Property:English definition
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A
-The Sanskrit negative prefix, also frequently written "ha-"
-letter A and most frequent Balinese vowel. In words of Sanskrit origin it is the symbol for the initial vowel, called akara. +
grated coconut dough with red and white spices as a basis in pairs / series of kawisan (a type of offerings) in a traditional ceremony in Bali +
a measuring unit; one size along the range between the tip of the thumb and other fingertips stretched +
(Umbelliferae). Herb similar to fennel, with an agreeable, rich, aromatic odor and sweet taste. Seeds are curved, larger and not as sharply pointed as other Umbelliferae seeds, such as dill, anise, and cumin. Seeds are pale tan, with darker color between ridges and a double ridge where the seed splits in two. +
effigy of deceased person that is carried to cemetery and cremated. At its simplest it consists of the kajang, plus a fan shaped effigy of the dead person. May be in the form of a small piece of sandalwood on which a priest has written the name of the deceased and a human figure. A pedanda says a mantra over it until it becomes paragaan, that is, a person who will be cremated. It is carried on top of the wadah/bade to the cremation grounds and burned. Contents varies, but often consists of a tumpang gede, baas, and rantasan, wrapped in cloth. +
to go slowly +
size once as long as both hands are stretched from the tip of the middle finger of the left hand to the tip of the middle finger of the right hand +
something for sale; merchandise +
movement to preserve the cultural identity of Bali against outside influences, spearheaded by ABG Satria Naradha, editor of the Bali Post newspaper +
food +
the size of one time the length of the stretch between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the outstretched forefinger +
go overboard in doing something; exceeding ability with the intention of wanting to be praised +
spinach +
flash of fire (about lightning) (an expression that literally means 'root of fire' but this expression refers to a flash of fire in lightning that looks like a tree root in the sky) +
Balinese letters to write Balinese words absorbed from Old Javanese and Sanskrit +
tulisan Bali et of nine symbols that are rarely used in ordinary tulisan Bali except by scholars. They represent Sanskrit sounds that are generally not understood by average Balinese people. Some of them are represented in English by using diacritical marks over or under ordinary English letters. The words asksara wayah mean old letters +
Balinese letters used to write words that come from the Balinese language +
get married +
flat base for an offering with four corners, usually made of busung and skewered with semat of bamboo, undecorated +
livelihood; +
food term for animals; feed +
according to one's feeling +
prohibition against working on Nyepi +
prohibition against exhibiting passions on Nyepi +
prohibition against going outside house compound on Nyepi +
road; street; way +
Mangifera foetida; mango type plant, the bark is gray and cracked, the broken part of the skin comes out with sap which forms a clear resin, the leaves are rough and brittle, the flowers are panicle-shaped and fragrant, the fruit is large, egg-shaped and has large seeds, the flesh of the fruit fibrous, tastes sour and slightly sweet, usually used to mix cold drinks +
the mind of someone who has arrived at the destination +
chew ingredients +, mixture of buah and pamor (areca nut and lime) smeared on a base (betel pepper) leaf and rolled up in a special form called tampelan. This is then rolled inside a piece of don kayu and skewered inside a kojong of busung. Used in ririan and daksina +, ambung is a kind of climbing plant +
spirit +, guards of big trees, rivers, large rocks that have unusual shapes, and other natural places. They themselves have strange shapes. One is a whirling flying arm, tangan-tangan that spins through the air. Another is kemangmang, a solitary head with no body. Ketugtug is a pair of feet that follow a person. Jerangkong is a walking skeleton. These apparitions are only seen at night +, concubine; illegitimate wife +
snack, general word +
pieces, small (about rubbish) +
green bamboo from makasar +
to pardon; to excuse +
Anantaboga is a dragon who is one of the children of Goddess Kadru with Rsi Kasyapa. One of the stories about Naga Anantaboga is found in the Adi Parwa text. +
peg wood; benchmark +, down payment +, The term in the field of Balinese script which means abbreviation. Formation of abbreviations can be done by removing one or more parts and words that will be abbreviated (Ministry of Education and Culture, 1975: 21). For example the word laboratory abbreviated lab. In the Balinese script the formation of the Anceng script is also carried out by decapitation of parts or syllables that stand for it, with the writing system flanked by pangangsel carik or carik siki. +
ignited; verb used to say that someone has kindled a fire +
Cordyline is a genus of about 15 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants in family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. The subfamily has previously been treated as a separate family Laxmanniaceae,[2] or Lomandraceae. Other authors have placed the genus in the Agavaceae (now Agavoideae). Cordyline is native to the western Pacific Ocean region, from New Zealand, eastern Australia, southeastern Asia and Polynesia, with one species found in western South America. The name Cordyline comes from the Greek word kordyle, meaning "club," a reference to the enlarged underground stems or rhizomes. +
mat: kind of coconut leaf mat used as an angap +
warm, spicy things, spices +
body +
rice knife +, knife used to cut traditional rice (padi Bali or padi gaga). It consists of a vertical stick about 16 cm. long, tapered to a point at the top, attached to the back of a crescent-shaped horizontal wooden frame. The frame holds a thin steel blade, about 10 cm. long and 4 cm. wide. The tool is held by grasping the stock with the fingers of the right hand, two fingers and thumb above the blade, two fingers below. Rice stalk is cut by holding with left hand against the blade and grasping it with right thumb and two fingers. By twisting the right wrist slightly, the blade cuts the stalk, which is then grasped by the left hand and put into a bundle. +
nod the head repeatedly as if to say yes +
small, rectangular 1-man hand net about 1 m. square with about 5 mm. mesh with two handles for catching crabs, imis and shrimp +, the mouth of the net is held open by two crossed poles +, net is placed in water at edge of beach and sand kicked onto it. The two stick handles are not connected. They are closer together or crossed at one end than at the other, forming a trapezoid or triangle. +
deeply, breathe deeply, pant, exhausted +
something surprising +
panting +
sob, gasp for breath +
earring hanging, with hook +
outrigger socket +, wooden loop attached to top of stern end of katih of jukung (outrigger) to accept the end of the cedik, the wooden piece that fits into the outrigger at its outboard end and that is attached to the paan bayungan at its inboard end, which, in turn, is attached to the gunwales of the boat +, used only on jukungs in the suung, not in Jimbaran Bay. +
urinating, difficulty with +
spoiled quickly +
length of time it takes to chew a wad of betel +
long as it takes to cook some rice +
Ankle deep +
rice cake (jaja) that looks like a cup cake and is usually sold in a small paper cup +, normally made of rice flour dough, cane and palm sugar, and a little tape ubi. The dough is allowed to rise overnight and then steamed. There are usually 3 or 4 lobes in each apem, and they may be colored bright red or green, or both. +
prohibition against building a house across a public road from the house of a family member. This brings very bad luck. +
a fire that is placed on two pieces of coconut husk which are placed crosswise, the one above is facedown, covering the bottom, is used during the yadnya blind ceremony +
location said of a house that has been built between two rivers, which will bring very bad luck +