Mapecat

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Other forms of "pecat"

Mecat

to fire from a job, take away, remove, take for oneself. The well-known expression boreh kayu (literally: put medicine on wood) means the same as mecat, fired, punning on the word for paint, cat

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Translation in English

fired

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Sentences Example

Balinese

Ia maboreh kayu.

English

He makes boreh (traditional medicine) for wood. [proverb] An external medicine, or coating like a medicine for wood, is paint, or ‘cat’. Thus this could be interpreted that he is painting or putting ‘cat’ on wood. But the word for being fired from a job is ‘mapecat’. And that is similar to ‘having paint’. So, if someone is fired from his job, people say that he is making a ‘boreh’ for wood, or putting on ‘cat, or ‘mapecat’.

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[[Word example text en::He makes boreh (traditional medicine) for wood. [proverb] An external medicine, or coating like a medicine for wood, is paint, or ‘cat’. Thus this could be interpreted that he is painting or putting ‘cat’ on wood. But the word for being fired from a job is ‘mapecat’. And that is similar to ‘having paint’. So, if someone is fired from his job, people say that he is making a ‘boreh’ for wood, or putting on ‘cat, or ‘mapecat’.| ]]

Usage examples pulled from the Community Spaces

Balinese

Makehan semeton sampun maboreh kayu, mapecat.

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Indonesian

Tetap mekar dengan bersih dan wangi.

Covid Daki (I Made Subawa)

Balinese

Nyanan icang bisa mapecat.

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Folktale I Lutung Teken I Kancil

Balinese

Ring masa gering agung sekadi mangkin, akeh karyawan sane keni PHK utawi mapecat.

English

During a pandemic like now, many employees have been laid off or laid off (fired).

Indonesian

Pada masa pandemi seperti sekarang, banyak karyawan yang terkena PHK atau dirumahkan (dipecat).

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