Cekidot, gan!--"Check it out, Boss!" Kamu Dodol--"You're a coconut
fudge!" (You're slow on the uptake) This book is an informal
compendium of Indonesian expressions, including proverbs, slang,
quotations and acronyms. The unique aspects of the Indonesian
language offer one of the best windows into Indonesian culture.
Slang, titles, proverbs, nicknames, acronyms, quotations and other
expressions reveal its character, in the words of its people and
are a great way to learn Indonesian culture. This book of
expressions looks at Indonesia with the help of its national
language, bahasa Indonesia. It describes Indonesians and their
fears, beliefs, history and politics, as well as how they live,
fight, grieve and laugh. Indonesian is a variant of Malay, the
national language of Malaysia, and many of its expressions come
from the Malay heartland of Sumatra island. Indonesian has also
incorporated terms from Javanese, the language of the dominant
ethnic group in a huge nation of more than 17,000 islands. Although
Indonesian is officially a young language, it contains words from
Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese and English, a legacy
of the merchants, warriors, laborers and holy men who traveled to
the archipelago over the centuries. The Indonesian language was a
nationalist symbol during the campaign against Dutch rule in the
20th century. Indonesians who fought against colonialism made it
the national language in their constitution when they declared
independence in 1945. Two generations later, modern Indonesians
loveword play. The tongue slips and skids, chopping words, piling
on syllables and flipping them. Indonesians turn phrases into
acronyms and construct double meanings. Their inventions reflect
social trends, mock authority, or get the point across in a hurry.
This book divides Indonesian expressions into categories such as
food and wisdom, politics and personalities. The format is the same
in each chapter. An expression in Indonesian, or sometimes a
regional language in Indonesia, is followed by a translation, an
interpretation of the meaning, and usually a summary of the idiom's
origin or background. Some translations are more literal than
others, reflecting an effort to balance clarity of meaning with the
flavor of the original words.
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