hunkue

Indonesian edit

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hunkue

Etymology edit

From Hokkien 粉粿 (hún-kóe, “mung bean starch cake”, literally “powder cake”). Mung bean paste is a filling option for mooncake which traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival gathering.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈhʊn.kue̯]
Hyphenation: hun‧kue

Noun edit

hunkue (plural hunkue-hunkue, first-person possessive hunkueku, second-person possessive hunkuemu, third-person possessive hunkuenya)

(cooking) mung bean paste and its pastry product.

Alternative forms edit

hunkwe

Further reading edit

“hunkue” 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.