Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

pijpenla

English translation:

long narrow room

Added to glossary by Johan Venter
May 5, 2005 17:49
19 yrs ago
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Dutch term

pijpenla

Dutch to English Other Tourism & Travel
This is from a text about India. In this particular paragraph the author describes a typical Indian business district:

Langs de hoofdstraten verdringen de winkeltjes van de handelaars in juwelen of stoffen elkaar. Meestal zijn het een soort **pijpenla’s**, open aan de voorzijde. De waren staan hoog opgetast langs de wanden en de vloer is bedekt met een ‘luie’, schone matras. Voor de winkeltjes spreiden straatventers hun waren uit en mobiele restaurantjes voorzien de voorbijgangers van voedsel.

Proposed translations

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long narrow room

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Peer comment(s):

agree Robert Kleemaier
5 mins
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
13 mins
agree Antoinette Verburg
1 hr
agree Saskia Steur (X) : Definitely!
2 hrs
agree Meturgan
3 hrs
agree shineda
15 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for all of the answers and the excellent explanations. Unfortunately I can only award points to one answerer, so first come first serve."
26 mins

most times long narrow shops with open facades

most times long narrow open front ...
most times narrow rectangular .....

countless variations :)
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2 hrs

hole in the wall

"Pijpenla" means any long narrow interior, reminiscent of the long narrow drawers in which Dutch men used to keep their long clay pipes. Hence also the expression "het regent pijpenstelen". It is used in particular to describe pubs, shops and rooms. "Hole in the wall (shop)" would seem closest to the sense conveyed by the original.

Btw, the plural would be "pijpenladen" or "pijpenlaatjes".
Peer comment(s):

neutral Meturgan : The explanation is excellent.
1 hr
agree FullCircle (X) : When my NA-colleagues and I went for dinner in China, we went to holes in the wall restaurants
11 hrs
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