terang bulan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
terang (“bright”) + bulan (“moon”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
terang bulan (first-person possessive terang bulanku, second-person possessive terang bulanmu, third-person possessive terang bulannya)
- (Central Java, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Eastern Indonesia) apam balik: a common dessert of folded stuffed pancake with varied textures from one that is akin to a crispier form of crumpets to small thin light pancake shells that break when bitten.
Synonyms edit
- apam pinang (West Kalimantan)
- hok lo pan (Bangka Belitung and Batam)
- martabak (Jakarta)
- martabak bandung (Jakarta)
- martabak bangka (Jakarta)
- martabak manis (Southern Sumatra, Banten, West Java, Jakarta and Yogyakarta)
- kue bandung (Semarang)
Further reading edit
- “terang bulan” 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.