satay
English
WOTD – 28 March 2009
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay sate (“satay”), ultimately from Tamil சதை (catai).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsæt.eɪ/, /ˈsɑː.teɪ/
- Rhymes: -æteɪ
- (US) IPA(key): /sæˈteɪ/, /sɑːˈteɪ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Homophone: sauté (cot–caught merger)
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun
satay (countable and uncountable, plural satays)
- A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce, originating from Indonesia and Malaysia.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 107:
- Crabbe bought sateh for all: tiny knobs and wedges of fire-hot meat on wooden skewers, to be dipped in a lukewarm sauce of fire and eaten with slivers of sweet potato and cucumber.
Derived terms
Translations
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Portuguese
Noun
satay m (plural satays)
- satay (Indonesian and Malaysian meat dish)
Spanish
Noun
satay m (plural satayes)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English satay, from Malay sate, from Tamil சதை (catai, “flesh”). Compare Tausug satti.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsataj/ [ˈsaː.t̪aɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -ataj
- Syllabification: sa‧tay
Noun
satay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜆᜌ᜔)
- satay (Indonesian and Malaysian dish)
Further reading
- “satay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018