bancakan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed bancak (“the container of tumpeng”) +‎ -an, from Javanese ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦏꦤ꧀ (bancakan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /banˈt͡ʃakan/
  • Hyphenation: ban‧cak‧an

Noun

bancakan (plural bancakan-bancakan)

  1. slametan: a (Javanese) communal feast, held to celebrate numerous types of event
    Synonyms: kenduri, sedekah, selamatan
  2. (Java) dish(es) of food made available at such a feast
  3. (figurative, derogatory) something, such as money, distributed with corruptive nature, referring to previous definition and Sekaten tradition of tumpeng distribution

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

bancakan

  1. romanization of ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦏꦤ꧀
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