Acekel

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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.

Balinese

Jumah tuah ada acekel gonda buina suba layu.

English

At home there is only a handful of gooseweed vegetables, plus they are already wilted.

Indonesian

Di rumah hanya ada secekak sayur gonda, ditambah lagi sudah layu.

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