rendang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rendang, from Minangkabau randang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛnˈdæŋ/, /ˈɹɛnˌdæŋ/

Noun

rendang (usually uncountable, plural rendangs)

1. An Indonesian dish of beef (or sometimes other meat) slowly cooked in coconut milk.
   • 2009 May 27, Dave Cook, “A Little Taste of Somewhere Else”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Look for gado-gado and lothek, a pair of vegetable salads with crunchy highlights, awash in sauce that’s hand-ground (and spiced to order) for each customer; combro, a deep-fried, chili-spiked croquette of grated cassava; satay plates of skewered beef and chicken, accompanied by peanut sauce and blocks of sticky rice; the long-simmered stew called beef rendang; chicken or beef noodle soup; and cendol, iced coconut milk laden with green rice noodles and tiny cubes of colored jelly, and laced with palm sugar.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rendang, from Classical Malay رندڠ (rĕndang), from Minangkabau randang. Compare Iban rendai, Urak Lawoi' เรอนัก (renak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rənˈdaŋ]
• Rhymes: -daŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
• Hyphenation: rên‧dang

Noun

rêndang (plural rendang-rendang, first-person possessive rendangku, second-person possessive rendangmu, third-person possessive rendangnya)

1. rendang (dish made of beef or other ingredients cooked in chilies and coconut milk until dry)

Alternative forms

• randang

Derived terms

• direndang
• merendang
• perendangan

 

• beras rendang
• kentang rendang
• pisang rendang
• sagu rendang

 

Further reading

• “rendang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology 1

First attested in the classical Malay literary work Hikayat Amir Hamzah as early as the 1550s, which had been translated into Malay from the Persian original.

From Proto-Malayic *randaŋ. Cognate of Minangkabau randang, Iban rendai, Urak Lawoi' เรอนัก (renak).

The second sense is a semantic loan from Minangkabau randang, a traditional dish of the Minangkabau people.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rənˈdaŋ]
• Rhymes: -daŋ, -aŋ

Noun

rendang (Jawi spelling رندڠ, plural rendang-rendang, informal 1st possessive rendangku, 2nd possessive rendangmu, 3rd possessive rendangnya)

1. frying in nothing more than a little oil or fat; dry-currying
2. rendang (a rich, spicy meat curry)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• perendangan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• merendang [agent focus] (meN-)
• direndang [patient focus] (di-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: rêndang
• → English: rendang

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛn.daŋ]
• Rhymes: -daŋ, -aŋ

Adjective

réndang (Jawi spelling ريندڠ)

1. shady (of tree)

Descendants

• Indonesian: rindang

Further reading

• “rendang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.