tepo

See also: tepo·, tẽpo, and tępo

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtepo/ [ˈt̪e.po]
• Rhymes: -epo
• Syllabification: te‧po

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 賭博／赌博 (tó͘-phok, “to gamble”).

Noun

tepo (plural tepo-tepo)

1. (gaming) Chinese gambling

   Hypernym: judi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦺꦥꦺꦴ (tépo, “rice formed into a roll and cooked in a banana leaf wrapper”).

Noun

tepo (plural tepo-tepo)

1. (cooking) rice formed into a roll and cooked in a banana leaf wrapper.

Further reading

• “tepo”, 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