Dungki

du\Ði

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large bamboo basket used to carry fishing nets or fish en
bottom is an open saud besik weave (one over, one under) en
bottom members are bent upwards as ribs for the sides, and sides are completed by spiraling a long, thin bamboo strip over and under adjacent ribs. The word dungki is sometimes used to refer to a very large basket used to store salt. It is also used as a counter word for dungki full of fish in a jukung. Top of dungki is open. Dedungkian is similarly constructed only smaller and has a top with a small opening into which fish may be thrust. It is used as a container for fish, worn on a belt at the waist in back by fishermen who employ throwing nets (jala). en
keranjang kecil tempat ikan id

Translation in English

basket

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Sentences Example

Balinese

Pencar kerep, dungki langah

English

Small mesh net, large mesh basket = go to a lot of trouble to get something, but do not put it in a safe place. Basically, this saying, and many others similar to it, means that you get a lot of money, but you spend a lot of money as well. Often said by someone who does not keep careful account of his money and does not realize that he is spending it very quickly.

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Balinese

Tegeh sebengne ngisi pales muang negulang dungki di bangkiangne.

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Indonesian

Kemarin malam dia menangkap laron untuk umpan.

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Balinese

Tegeh sebengne ngisi pales muang negulang dungki di bangkiangne.