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- noun Indonesia A
cycle rickshaw .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I really like betchar name, I come from Indonesia, when I think about becak what came to my imagination is red, dirty, with an unrecognized color of towel rest comfortably on the shoulder of sweating ped-chauffeur
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For example, ‘becak’, a rickshaw, became ‘betchar’ which is how you actually pronounce it.
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Saya juga serting kaget kalo liat tukang becak, lewat jalan raya di Bandung, pas macet tiba-tiba dia mengeluarkan sesuatu dari dompetnya, suya kira rokok, tapi ternata ponsel, rupanya ada telepon yang harus diangkat di tas pedal becak,
Planet Terasi 2010
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[A becak retrofitted for the exhibition, opposite the ten principles.]
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Saya juga sering kaget sendiri jika melihat penetrasi industri handphone itu sudah sedemikian cepat, pernah suatu kali melihat tukang becak lewat di jalan raya Bandung, pas macet tiba-tiba dia mengeluarkan sesuatu dari dompetnya, saya kira rokok, tapi ternyata ponsel, rupanya ada telepon yang harus diangkat di atas pedal becak, ditengah jalan raya pula.
Planet Terasi 2010
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Sometimes smaller transportation fixes make the most sense; the exhibition includes a new load-carrying rickshaw developed in India and a better engineered version of the Indonesian pedicab, called a becak.
Metropolis POV | Metropolis Magazine Avinash Rajagopal 2010
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Their designs comprise the bulk of the show, alongside some hanging bicycles, a becak, and a bus interior graphically depicted in one of the spaces.
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An Indonesian becak on display at the Center for Architecture
Metropolis POV | Metropolis Magazine Avinash Rajagopal 2010
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Mujur aku datang awal, jika tidak pasti lencun dan becak di kawasan bersejarah idea dan ilham sultan sher shah suri ni misi mencari masjid yang besar dan selesa di bandar dina.
Planet Malaysia 2010
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Hundreds of kilometers away in Central Java I called and spoke to my regular becak (cycle rickshaw) driver in Jogjakarta, Yudhi, to ask him what the mood was like.
My Sinchew - 2009
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