Nyalah

Root

salah

Other forms of "salah"

Definitions

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
usually followed by a verb indicating the action that is useless, e.g. nyalah ngae, nyalah ngalih, nyalah ngidih, etc. en

Translation in English

vain, in; worthless

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nyalah

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Alus sor

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Alus madya

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Alus mider

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Alus singgih

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Sentences Example

Balinese

nyalah gati yen jani lakar melali, krana suba sanje

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Usage examples pulled from the Community Spaces

Balinese

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

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.

Indonesian

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

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