semur
English
Etymology
From Indonesian semur.
The Indonesian word comes from Dutch smoren ("to smother").
Noun
semur (plural semurs)
- An Indonesian stew normally made with beef
- 2016 July 5, Tejal Rao, “Ending the Ramadan Fast With an Indonesian Feast”, in New York Times[1]:
- The semur is made the way Ms. Pratiwi’s grandmother and mother taught her to make it, though Ms. Pratiwi braises the beef more gently, in the oven, until it’s very tender and glistening all over with a dark, mellow sauce.
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦸꦂ (semur), from Dutch smoor, smoren (“to braise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.ˈmʊr/
- Rhymes: -mʊr
- Hyphenation: sê‧mur
Noun
sêmur (plural semur-semur)
- (cooking) semur: an Indonesian stew normally made with beef
Derived terms
- disemur
- menyemur
- penyemuran
Descendants
- → English: semur
Further reading
- “semur” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
semur
- romanization of ꦱꦼꦩꦸꦂ