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tanah kat

English translation: clay


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Malay term or phrase:tanah liat
English translation:clay
Entered by: Catherine Muir
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07:51 Oct 7, 2011
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Bus/Financial - Mining & Minerals / Gems / Malay term used in Indonesian legal document
Malay term or phrase: tanah kat
A business is established with a wide range of activities, including mining and excavation of minerals, nickel ....sand and 'tanah kat'. I realise this is literally 'cut land' but that is meaningless in English, so I am at a loss to work out what is meant.

Can anyone help with a good English term for 'tanah kat'?
Catherine Muir
Australia
Local time: 00:04
tanah liat = clay
Explanation:
Probably a typo or scanner not picking up the right character?
Clay is mined to make brick, pottery etc.
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azman.salleh
Malaysia
Local time: 22:04
Grading comment
Yes, you are correct, it was not a typo, just--as you said--blurry letters that the scanner picked up incorrectly.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4tanah liat = clay
azman.salleh


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tanah liat = clay


Explanation:
Probably a typo or scanner not picking up the right character?
Clay is mined to make brick, pottery etc.

azman.salleh
Malaysia
Local time: 22:04
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Yes, you are correct, it was not a typo, just--as you said--blurry letters that the scanner picked up incorrectly.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, you are absolutely right about the scanner not picking up the right character. I've been working on this job for a week and what I needed was another set of eyes! Thank you! When the 24 hours is up, I will select your answer.

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