Root
cotek
Other forms of "cotek"
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Definitions
- lots of little problems add up to a big problem (proverb) en
- small kind of fish en
- Sejenis ikan laut dengan ukuran kecil bentuknya pipih tidak panjang; kata ini sering juga digunakan dalam peribahasa id
Translation in English
fish; problems
Translation in Indonesian
ikan, masalah
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Sentences Example
Balinese
Paribasa: Cotek masambung layur
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Indonesian
Cotek bersambung layur; Peribahasa artinya: sesuatu hal yang kecil dibesar-besarkan
Balinese
PROVERB: Cotek sambungin layur
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sambung: add, join
cotek: common very short fish layur: common much longer fish
So the meaning is that something short becomes something much longer. It is used sometimes to mean that as gossip spreads the story gets bigger and more impressive, and the subject gets exaggerated out of all proportion compared to the original.Indonesian
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Usage examples pulled from the Community Spaces
Balinese
Liu dagange ane ngadep layangan sakadi cotek, bebean, celepuk.
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Balinese
Liu dagange ane ngadep layangan sakadi cotek, bebean, celepuk.
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