empal

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦭ꧀ (empal, “slices of spiced meat fried in coconut oil”), from Old Javanese ĕmpal (“flesh, meat”). Compare to Sundanese ᮈᮙ᮪ᮕᮜ᮪ (empal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əm.ˈpal/
• Rhymes: -pal
• Hyphenation: êm‧pal

Noun

êmpal (plural empal-empal, first-person possessive empalku, second-person possessive empalmu, third-person possessive empalnya)

1. (cooking) sweet and spicy fried beef cut.

Derived terms

• empal gentong

 

Further reading

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

Javanese

Romanization

empal

1. Romanization of ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦭ꧀