botram

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boterham (“sandwich”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbotram/ [ˈbot̪̚.ram]
• Rhymes: -otram
• Syllabification: bot‧ram

Noun

botram (plural botram-botram)

1. (dialectical) a meal together in a relaxed and family-like manner, where each person shares food brought from home.

Further reading

• “botram”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016