dodol

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dodol (usually uncountable, plural dodols)

1. A sweet, sticky toffee-like confection made from coconut milk, jaggery, and rice flour, found in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

From Malay dodol, from Old Javanese dodol, dwadwal (“dodol”), either via Javanese ꦢꦺꦴꦢꦺꦴꦭ꧀ (dodol) or Sundanese dodol.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdodol/ [ˈdo.dɔl]
• Rhymes: -odol
• Syllabification: do‧dol

dodol (plural dodol-dodol)

1. a sweet, sticky toffee-like confection made from coconut milk, jaggery, and rice flour
2. dynamite tube (which shape is akin to a wrapped dodol)

• “dodol” 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.