buto kambing

Makasar

Etymology

Buto kambing

Compound of buto (“scrotum”) +‎ kambing (“goat”), calque of Malay pelir kambing (literally “goat testicle”). Cognate Musi peler kambing, Tausug pali kambing, Maguindanao plil, Javanese ꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦛꦺꦴꦭ꧀ꦏꦩ꧀ꦧꦶꦁ (kontholkambing).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbutoˈkambiŋ/

Noun

buto kambing (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨈᨚ ᨀᨅᨗ)

1. Jemput-jemput, a delicacy made of overripe bananas, cut into pieces, wrapped in rice flour dough, and fried as balls in hot coconut oil.

   Synonyms: putu kambing, kambing-kambing

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI