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Indonesian to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Indonesian term		English translation
...tidak begitu pekat sebagaimana halnya dengan yang lama...		.. are not as pronounced as the \"hikayat\" of earlier times.\"
alur maju / alur mundur		chronological plot/reverse chronology
anjing Ancol		low-life Ancol dog
bang - quake		lihat penjelasan
Bapak/Ibu permandian		Godfather/mother
belagak		arrogant
berbalas pantun		traded pantoums	ErichEko ⟹⭐
Entered by: ErichEko ⟹⭐
bercengkerama		to reflect myself/reminisce
berkunyit		shiny and oily sweat
bermanuver dengan gesit		to maneuver deftly	ErichEko ⟹⭐
Entered by: ErichEko ⟹⭐
bokin		mistress
dagang yang rawan		a longing traveller	ErichEko ⟹⭐
Entered by: ErichEko ⟹⭐
dasar Arjuna		what an arrogant person
demi buah hatinya		for the sake of her darling (baby chicks)
dengan kepenuhan kalbunya		with her whole heart
dengan pandangan lepas ke teluk		with a view clear down to the bay
dirajuk berlian sebatu		coaxed by a diamond
ditradisikan		traditionalised
Dunia tak selebar daun kelor.		The world is bigger than your backyard.
gawat!		Oh my!	Anthony Indra
Entered by: Anthony Indra
geladag		immoral and unethical
gores pelupuk mata		lines around her eyes
ia iba semesra-mesranya		she feels deeply sad	ErichEko ⟹⭐
Entered by: ErichEko ⟹⭐
ikan piranha		piranha
ikut gotong-royong manunggal		taking part in Army-sponsored community work
Inilah yang terhembus dalam tubuhku		This is what I felt in my very being
jande nggak laku		undesirable widow	Regi2006
Entered by: Regi2006
Jangan-jangan nanti kesepian.		I just hope she won’t be lonely.
Kalau tak dalam prihatin		If I had not been in such dire straits/desperate circumstances
kasep		bachelor
kehidupan yang membayangi hari-harimu		follow; haunt
kekhusyukan pembacaan naskah		devoutness in reading the manuscript
kena duri cente		pricked by lantana thorns
kesusastraan berbentuk puisi		literature in form of poetry
koplokan		shabby shed
kualat		sinned or bad karma	Hikmat Gumilar
Entered by: Hikmat Gumilar
lembaga pengkajian Islam		a center of Islamic studies	Wiyanto Suroso
Entered by: Wiyanto Suroso
lha dalah		Goddammit!
Main cocok-cocok saja.		You keep saying \'exactly\', \'exactly\', but just because the pieces seem to fit doesn\'t prove it\'s true.
makanan yang mendukung		food that suits its activities	ErichEko ⟹⭐
Entered by: ErichEko ⟹⭐

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