Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Indonesian term or phrase:
berbalas pantun
English translation:
traded pantoums
Indonesian term
berbalas pantun
4 | traded pantoums |
ErichEko ⟹⭐
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4 +1 | verbal banter using rhymes |
Budi Suryadi-
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4 | unrequited rhyme |
Sutarto
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3 | exchange pantun verses |
Ikram Mahyuddin
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Jan 31, 2013 02:27: ErichEko ⟹⭐ Created KOG entry
Jan 31, 2013 02:27: ErichEko ⟹⭐ changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"
Proposed translations
traded pantoums
Dari Oxford:
pantoum (also pantun) noun a Malay verse form, also imitated in French and English, with a rhyme scheme abab.
U/ berbalas, kita dapat setarakan dengan berbalas puisi, seperti peristiwa di antara dua pujangga berikut:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5885
Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell traded poems depicting the animals and the awkward intrusion of humans, including Bishop's "The Moose," "The Armadillo," and Lowell's "Skunk Hour."
unrequited rhyme
exchange pantun verses
verbal banter using rhymes
It is a playful way to meet members of the opposite sex, and to get to know one another. The rhymes used in this tradition may be improvised, using rhymes.
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CORRECTION:
The last sentence in Explanation should be:
The rhymes used in this tradition may be improvised.
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