Acekel

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Root

cekel

Other forms of "cekel"

Cekelan

rice the amount of padi Bali that a person who is harvesting the rice can hold in one hand, when one cekelan has been cut, a gatherer takes it and combines it with nine more cekelan to make a tenah, which is then combined into a bale depukan, handful of something

Nyekel

To take a handful (often of rice stalks)

Definitions

• to have a handful of something en
• to fill hands with something en
• measurement en
• secekak; sebesar yang dapat dipegang oleh ibu jari dan jari telunjuk id
• langsing; ramping (tentang pinggang) id
• sebuah satuan ukuran menggunakan jari id

Translation in English

handful; kind of measurement with finger

Translation in Indonesian

secekak; sebesar yg dapat dipegang oleh ibu jari dan jari telunjuk

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Related words

apesel, abulih, abungkul, ajuring, atebih, asibak, atukel, akatih, aukud, abidang

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Sentences Example

Balinese

Bangkiangne acekel gonda layu.

English

Waist like a handful of limp 'gonda' (green vegetable).

Indonesian

Pinggangnya ramping sekali (bagaikan sayuran 'gonda' yang layu).

Balinese

Tiang numbas kangkung acekel aji limang tali rupiah.

English

I bought a bunch of kale for five thousand rupiah.

Indonesian

Saya membeli satu ikat kangkung seharga lima ribu rupiah.

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