Clivebenss SG This term is so commonly used when we are kid and while playing games, one party plays cheat and we will immediately shout:boh_ pa/ ke''' !bo pake means reject.
ILikeHippo SG never thought of bomoh this way oh yah, is the coconut bomoh bald? Don't know leh, they wear songkok, cannot see.
ILikeHippo SG usually I understand the meaning literally as "not counted"Yup, if I am not wrong, it is a word of malay origin "pakai" means applicable so bo pake is actually tidak pakai not counted or not applicable.
BanguIzai SG Yup, if I am not wrong, it is a word of malay origin "pakai" means applicable so bo pake is actually tidak pakai not counted or not applicable.
Clivebenss SG ok i see !so early version of ko pi li sen is English but later corrupted to Malay around 1970 onwards.
BanguIzai SG so early version of ko pi li sen is English but later corrupted to Malay around 1970 onwards.I pronounce "license" as ( lai-- sen''' ) in my Hokkien
BanguIzai SG my bad I forget the "a".seriously this sounds like an old term.never once I heard any one use this "copy license"
Clivebenss SG seriously this sounds like an old term.never once I heard any one use this "copy license"common term back in the 50s or earlier but faded out or extinct now.
