cerurit

English translation: Madurese sickle

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Indonesian term or phrase:	cerurit / celurit
English translation:	Madurese sickle
Entered by:	Bettina David

20:37 Feb 7, 2005

Indonesian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Anthropology

Indonesian term or phrase: cerurit

kontext:
"Aku tak sengaja mempergunakan cerurit, karena itulah yang ada di pinggir jalan ketika keinginan itu muncul."

Bettina David KudoZ activity Questions: 38 (none open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 130
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sickle

Explanation:
it must be "clurit" or "celurit".
it is a kind of weapon used mostly by traditional Madurese (compare it with 'rencong' for Achehnese).

for the picture:
http://images.google.com.sg/images?q=sickle&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl...

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Note added at 1 hr 12 mins (2005-02-07 21:49:15 GMT)
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other alternative:
sabit (bahasa indonesia)
arit (bahasa jawa/javanese)

both traditional madurese and javanese (usu. with agricultural background) vilagers take \'sabit\' when they go to their fields both for collecting grass for their cattle or for other functions.

but, only traditional madurese have \'clurit\' (larger and sharper than \'sabit\') that mostly used as a weapon.

Selected response from:

Abdul Karim
Indonesia
Local time: 02:02

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thanks also to Mark!
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sickle

Abdul Karim

5 +1

hand scythe

Mark Oliver

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hand scythe

Explanation:
Cerurit sama dgn celurit, ya . . . jadi padanannya dlm bhs. Inggris "scythe," atau "sickle." Kedua-duanya alat untuk memotong rumput. Boleh dipakai sbg. senjata pencak silat juga.

I think a "cerurit" is the same as a "celurit," which in English can be called a "scythe," or a "sickle" -- a tool for cutting tall grass and weeds. It may also be used as a pencak silat weapon.

Reference: http://www.suaramerdeka.com/harian/0404/02/slo3.htm
Reference: http://www.geocities.com/jkdinstructor/silatterms.html

Mark Oliver
Local time: 12:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

30 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

sickle

Abdul Karim
Indonesia
Local time: 02:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Indonesian
PRO pts in category: 4

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thanks also to Mark!

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