It's different now, everything is online.

Indonesian

Kalau sekarang berbeda, semua serba online.

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Balinese

Jani, ija alih tamiune rame dengak-dengok di Penelokan.

English

It doesn't exist anymore, because no one dares to go out for a walk.

Indonesian

Sudah tidak ada, karena tidak ada orang yang berani keluar jalan-jalan.

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