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Posted by cliveandpeggy on Friday, 28. April 2006 at 16:01 Bali Time:

In Reply to: Balinese or Indonesian language? posted by thomas indoeasy on Wednesday, 26. April 2006 at 06:00 Bali Time:

[question] To make interrogative apakah, apa
3-whelled mini "taxi" bajai, bajaj
a (for a flat object) sehelai
a (for an abstract noun) suatu
a (for an inanimate object) sebuah
a mixed vegetable dish gado-gado
a tail / a (animal) ... seekor
activity kesibukan
add tambah
address, to address (street address, not speech) alamat; mengalamatkan
adolescent remaja
adolescent circles kalangan remaja
advice, warning nasehat, nasihat
aeroplane, airplane pesawat terbang
afraid takut
after sesudah
afternoon (3.00 onwards) sore
Afterwards Nanti
again sekali lagi
age umur, usia
agricultural expert ahli pertanian
agriculture pertanian
airport bandar udara, bandara, lapangan terbang
all sekalian
All Semua
all semua
all kinds, diverse beraneka
also, too juga
although walaupun, meskipun
although, in spite of the fact maupun
always selalu
and dan
animal (domestic) hewan
animal (wild) binatang
ankle pergelangan kaki
answer jawab, menjawab
answer jawaban
apologise meminta maaf
application lamaran
April April
Arive Datang
arm lengan
arm tangan
armpit ketiak
around, approximately sekitar
arrange atur
arrange; regulation atur; peraturan
arrive tiba, sampai
artery pembuluh nadi
ask (vb to ask) bertanya
ask of, enquire of menanyakan
assign tugaskan
assistant / helper / servant pelayan
At/In/On Di
attend [be present] menghadiri
August Agustus
Aunt / Older Woman Bibi
Australia, Australian (adjective) Australia, Australi
Australian (person) orang Australia
back punggung
bag tas
balloon balon
bank bank
bath mandi
be touched adversely, struck, hit kena
Beach Pantai
beard Janggut
because karena, sebab
because sebab
become menjadi
before sebelum
bend, curve, to turn tikung, tikungan, menikung
big besar
bill bon
birthday hari ulang tahun
bitter(in taste) pahit
black hitam
bladder kandung kencing
blouse blus
Boat Perahu
body tubuh
body (human), committee, board badan
boiled rebus, direbus
book buku
both keduanya, kedua, kedua-duanya
both ... and baik ... maupun
bowl mangkok (or mangkuk)
brain otak
bread roti
breakfast sarapan, makan pagi
bridge jembatan
bright (colour) cemerlang
bring, to bring, to take bawa, membawa
brother saudara laki-laki
building gedung
burn; burned bakar; terbakar
Burung Bird
business perusahaan
business man pedagang
business relationship hubungan dagang
busy sibuk
busy, crowded ramai
but tetapi, tapi
buttocks pantat
buy beli, membeli
by oleh
calf (part of leg) betis
call (use name) panggil
calm (n) ketenangan
calm, to calm someone tenang, menenangkan
calmly dengan tenang
can, be able dapatkah
can, be able to dapat
can, yes I can bisa
Canada / Canadian Kanada
cannot tidak bisa
careful! / to be careful hati hati / berhati hati
carrot wortel
carry out menjalankan
cat kucing
cause; to cause something sebab, penyebab; menyebabkan
centre, central pusat
certain tentu
chair kursi
change, alter menukarkan
change, alter ubah, mengubah
cheap tidak mahal
cheek pipi
chemist (pharmacist) apotik
chest dada
child anak
chin dagu
choose, to choose pilih, memilih
circle bulatan
circle, arena, subset of population kalangan
citizen warga
city or town square alun alun
clean bersih
clean (vb) membersihkan
clever, competent pandai
close, closed tutup, menutup, ditutup, tertutup
clothes pakaian
collide, to collide with, to hit tabrak, menabrak
colour warna
coloured berwarna
compare to, compared with membandingkan, dibandingkan
concerning, about, regarding tentang, mengenai
conduct, behaviour, to carry out laku, melakukan
confuse bingung
congested macet
constipate; constipation susah buang air
cook masak, memasak
Correct Betul
correct, true benar, betul
cough batuk
country, state, district negeri
cousin sepupu
cow sapi
daily harian
Dance Berdansa
date tanggal
daughter anak perempuan
day hari
day after tomorrow lusa, besok lusa
day before yesterday kemarin dulu
December Desember
delicious , good (of food) enak
demonstrate (vb) berdemonstrasi
demonstration demonstrasi
depart, leave berangkat
department departemen
department store toko serba ada
descend, get down turun
diarrhoea berak air
dictionary kamus
difficult sukar
difficult, troubled susah
difficulty kesukaran
dilligent, industrious, active rajin
direction arah
disease, illness penyakit
district daerah
disturb mengganggu
Diving Menyelam
do not, don't jangan
Do you speak English Bisa Berbicara Behasa Inggris
doctor dokter
dog anjing
door pintu
drawer laci
dress baju
drink (n) minuman
drink (vb) minum
duty, function, task tugas
ear telinga
east timur
economist ahli ekonomi
eight delapan
elbow siku
electrical listrik
embarrass memalukan
employee pegawai
end akhir
engineer insinyur
England, English, British Inggeris
Enough Cuckup
enough cukup
evening, night malam
ever, once pernah
every tiap tiap
every day, daily sehari-hari
every, number, say, tell bilang, membilangkan
exact, precise tepat
examination, enquiry (to examine) periksa, (memeriksa)
except kecuali
excuse me permisi
exhaustion kecapaian
exist, be found terdapat
expensive mahal
expert ahli
eye mata
eyeball bola mata
eyebrow alis mata
eyelashes bulu mata
eyelid kelopak mata
face muka
Fall Jatuh
false palsu
family keluarga
far jauh
farewell selamat jalan / tinggal
fast, quick, quickly cepat
father ayah
February Pebruari
fee, cost of service, fare ongkos
feel merasa
female cousin sepupu perempuan
female grandchild cucu perempuan
financial expert ahli keuangan
fine baik baik
fine, OK baiklah
finger jari tangan
finished (action) selesai
finished (used up) habis
fire api
first pertama
fish ikan
fist kepalan tangan
five lima
fixed (price), exact pas
flat object ("group word") helai
floor, storey tingkat
flower kembang, bunga
food-stuffs bahan-bahan makanan
foot, leg kaki
for untuk
for (time), during selama
for example misalnya
forbid, forbidden larang, dilarang
forearm lengan bawah
forehead dahi, kening
foreign asing
four empat
France, French (adjective) Perancis
French person orang Perancis
fresh segar
Friday hari Jumat
fried goreng
fried, to fry goreng, menggoreng
friend teman, kawan
From Dari
fruit; some fruit buah; buah-buahan
get, obtain mendapat
gift hadiah
girlfriend or boyfriend pacar
give beri, memberi, kasih
give memberi
glass gelas
Glasses Kacha Mata
glossy, shiny mengkilap
Go /going/went/ out Keluar
go by, take, go up naik
go home pulang
goat kambing
good bagus, (baik = well)
Good Afternoon= Selemat Sore
Good Day = Selemat Siang
good evening selamat malam
good morning selamat pagi
Good Morning= Selemat Pagi
GoodEvening = Selemat Malam
GoodNight = Selemat Tidur
goodnight (sleep well) selamat tidur
government pemerintah
grandchild cucu
grandmother nenek
greetings, safe, good, congratulate selamat
hair rambut
half setengah
Hand Tangan
hand tangan
handsome ganteng, cakap, tampan
happen terjadi
happiness kebahagiaan
happy bahagia
happy gembira
have the age of, aged berusia
have, own punya, mempunyai
He She Dia
he, she, it, his, her, its dia, ia
He/She Ia/Dia
head kepala
heart jantung
heat kepanasan
heavy berat
heel tumit
here di sini
hesitate ragu-ragu
hip pinggul
hit by tertabrak
hit, strike, hour, o'clock pukul, memukul, dipukul, terpukul
hold memegang, (pegang=root)
holiday, vacation liburan
holy war jihad
hope (or formal request) harap, haraplah
hoping that (I hope that) moga-moga
hospitable and friendly ramah-tamah
hot panas
Hot = Pa Nas
hour jam
house rumah
How are you = Apa Kabar
how are you (what news) apa kabar
How Much is this= Berapa Harganya ini
how much, how many berapa
how, how about bagaimana
hundreds ratus
Hungry Lapar
hurry (a hurry) tergesa-gesa
Husband Suami
husband suami
I Am Australian Saya Orang Australia
I am happy Senang
I am Ready Saya Siap
I Can Only speak a little Saya hanyabisa berbicara
I do not understand. Saya tidak mengerti.
I only know little Indonesian. Saya hanya tahu sedikit bahasa Indonesia.
I want to buy ... Saya mau membeli ...
I, me, my aku, saya
I, me, my saya
I/ My = Saya
if kalau, jikalau, jika
If Kalua
if that is the case kalau begitu
if, in case of, whether jika
In Dalam.
in, at di, dalam, di dalam
including termasuk
infect jangkiti
infected terjangkiti
infection infeksi
inform memberitahu
insult (noun) penghinaan
insult (verb) hina, menghina
intestines usus
introduce kenalkan
investigate, look into memeriksa
iris selaput pelangi
is, to be adalah
January Januari
Japan / Japanese Jepang
jaw rahang
job pekerjaan
July Juli
Jump Melompat
June Juni
just, only saja
Keys Cunchis
kidney ginjal
king raja
kitchen dapur
knee lutut
know (aquaintance) kenal
land (n) darat
land (vb) mendarat
language bahasa
last akhir, terakhir
last yang lalu
laugh tertawa
laxative cuci perut
left, to the left kiri, kekiri
less kurang
let us marilah
lets mempersilakan
letter (by post) surat
letter (of alphabet) huruf
Lihat Look
like, as seperti
link, connection, relation hubungan
lip bibir
list, roll, register daftar
little, few sedikit
live or stay tinggal
liver hati
load bawaannya
long (distance) panjang
long (time) lama
look lihat, melihat
lose hilang
lung paru paru
Ma'af Im Sorry
magazine majalah
make buat, membuat
male cousin sepupu laki-laki
male grandchild cucu laki-laki
Man Seorang Pria
man, male laki-laki
mango mangga
mangosteen manggis
many, much banyak
March Maret
marine, sea laut, lautan
market pasar
married kawin
mask kedok
material, stuff, parts bahan
May Mei
may, be permitted, would you mind? boleh, bolehkah
medicine obat
meet bertemu
meeting rapat
menu daftar makanan
middle day, afternoon siang
millions juta
mind pikiran
misunderstanding salah paham
Monday hari Senin
money uang
month bulan
monthly bulanan
more lagi
more (cf less) lebih (cf kurang)
morning (until 11.00) pagi
moustache kumis
mouth mulut
Mr, father or sir pak, bapak
Mrs or you (to married woman) nyonya
Mrs, mother or madam ibu, bu
muscle otot
must; have to harus
nail kuku
name nama
necessity keperluan
neck leher
need perlu
nephew kemenakan laki-laki
nervous, panicky, confused gugup
never tidak pernah
news kabar
newspaper koran
next depan, yang akan datang
next to sebelah
niece kemenakan perempuan
nine sembilan
No / Not Bukan
no, not (of verbs and adjectives) tidak
noise, noisy ribut
north utara
nose hidung
not (negation) tidak (vb. & adj.), bukan (nouns)
Not yet Belum
notice (public notice, notice board) pemberitahuan
November Nopember
Now Sekarang
obedient; to obey (abide by) taat; mentaati
Object Sebuah
October Oktober
offer (n) penawaran
offer (vb) menawar
offer (vb) menawarkan
offer, to bargain, to offer tawar, menawar, menawarkan
office kantor
old, dark in colour tua
older brother or sister kakak
on atas
On (time) Pada
On Top Di Atas
one satu
oneself, self sendiri
Only Hanga
open buka
opinion pendapat
Or Atau
orange (colour) jingga
orange (fruit) jeruk
order (goods,etc.), reserve a place pesan, memesan
originally berasal, asalnya, bermula
out, outside luar, di luar
pain pedih
painter, artist pelukis
palm of hand tapak tangan
parents orang tua
part bagian
party pesta
past lewat
patient (medical) pasien
Pelan Pelan Slow down
permanent, stay permanently tetap, menetap
person orang
Person Seorang
personnel personalia
persuade bujuk, membujuk
pick up menjemput
pick up, be picked up jemput, dijemput
picture, drawing, photo gambar
place tempat
plate piring
play bermain
please (invitation) silakan
please (request) tolong, tolonglah
police / policeman polisi
port (seaport) bandar
possess memiliki
post office kantor pos
present (here) hadir
price harga
print cetak
promise, to promise janji, berjanji
promised (passive), be promised dijanjikan [janji]
public works perkerjaan umum
pupil manik mata
quarter, a quarter perempat, seperempat
question tanya
question, ask tanya, bertanya
rain hujan
read baca; membaca
Read Membaca
ready siap
Ready / Finished Sudah
really betul betul
really, that is the case begitu
reason, motive, cause, because sebab
recipe (for food), prescription (for medicine) resep
recovery sembuh
region, district kelurahan
regulation peraturan
remainder sisa
remember ingat, mengingat
request minta
rest istirahat
restaurant restoran, rumah makan
result hasil
return, you're welcome kembali
rice nasi
right (to the right) kanan (kekanan)
road, path street jalan
roast panggang, dipanggang
rotten busuk
round bulat
Run Berlari
run lari, berlari
run around berlari-lari
safe aman
Saturday hari Sabtu
school sekolah
scientist ilmiawan
seaman pelaut
second kedua
secretary sekretaris
See you later sampai jumpa lagi
seek mencari
sell menjual
send (e.g. by post) kirim, mengirim
send off, take antar, mengantar
Senior High School Sekolah Menengah Atas(SMA)
September September
seven tujuh
several beberapa
sheet (of paper), print (of photo) lembar
ship kapal
shirt kemeja
shoe sepatu
shop toko
Shop Assistant Pelayan Toko
shopping (n); to go shopping berbelanja; pergi berbelanja
shopping centre pusat pertokoan
shoulder bahu
sick, ill, sickness sakit
singer penyanyi
sister adik perempuan
sit duduk
situated terletak
situated, placed, place, set down, put letak
six enam
Skilled Juru
skirt rok
sleep tidur
slow, slowly lambat
slow, slowly pelan pelan
smile tersenyum
so that supaya
sole of foot tapak kaki
sometimes, occasionally kadang-kadang
son anak laki-laki
soon segera
sore throat sakit tenggorokan
sorry, excuse me maaf
sort, kind, type jenis, macam
soup sop (sup)
south selatan
space, room, hall ruang
speak, say bicara, berbicara
spice bumbu
stage, point in time dewasa
start, begin mulai
stomach perut
stone batu
stop, call at singgah
storm angin ribut
story cerita
straight on lurus
straight on terus
student murid
study belajar
succeed (vb) berhasil
Sugar=Gula Bananas=Pisang
suggestion, to suggest, recommend saran, menyarani, menyarankan
Sunday hari Minggu
supermarket pasar swalayan
surgeon ahli bedah
surprise; surprised kejut; terkejut
sweet manis
sweets, candy manisan
Swim Berenang
swimming pool kolam renang
tablet / pill pil
tail ("group word" for animals) ekor
take ambil, mengambil
take (time) makan waktu
talk, chat, converse bercakap-cakap
tap keran
tap water air ledeng
taxi taksi
taxi meter taksimeter
tea teh
teacher guru
teens (in numbers) belas
television televisi
temperature suhu
temple pelipis
ten sepuluh
tens puluh
test, examination uji, ujian
than, in comparison with daripada
thank you terima kasih
that itu
the distance jauhnya
the insides (of the body) bagian dalam
The Netherlands, Dutch Belanda
the same week minggu yang sama
Them /they Merika
then, afterwards kemudian
then, so, therefore, consequently maka
then, therefore, so jadi
therefore sebab itu
therefore (because of that) karena itu
they mereka
thigh paha
think pikir
think, assume kira
Thirsty Haus
This one = Yang ini
this, these ini
thousands ribu
three tiga
throat tenggorokan
throw away, eject, waste, abolish buang
thumb ibu jari
Thursday hari Kamis
tidings, news berita
tiger harimau
time waktu
time, hour, clock jam, pukul
times, occasions kali
tired capai
tiredness kelelahan
To Ke
to advance maju (ke)
to advise (a person) menasihati
to advise (an action) menasihatkan
to arrive tiba (di)
to be angry marah (pada)
to be assigned ditugaskan
to be born lahir (di)
to be carried out, to be done dikerjakan
to be doing something sedang
to be finished selasai
to be quiet diam
to bow tunduk (pada)
To Buy = Membeli
to close tutup
to collapse roboh
to come to datang
to die down surut
To Drink = Minum
to drive mengemudi
To Eat = Makan
to emerge timbul (dari)
to enter masuk (ke)
to escape lepas
to fail gagal (dalam)
to fall into jatuh (ke)
To Fly Terbang
To Fly Terbang
to fly terbang (dari/ke)
to forget lupa (pada)
to get up bangun
To Go = Pergi
to go down turun (dari/ke)
to go home pulang (ke)
to graduate tamat (dari)
to grow tumbuh
to have a cold sakit selesma
to have/there is/are ada
to join in ikut (dengan)
To Know Tahu
to know/recognise kenal (dengan)
to leave something, somewhere or someone meninggalkan
to like suka (pada)
to live hidup (di)
to marry kawin (dengan)
to move pindah (ke)
to open, to expand, to grow berkembang
to pass lulus (dalam)
to perch (on) hinggap
to plunge terjun (ke)
to reach sampai (di)
to remember ingat (pada)
to rest beristirahat
to retreat mundur
to return to kembali (ke)
to ride/go up naik (ke)
to rise terbit (di)
to sell well laku
to sleep tidur (di)
to smoke merokok
to stay/live tinggal (di)
to stop by singgah (di)
to surrender takluk (pada)
to treat mengobati
to type ketik / mengetik
to wish ingin
to, of (giving to, asking of) kepada
toes jari kaki
toilet; lavatory; restroom kamar kecil
tomorrow besok
tongue lidah
too (excessive) terlalu
tooth gigi
total jumlah
tour (n), to tour, tourist wisata, berwisata, wisatawan
tourist wisatawan
trade dagang
traffic lalu lintas
traffic lights lampu lalu lintas
true, correct betul, benar
try, try on coba, mencoba
Tuesday hari Selasa
turn putar
Turn Left Belok Kiri
turn on nyalakan
Turn Right Belok Kanaan
two dua
typist juru tik
uncle paman
Under/beneath Bewah
understand mengerti
until, arrive sampai
untrue, false tidak benar
upper arm lengan atas
usual / normal biasa
usually biasanya
various bermacam
vegetable; some vegetables sayur; sayur-sayuran
vein pembuluh balik
very sangat, sekali
very sekali
via melalui
visit, to visit kunjung, kunjungan, mengunjungi
waist pinggang
wait tunggu, menunggu
waiting room ruang tunggu
Walk Berjalan
walk (very specific) berjalan kaki
want mau, ingin
Want Mau
wash (e.g. clothes), develop (film) cuci
Watch JamTangan
water air
We Kami/Kita
we (excluding listener) kami
wear (of clothes) pakai, memakai
weather cuaca
Wednesday hari Rabu
week minggu
weekend akhir minggu
well or good baik
west barat
What Apa
what apa
What is normal price of this? berapa harga biasanya
Whats your name= Siapa Nama Saudara
when kapan
When Waktu
when, whilst, at the time ketika
Where Dimana
where mana, di mana
where (at) di mana
Where is the Dimana
where.....from? dari mana
whereas, whilst sedangkan
whether .... or apakah ....... atau
which, who yang
while, at the same time sambil
white putih
Who / What Siapa
Why Mengapa
why mengapa, kenapa
Wife Istri
will, shall, going to akan
wind angin
window jendela
windpipe batang tenggorokan
With Dengan
Without Tampa
without tanpa
woman orang perempuan
work, to work kerja, bekerja
wrist pergelangan tangan
write tulis, menulis
wrong salah
year tahun
yearly tahunan
Yes Ya
yesterday kemarin
You Anda
you (foreigner) tuan
you (intimate) engkau
you (intimate) kamu
you (pl) [all of you] saudara, [kamu sekalian]
you (to a VIP) beliau
you (very formal) saudara, saudari
You Leaving Seamat Tinggal
You/ Your Saudara
younger brother adik laki-laki
younger sibling adik
your friend teman Anda




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