ulas

English translation: pip; section [fruits]

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Malay term or phrase:ulas
English translation:pip; section [fruits]
Entered by: yam2u

03:36 Sep 16, 2009
Malay to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / cooking
Malay term or phrase: ulas
in cooking
Zaid Shazili
pip; section [fruits]
Explanation:
these pertains to counting fruits that are sectionals, often each fruit section contains a pip.

examples: seulas durian/nangka/asam jawa (a pip of durian/jackfruit/tamarind); seulas limau (a section of orange)

re Kamus Perwira: ulas II ~ [fruits] numerical coefficient to show the number of pips

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-09-16 05:06:48 GMT)
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please add a third alternative: "segment"
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4 +1pip; section [fruits]
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pip; section [fruits]


Explanation:
these pertains to counting fruits that are sectionals, often each fruit section contains a pip.

examples: seulas durian/nangka/asam jawa (a pip of durian/jackfruit/tamarind); seulas limau (a section of orange)

re Kamus Perwira: ulas II ~ [fruits] numerical coefficient to show the number of pips

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-09-16 05:06:48 GMT)
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please add a third alternative: "segment"

yam2u
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Archipelago (X): "Segment" would be best, depending on the context as in "se-ulas", "dua ulas"; or, more colloquially, "quarters" as in the quarters of an orange (although there are always more than four of them). However, as a verb it would mean "to peel".
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  -> thanks, archipelago!
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