empal

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦭ꧀ (empal, “slices of spiced meat fried in coconut oil”), from Old Javanese ĕmpal (“flesh, meat”). Compare to Sundanese empal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əm.ˈpal/
• Rhymes: -pal
• Hyphenation: êm‧pal
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

êmpal (plural empal-empal)

1. (cooking) sweet and spicy fried beef cut.

Derived terms

• empal gentong

Further reading

• “empal” 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

empal

1. Romanization of ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦭ꧀

Sundanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦼꦩ꧀ꦥꦭ꧀ (empal, “slices of spiced meat fried in coconut oil”), from Old Javanese ĕmpal (“flesh, meat”). Compare to Indonesian empal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əm.ˈpal/
• Hyphenation: em‧pal

Noun

empal (Sundanese script ᮈᮙ᮪ᮕᮜ᮪)

1. (cooking) dish of boiled or stewed meat, prepared with spices.

Further reading

• "ĔMPAL", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij