Tukang paip kata paip lama itu menyebabkan air turun dari siling.

The plumber says that old pipe causes water to come down from the ceiling.

Breakdown of Tukang paip kata paip lama itu menyebabkan air turun dari siling.

• air: the water
• itu: that
• dari: from
• lama: old

Questions & Answers about Tukang paip kata paip lama itu menyebabkan air turun dari siling.

Why does paip appear twice in the sentence?

Because the two instances of paip do different jobs:

• tukang paip = plumber
• paip lama itu = that old pipe / the old pipe

So the first paip is part of a job title, while the second paip is the actual pipe being talked about.

Malay often forms occupations with tukang + noun, where tukang means a skilled worker or repair person.

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What exactly does tukang paip mean?

Tukang paip means plumber.

A few useful points:

• tukang = a worker, repairer, craftsman, or someone skilled in a practical trade
• paip = pipe

So literally, tukang paip is something like pipe worker, but the normal English translation is plumber.

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Does kata only mean said, or can it also mean says?