empal
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦭ꧀ (empal, “slices of spiced meat fried in coconut oil”), from Old Javanese ĕmpal (“flesh, meat”). Compare to Sundanese ᮈᮙ᮪ᮕᮜ᮪ (empal).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
êmpal (plural empal-empal, first-person possessive empalku, second-person possessive empalmu, third-person possessive empalnya)
- (cooking) sweet and spicy fried beef cut.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “empal” 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.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
empal
- Romanization of ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦭ꧀