lemang

English

Noun

lemang (uncountable)

1. A traditional Asian food made of glutinous rice, coconut milk and salt, cooked in a hollow bamboo stick lined with banana leaves to prevent sticking.

Anagrams

• Gelman, Mangel, Mangle, leg man, legman, mangel, mangle

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lemang, from Classical Malay لمڠ (lĕmang). Cognate of Minangkabau lamang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ləˈmaŋ]
• Hyphenation: lê‧mang

Noun

lêmang (plural lemang-lemang, first-person possessive lemangku, second-person possessive lemangmu, third-person possessive lemangnya)

1. lemang (a type of food made of glutinous rice and coconut milk baked in a length of bamboo lined with banana leaf)

   bersandar di lemang hangat

   taking protection from a criminal, etc.

   (literally, “leaning against a hot lemang”)

   menyandang lemang hangat orang

   pulling the chestnuts out of the fire for someone

   (literally, “slinging someone else's hot lemang over the shoulder”)

Derived terms

• dilemang
• melemang

 

• bulan lemang
• nasi lemang
• seluar lemang

 

Further reading

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

Malay

Etymology

Compare Minangkabau lamang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləmaŋ/
• Rhymes: -əmaŋ, -maŋ, -aŋ

Noun

lemang (Jawi spelling لمڠ, plural lemang-lemang, informal 1st possessive lemangku, 2nd possessive lemangmu, 3rd possessive lemangnya)

1. lemang (glutinous rice and coconut milk cooked in a bamboo vessel)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• melemang [agent focus] (meN-)
• dilemang [patient focus] (di-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: lêmang

Further reading

• “lemang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.