lemang
English
Noun
lemang (uncountable)
- 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
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay lemang, from Classical Malay لمڠ (lĕmang), from Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləməŋ. Cognate of Minangkabau lamang.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ləˈmaŋ/ [ləˈmaŋ]
- Rhymes: -aŋ
- Syllabification: le‧mang
Noun
lêmang (plural lemang-lemang)
- 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 of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləməŋ. Cognate of Minangkabau lamang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləˈmaŋ/ [ləˈmaŋ]
- Rhymes: -əmaŋ, -maŋ, -aŋ
Noun
lemang (Jawi spelling لمڠ, plural lemang-lemang)
- lemang (glutinous rice and coconut milk cooked in a bamboo vessel)
- (Malaysia, Singapore, chiefly Internet slang) penis
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Descendants
- Indonesian: lêmang
Further reading
- “lemang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.