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akal pura-pura ... akal(TB)/dipakainya akal pura-pura(TL) <06195 06213> [work wilily.]

bekal(TB)/utusan(TL) <06737> [ambassadors.]

The word {tzir,} an ambassador, properly denotes a hinge; because an ambassador is a person upon whom the business turns as upon a hinge. So the Latin {Cardinalis,} from {cardo,} a hinge, was the title of the prime minister of the emperor Theodosius, though now applied only to the Pope's electors and counsellors.

kirbat kirbat(TB)/kirbat ... air anggur(TL) <04997 03196> [wine bottles.]

These bottles being made of skin, were consequently liable to be rent, and capable of being mended; which is done, according to Chardin, by putting in a piece, or by gathering up the wounded piece in the manner of a purse; and sometimes by inserting a flat piece of wood.

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kasut ... buruk-buruk ............ buruk-buruk(TB)/kasut ..... diperbaiki .......... buruk-buruk(TL) <05275 01087> [old shoes.]

ditambal(TB) <02921> [clouted.]

The word clouted signifies here patched, from the Anglo-Saxon {clut,} a clout or rag; and not nailed from the French {clou,} a nail.