wingko

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦶꦁꦏ (wingka, “a cake made largely of glutinous rice and desiccated coconut, toasted and sold warm”, literally “pottery shard”), from Old Javanese wiṅka (“potsherd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪŋko/ [ˈwɪŋko]
• Rhymes: -ko
• Hyphenation: wing‧ko

Noun

wingko (plural wingko-wingko, first-person possessive wingkoku, second-person possessive wingkomu, third-person possessive wingkonya)

1. (cooking) a cake made largely of glutinous rice and desiccated coconut, toasted and sold warm

Further reading

• “wingko” 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.