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20th December 2009, 08:16 PM
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Well maybe the word gobang doesn't mean machete, but it is meant to mean something large? and maybe in different parts of Indonesia it is referring to different things? So in your part it meant a large copper coin... and in his maybe it meant a large parang?
For example there is a Taiwanese phrase, "dwa ken", which means the size of big grapefruits... but is often used to describe a lovely woman's breasts in slang usage... 
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20th December 2009, 08:51 PM
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By Zonneveld I found: "Gobang, Sunda isles, A type of sword." Nothing more, only this.
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20th December 2009, 08:56 PM
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My friend seemed to imply that Gobangs were often used in fights, probably because of their longer length compared to smaller goloks and parangs... maybe the Gobang was a common term for swords? Or maybe a type of sword whose name eventually became applied to various long blades? |
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20th December 2009, 10:24 PM
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hai
i did look i mine diconary-book kamus kantong belanda for you but it does not give word gobang but i remember it does difer on many isels i will ask for you greet jan |
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