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- From: elltankw@nuscc.nus.sg (Tan Kok Wan Peter (Dr))
- Subject: Re: Meaning of `Sekali'
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.005439.17721@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Organization: National University of Singapore
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:54:39 GMT
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- isc20390@nusunix1.nus.sg (CHONG KAH YUEN) writes:
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- : I think the meaning of sekali is " Suddenly or all of a sudden if something
- : totally unexpected happens and..".
- :
- : Somewhere along those lines is the meaning. (I think, Sekali I wrong,
- : very malu)
- : John F Chong
-
- Many thanks for all your responses. Yes, I think it means more than
- `once' or `if' as suggested by the earlier responses. Maybe what we can
- do is to come up with lots of examples of how YOU would use `sekali', and
- see whether the gloss fits. ...Or as they say, if the cap fits, wear it.
- Peter Tan
-