Kecap Kapamalian sok dihartikeun larangan karuhun atawa larangan sepuh urang anu maksudna teu menang ngalakukeun hiji pagawéan lantaran sok aya matakna.
(Kecap Kapamalian likes to be interpreted as the oldest prohibition or prohibition of elders, which means that one should not do a job because there are consequences.)
Contona (Example):
1) Ulah nambulan uyah, pamali bisi potong peujit.
(Don’t snack on salt for fear of having your intestines cut off.)
2) Ulah cicing dina lawang panto, pamali bisi hésé menang jodo.
(Don’t stay at the mouth of the door for fear of not being able to find a mate.)
3) Ulah maké baju bari leumpang, pamali bisi teu kalaksanakeun cita – cita.
(Don’t wear clothes while walking; the ban is afraid of not achieving the goal.)
4) Ulah mandi pabeubeurang, bisi téréh péot.
(Don’t take a bath in the middle of the day for fear of getting wrinkles.)
5) Ulah lila teuing cicing dikamar mandi, pamali bisi gancang kolot.
(Don’t stay in the bathroom too long, for fear of getting old.)
6) Ulah dipapayung dijero imah, pamali bisi di datangan maung.
(Don’t wear an umbrella inside the house for fear of being visited by a tiger.)
