ketupat

English

Noun

ketupat (plural ketupats)

1. An Asian dumpling made from rice wrapped in a woven palm-leaf pouch and boiled.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ketupat. Doublet of kupat. Compare with Sundanese kupat, Balinese tipat, Ilocano patupat, Chamorro katupat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈtupat/ [kəˈt̪u.pat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -upat
• Syllabification: ke‧tu‧pat

Noun

ketupat (first-person possessive ketupatku, second-person possessive ketupatmu, third-person possessive ketupatnya)

1. ketupat

   Synonym: kupat

Further reading

• “ketupat” 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

Noun

ketupat

1. ketupat

   Synonym: kupat

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈtupat/ [kəˈt̪u.pat̪]
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: ke‧tu‧pat

Noun

ketupat (Jawi spelling کتوڤت, plural ketupat-ketupat, informal 1st possessive ketupatku, 2nd possessive ketupatmu, 3rd possessive ketupatnya)

1. ketupat

Further reading

• “ketupat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.