A

From the initial position of the letter A in the Indonesian alphabet.

(music) a tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote


aria

From Dutch aria, from Italian aria, metathesis from Latin āerem, accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).

(music) aria (a type of musical piece written typically for a solo voice)


Israel

From Dutch Israël, from Middle Dutch israel, from Old Dutch israel, from Latin Isrāēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל. Doublet of Israil.

(biblical) A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people


mi

From Malay mi (“noodle”), from Hokkien 麵 /面 (mī, “noodle, flour”).


mi

From Latin mīra, from the first word of the third line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

(music) mi, a syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale


tuba

From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”).

der

(music) tuba: A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys


pit

(motor racing) pit (an area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race)


sol

From Dutch sol, the first syllable of Latin solve (“to remove, get rid of”), the first word of the fifth line, third verse (“Solve polluti, labii reatum”, that is, “Clean the guilt from our stained lips”) of the famed medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

in a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la

in a fixed-do system: the musical note G


stem

From English stem, from Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”).

(music) a vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music


as

From Dutch aas (“ace”), earlier ase, from Middle Dutch aes, from Old French as, from Latin as.
* Semantic loan from English ace for meaning other than card with a single spot.

(tennis) ace (point scored without the opponent hitting the ball)


son

(agriculture) harvested young garlic at the age of 70 days after planting


not

From Dutch noot, from Middle Dutch note, from Old French note, from Latin nota. Doublet of nota.

(music) note, a character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch


om

From Sanskrit ओं (oṃ) or औं (auṃ) or ॐ (oṃ). Cognate with Balinese ᬒᬁ.

(Hinduism, Buddhism) om: a sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation


MT

(agriculture) initialism of musim tanam (“planting season”)


ban

From Dutch baan, from Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch *bana, from Proto-Germanic *banō.

(sports, ball games) court, field (place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games)


MI

madrasah ibtidaiah
madrasah ibtidaiah#Indonesian

(education, Islam) initialism of madrasah ibtidaiah


ad libitum

id-adj

ad libitum (comparative lebih ad libitum, superlative paling ad libitum)

lebih ad libitum (comparative)
paling ad libitum (superlative)

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin ad libitum.

ubor

(music) at one's pleasure, allowing freedom to improvise, allowing variation from the printed notes or tempo

(agriculture, sciences) without restriction.


Islam

From Malay Islam, from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).


basket

baskèt (canonical)
basket-basket (plural)

Pseudo-anglicism, a shortening of English basketball.

the particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball

a sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop


set

From Dutch set, from English set, alteration of sept, from Old French sette (“a religious sect”), from Medieval Latin secta (“retinue”), from Latin secta (“a faction”).

(sports) set, group of games counting as a unit toward a match


basis

Borrowed from Dutch bassist (“bassist”).

(music) bassist: a musician playing a bass; esp. a bass guitarist


plasma

From Dutch plasma, from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).

(agriculture) farmers (planters) who are part of the agricultural business system (plantation) who are in charge of carrying out the production process and supplying their products to the factory (which acts as the nucleus), while the production costs and facilities are provided by the factory


mana

From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).

(biblical) manna: Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus


organ

From Dutch orgaan, from Middle Dutch organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).

(music) a musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such


dojo

Borrowed from Japanese 道(どう)場(じょう) (dōjō, literally “place of the ways”): 道(どう) (dō, “road; way”) + 場(じょう) (jō, “place”).

ja-r

(martial arts) a training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training


gender

gêndèr (canonical)
gender-gender (plural)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦺꦂ (gendèr), from Old Javanese gĕnder.


instrumental

id-adj

instrumental (comparative lebih instrumental, superlative paling instrumental)

lebih instrumental (comparative)
paling instrumental (superlative)

Borrowed from Dutch instrumentaal, from French instrumental, from Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis.

(music) pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice)


kernel

Borrowed from English kernel, from Middle English kernel, kirnel, kürnel, from Old English cyrnel, from Proto-West Germanic *kurnil, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kurną (“seed, grain, corn”), equivalent to corn + -le.

der

(botany, agriculture) the stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums. (of oil palm)


dam

From Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-.

(Islam) fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)


accelerando

Unadapted borrowing from Italian accelerando (“accelerating”).


kayak

From Dutch kajak, from English kayak, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ.


ti

Borrowed from English ti, from alteration of si, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter.

(music) ti (a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale)


tar

tar-tar (plural)
tart [tat] (alternative)

From Dutch taart, from Middle Dutch tāerte, from Old French tarte.


halal

id-adj

halal (comparative lebih halal, superlative paling halal)

lebih halal (comparative)
paling halal (superlative)

Inherited from Malay halal, from Classical Malay halal, from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

(Islam) permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do


net

From Dutch net, from Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

der

(sports) net, a mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc


apron

Internationalism, borrowed from English apron.

(fashion) an article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills

(drama) the portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre


bagel

From English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”).

(cooking) bagel: a toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked


tapas

From English tapas, from Spanish tapas, plural of tapa, with original sense of “top”.

(cooking) tapas: a variety of Spanish small food items or snacks, originally served with sherry


salad

salad-salad (plural)
selada (alternative)

PIE word
 *séh₂ls
Borrowed from English salad, from Middle English salade, from Old French salade, from Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from Latin saliō, from sal (“salt”). Doublet of selada and selat.


Allah

From Malay Allah, from Classical Malay Allah (“Allah; God”); from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.


kopi

* From Dutch kopie, from French copie, from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”).
* From Dutch kopij (“manuscript”), variant of kopie, see above.


wasabi

Borrowed from Japanese 山葵(わさび) (wasabi).

Japanese horseradish
Japanese horseradish

(cooking) wasabi, the Japanese horseradish (Eutrema japonicum, Wasabia japonica)


sumo

(sports) sumo (Japanese traditional wrestling)


lento

Unadapted borrowing from Italian lento, from Latin lentus.


lento

Borrowed from Javanese ꦊꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴ (lento, “swelling”).

bor+

(cooking) snack made from ground, seasoned, hand-rolled, then fried mung beans


iso

From Javanese iso (ꦲꦶꦱꦺꦴ, “animal intestine”). Cognate of Tagalog isaw (“intestine”).

bor

(cooking) animal intestine, beef by default


Ezra

Borrowed from Dutch Ezra, from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

(biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh

(biblical) A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC


mezzo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian mezzo, from Latin medius.


Injil

From Malay injil, from Arabic إِنْجِيل (ʔinjīl), ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion). Doublet of evangeli.

Inilah Injil Yesus Kristus menurut Matius / Markus / Lukas / Yohanes

A reading from the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Matthew / Mark / Luke / John


carillon

carillon-carillon (plural)
karilon (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from French carillon.

ubor

(music) carillon: a set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries


catur

Inherited from Malay catur, from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga), related to etymology 1.

synonym: sekak


tobiko

From Japanese 飛び子 (とびこ, tobiko, “roe of the flying fish”), from 飛魚 (とびうお, tobiuo, “flying fish”) + 子 (こ, ko, “roe”).


AU

alternate universe
alternate universe#Indonesian

(fandom slang) initialism of alternate universe (“fan fiction published on microblogging sites”)


antipasto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian antipasto (literally “before the meal”).

ubor

(cooking) antipasto: an Italian starter for a meal; normally a cold assortment of salami, cheese, seafood and vegetables


rok

(music) rock, a style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals


morendo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian morendo.


prestissimo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian prestissimo.


moderato

Unadapted borrowing from Italian moderato.


cantabile

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cantabile.


crescendo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian crescendo, from Latin crēscendum (“increasing, growing”), gerund of crēscō.

der

(music) crescendo: An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < )


umami

From Japanese 旨味(うまみ) (umami), from 旨い (umai, “delicious”), which describes the quality of a pleasant, savory taste.


fortissimo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian fortissimo.


pianissimo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pianissimo.


allegretto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegretto.


adagio

Borrowed from English adagio, from Italian adagio.

(music) a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully

adagio
(music) a passage having this mark

(dance) a male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts


tenor

* From Dutch tenor, from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.
* Semantic loan from English tenor for sense of time to maturity of a bond.

(music) a musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto

(music) a person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range


para

(cooking, dialect) edible half rotten (melted) egg.


flan

From English flan, from French flan (“cheesecake, custard tart, flan”), or in some uses (in reference to Spanish/Latin American flans) later from Spanish flan (itself from the French), both from Old French flaon (whence also Middle English flaon, flaun (“pie; cake”)), from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flaþō (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂t- (“broad, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to spread out, be broad, be flat”).

der

(cooking) flan: baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case


jus

From English deuce, from Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo.

(sports, tennis) deuce: A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points


dos-à-dos

Unadapted borrowing from French dos-à-dos (literally “back-to-back”).

ubor

(dance) dos a dos: a move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other


golf

Internationalism, unadapted borrowing from English golf, most likely from Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”).

(sports) golf: A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes


skala

skala-skala (plural)
sekala (alternative)

From Dutch schaal (“scale”) or Portuguese escala, from Latin scala.

(Standard Malay)

(music) a series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies


moster

moster-moster (plural)
mustard (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch mosterd, from Middle Dutch mostaert, from Old French moustarde (French moutarde), from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum.


judoka

From Japanese 柔道家 (じゅうどうか, jūdōka, “judo practitioner”).

bor

じゅうどうか, jūdōka


aperitif

apéritif (canonical)
aperitif-aperitif (plural)

From Dutch aperitief, from French apéritif (literally “opening”), from Medieval Latin aperītīvus (“opening”, adjective).


acar

From Malay acar, from Classical Malay اچر (acar), from Classical Persian آچار (āčār, “pickle, marinade”). Doublet of acara, acarya, ajar, and hajar.


matra

From Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā, “measure”). Doublet of meter.
* Displaced Dutch dimensie (“dimension”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

matra,
(music) a measure of cadence pressure


transfer

transfêr (canonical)
transfer-transfer (plural)

Borrowed from English transfer, from Latin trānsferō (“I bear across”).

(sports) transfer (the action taken whenever a player under contract moves between clubs)


model

(cooking) a type of pempek filled with tofu and eaten with clear sauce like soup


semen

(fashion) batik pattern depicting a garuda with two wings, a tail, and a mountain, generally dark blue with a gold pattern


imam

Inherited from Malay امام (imam), from Arabic إمام (ʔimām, “leader, imam”).

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="ms">imam</i>


surat

(Islam) alternative form of surah (“sura”)


baton

Borrowed from Dutch baton, from French bâton (“stick”).

(music) baton: the stick of a conductor in musical performances


iris

Borrowed from Dutch iris (“iris”), from Middle French iris, from Latin īris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

(anatomy, photography, cinematography) iris


motif

From Dutch motief, from Middle Dutch motijf, from Old French motif (Modern French motif), from Late Latin mōtivus.

(music, literature) a short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work


rondo

From Italian rondo, from French rondeau. Doublet of raun, ronda, and ronde.

(music) rondo: a musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains


mime

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch mime, from French mime, from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos).


larghetto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian larghetto, diminutive of largo.


mud

Ultimately from Arabic مُدّ (mudd, “a certain dry measure”)

bor

Satu sha' setara dengan empat mud

(Islam) a dry measure (for dates, water, grains, and other things) varying in size, roughly around 510 grams


tutti frutti

Unadapted borrowing from Sicilian tutti frutti (“all fruits”).


ku

Borrowed from Min Nan 龜／龟 (ku, “turtle; tortoise”).

(cooking) Ang ku kueh: a small round or oval-shaped Chinese sweet dumpling with soft, sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet central filling


sashimi

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 刺身(さしみ) (sashimi), from 刺し (さし, sashi, “sticking into, sticking between; slicing”) + 身 (み, mi, “meat, flesh”).

(cooking, nonstandard, common) alternative spelling of sasyimi (“sashimi”)


Simon

From Latin Simon, from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn, “hearkening”).

der

(biblical) Simon: Name of any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter


ukulele

ukulélé (canonical)
ukulele-ukulele (plural)

Borrowed from English ukelele, from Hawaiian ʻukulele.


babka

Borrowed from English babka, most likely from Yiddish באַבקע (babke), from Slavic.

(cooking) babka: a Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins


karma

From Sanskrit कर्म (karma), कर्मन् (karman), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma,

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) the sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth

a force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate


mandala

From Malay mandala,
from Classical Malay mandala, from Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala, “circle”).

(Hinduism, Buddhism) a graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities

(Hinduism, Buddhism) any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation


sprint

(sports) sprint: a short race at top speed


pastel

From Portuguese pastel (“a type of pastry”). Doublet of pasta.

(cooking) a type of fried curry puff, similar to empanada


dawet

Borrowed from Javanese ꦝꦮꦼꦠ꧀ (dhawet), from Old Javanese ḍawĕt.

(cooking) a kind of drink, made of coconut milk and melted sugar with lumps of rice-flour


giro

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦶꦫꦺꦴ (giro, “to leap up screaming (in fright)”).

bor+

(music) the opening song comes from the sounds of cente, saron, demung, selentem, kendang and gong, used to start a performance, for example ludruk


gol

From English goal, from Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”).

der

(sports) in many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object; The act of placing the object into the goal


etude

From Dutch etude, from French étude (“study”), from Old French estude (“study”), from Latin studium (“spirit”). Doublet of studi and studio.

(music) etude: a short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill


mezzo piano

Unadapted borrowing from Italian mezzo piano.


allargando

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allargando.

(music) allargando: Decreasing in tempo; getting slower


karate

From Japanese 空手(からて) (karate, literally “the state of being empty-handed”), from earlier 唐手(からて) (karate, literally “Tang Dynasty; China” + “hand”), from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī).

ja-r

唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī)

(sports, martial arts) karate; an Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting


API

Anugerah Pesona Indonesia
w:id:Anugerah Pesona Indonesia

(tourism) initialism of Anugerah Pesona Indonesia


gaga

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦒ (gaga, “dry field”), from Old Javanese gagā (“non-irrigated rice-field”), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkɔɔʔ ~ *tkɔɔh (“island”) (compare to Khmer កោះ (kɑh), Thai เกาะ (gɔ̀), Lao ເກາະ (kǫ), Vietnamese gò).


boba

From English boba, from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “large breasts, tapioca pearls”), from 波 (bo1) transcribing English ball and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”).


haute couture

Unadapted borrowing from French haute couture (“haute couture, high fashion”).

ubor

(fashion) haute couture, exclusive fashion, high fashion, high style


claret

Unadapted borrowing from English claret (compare French clairet), from Middle English claret, from Middle French claret, from Medieval Latin clārātum vīnum, from clārus.

(cooking) claret: a dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere


singel

Borrowed from English single, from Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”).

a 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B

a popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track


suling

(music) suling: an Indonesian flute made of bamboo


sair

From Arabic سَعِيْرٌ (saʕiyrun, “flame”).

(Islam, rare) synonym of neraka (“hell”)


distro

(fashion) distribution outlet: a business that buys goods from a distributor and sells them to others


C

From the Latin letter C, from the Etruscan letter 𐌂 (c, ce), from the Ancient Greek letter Γ (G, gamma), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (g, giml), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌙.

(music) the first note in the C chromatic and major scales


Ester

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר.

(biblical) Esther, the main character of the Book of Esther


Genesis

Borrowed from Dutch Genesis, from Middle Dutch genesis, from Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).

(religion, biblical) Genesis (the first book in the Hebrew Bible)(religion, Christianity, biblical)


Imam

(Islam, all sects) anyone who leads a group of Muslims in prayer

(Sunni Islam) imam; a trained cleric who leads a congregation


Rut

From Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion".

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh

(biblical) The resident of Moab around whom the text centers


taco

(cooking) alternative spelling of tako (“taco”)


Muhammad

From Malay Muhammad, from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Muchamad (alternative)
Muchammad (alternative)
Mochamad (alternative)
Mochammad (alternative)
Mohamad (alternative)
Mohammad (alternative)
Muhamad (alternative)

Baháʼí Baháʼí

(Islam) Muhammad (the figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís)


ulama

From Malay ulama,
from Classical Malay ulama, from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ), plural of عَالِم (ʕālim, “learned one”).


Ramadan

Inherited from Malay Ramadan, from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Ramadhan (alternative)
Ramadlan (alternative archaic)


fitnah

From Malay fitnah, from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”).


azan

azan-azan (plural)
adan (alternative)
adhan (alternative)
adzan (alternative)

From Malay azan, adzan, adan, from Classical Malay azan, adan, adzan, adhan, from Arabic أَذَان (ʔaḏān).

(Islam) adhan, azan (the call to prayer)


kafir

From Malay kafir, from Classical Malay kafir (“infidel”), from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”).
* The sense “non-Jew” is a semantic loan from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”) and semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós).

semantic loan

(Islam) a kafir, a disbeliever, a denier, someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim


Khadija

(Islam) the first wife of the prophet Muhammad; the mother of Fatima.


masjid

masjid-masjid (plural)
mesjid (alternative colloquial)
mesigit (alternative nonstandard rare)

[məsˈd͡ʒɪt̪̚]

From Malay masjid, from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the root س ج د (s j d).


rasul

From Malay rasul, from Arabic رَسُول (rasūl, “messenger”).

(Islam) rasul: a prophet or messenger in Islam; Muhammad, as a special messenger of God


salat

salat-salat (plural)
shalat (alternative nonstandard)
solat (alternative nonstandard)
sholat (alternative nonstandard)

From Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh). Cognate of Malay solat.

(Islam) salat (obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day)


tafsir

tafsir-tafsir (plural)
tafsir (root)
menafsir (active nominative)
tertafsir (nominative passive)
ditafsir (nominative passive)
tafsirlah (nominative)
menafsirkan (active)
tertafsirkan (passive)
ditafsirkan (passive)
tafsirkan
tafsirkanlah

From Malay tafsir, from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “interpretation”).
* Displaced Dutch uitleg (“explanation”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

der

(Islam) tafsir: Grammatical, historical, allegorical or traditional interpretations of the Qur'an


zakat

From Malay zakat, from Classical Malay زكاة (zakat), from Arabic زَكَوٰة (zakāh).

(Islam) zakat (almsgiving in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property, which is used for charitable purposes)


arugula

From English arugula, probably from Italian rucola.


cavatina

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cavatina.


selo

sèlo (canonical)
selo-selo (plural)
sélo (alternative)

From Dutch cello, shortening of violoncello, from Italian violoncello.

(music) cello: a large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight


gamelan

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan), from Old Javanese gamĕlan.

a genre of traditional Indonesian music; specifically Javanese, Balinese and Sundanese origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute

an ensemble performing this style of music


dinar

From Malay dinar, from Arabic دِينَار (dīnār).

(numismatics) dinar: the official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.


kapo

(cooking) roasted corn kernels, then ground until smooth, mixed with grated coconut and brown sugar


dansa

From Malay dansa, from Portuguese dança (“dance”) or Spanish danza (“dance”).


voli

Internationalism, borrowed from English volley, from Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.

(sports) ellipsis of bola voli (“volleyball”)

the flight of a ball just before it bounces

a shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground


couturier

Unadapted borrowing from French couturier.

a person who designs haute couture (high fashion)

a company that is owned by or employs such a person; a fashion house


cara

cara-cara (plural)
acara (alternative archaic)
tjara (alternative)

(cooking) a typical Ambon snack, made from a mixture of wheat flour, eggs, milk, butter, salt, sugar and liquid coconut milk, which is put into a special mold with a filling of sliced skipjack tuna and sauteed spices, topped with sliced red chilies, then baked [from 21th c.]


agen

agèn (canonical)
agen-agen (plural)
agens (alternative)
agén (alternative)
éjén (alternative)

From Dutch agent, from French agent, from Latin agēns. Doublet of agens.

(drama) a person who looks for work for another person


bibimbap

Learned borrowing from Korean 비빔밥 (bibimbap), compound of 비빔 (bibim, “mixing”) + 밥 (bap, “rice”).

lbor

(cooking) bibimbap: a Korean dish of white rice topped with vegetables, beef, a whole egg, and gochujang (chili pepper paste)


HST

(agriculture) initialism of hari setelah tanam (“days after planting”)


Eden

From Dutch Eden, from Middle Dutch eden, from Latin Eden, from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (edinu, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”). Doublet of adnan.

der

(biblical) Eden: a garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia


wonton

Borrowed from English wonton, from Cantonese 雲吞 /云吞 (wan⁴ tan¹).


leitmotif

Internationalism, borrowed from German Leitmotiv (“leading motif”).


sangria

Borrowed from Spanish sangría, derivative of sangre (“blood”), from Latin sanguis.

(cooking) sangria: a cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit


wudu

Inherited from Malay wudu, variant of the standard wuduk, from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).


barbel

barbêl (canonical)
barbel-barbel (plural)

(sports) barbell: a wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter


canapé

Unadapted borrowing from French canapé, from Old French conopé, conope (later altered in form and meaning based on Medieval Latin canāpēum, alteration of canōpēum (“mosquito net”)), itself from Latin cōnōpēum (“seat with a canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon), from κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”).

(cooking) canapé: an hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish


flambe

From French flambé, flamber, from Old French flammer, from Latin flamma.

(cooking) flambé: a showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited


kendo

Borrowed from Japanese 剣道 (kendō, “the way of the sword”), from Middle Chinese 劍 (kjæ̀m, “sword”) + 道 (dáu, “way”).

bor

(sports) a Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo


dohyo

(sumo) the ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held


ikura

From Japanese イクラ (ikura, “salmon roe, salmon eggs”), from Russian икра́ (ikrá, “fish eggs, caviar”), from Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”).


harmonika

From Dutch mondharmonica, from German Mundharmonika.

(music) harmonica: a musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note


riba

Inherited from Malay riba (“ursury”), from Arabic رِبًا (riban).


ahimsa

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अहिंसा (ahiṃsā).

lbor

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) ahimsa: A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them


tako

Borrowed from English taco (“Mexican snack food”), from Spanish taco (“light lunch”, literally “stopper, plug, wad”).

der

(cooking) taco: a Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables and salsa


da capo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian da capo.

ubor

(music) from scratch; from the beginning; from the top


rallentando

Unadapted borrowing from Italian rallentando.


ritenuto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian ritenuto.


tatami

From Japanese 畳(たたみ) (tatami, “tatami mat”).


wushu

Unadapted borrowing from Mandarin 武術／武术 (wǔshù, “martial techniques”).


dol

(music) a type of conical drum from Bengkulu


couture

Unadapted borrowing from English couture (“production of high-end, custom-made clothing”), ellipsis of haute couture (“haute couture, high fashion”, literally “high, elegant + sewing”). Compare French couture (“sewing”).

(fashion) couture: production of high-end, custom-made clothing


Hosea

From Latin Hōsēās, from Ancient Greek Ὡσηέ (Hōsēé), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”).


Amos

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

lbor

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh

(biblical) A prophet, author of the book of Amos

Amos
A prophet, author of the book of Amos


go-go

Unadapted borrowing from English go-go (“go-go”).


kor

kor-kor (plural)
koir [kuayer] (alternative)

From Dutch koor (“choir”), from Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus. Cognate with Afrikaans koor, English choir.

Comparison of Standard Malay and Indonesian


mol

Borrowed from Dutch mol, from French mol, mou, from Old French mol, from Latin mollem.


decrescendo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian decrescendo.


mezzo forte

Unadapted borrowing from Italian mezzo forte.

(music) mezzo forte (louder then mezzo piano, but softer than forte)


salam

From Malay salam, from Classical Malay salam, from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Doublet of salim and syalom.

(Islam) salaam alaikum (Muslim greeting)


buka

See above. Semantic loan from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār, “to break”).

sl

(intransitive, Islam) to break the fast; to have iftar


kapal

From Malay kapal (“ship”), from Classical Malay کاڤل (kapal), from Tamil கப்பல் (kappal, “ship, sailing vessel”). In the third sense, a mistranslation of English ship (“relationship”), from relation + -ship (etymologically unrelated to the noun ship), perhaps also influenced by its phono-semantic match with English couple.

der

(fandom slang) ship (a fictional romantic relationship between two characters)


kaum

From Malay kaum, from Classical Malay kaum, from Arabic قَوْم (qawm).


kunci

kunci (root)
mengunci (active nominative)
terkunci (nominative passive)
dikunci (nominative passive)
kunci (nominative)
kuncilah (nominative)
menguncikan (active)
terkuncikan (passive)
dikuncikan (passive)
kuncikan
kuncikanlah
konci (alternative)
koentji (alternative)
kuntji (alternative)

From Malay kunci (“key”), from Hindi कुंजी (kuñjī, “key”), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā).
* Semantic loan from Dutch sleutel for wrench, spanner and clef senses.
* Semantic loan from Dutch akkoord for chord sense.
* Semantic loan from English key for music (other than clef sense), education, computing, cryptography and internet sense.

(music, figurative) in musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality

(Standard Malay)

(music, figurative) in musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor

(music, figurative) clef, a symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff

(music, colloquial, figurative) chord, a harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously


layar

From Malay layar, from Proto-Malayic *layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ (“sail”).


nabi

From Malay nabi, from Arabic نَبِيّ, نَبِيء (nabiyy, nabīʔ, “nabi, prophet”).

نَبِيّ, نَبِيء


sarung

Inherited from Malay sarung, from Proto-Malayic *saruŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruŋ (“sheath, sheath-like container; to sheathe a weapon”).


pugar

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦒꦼꦂ (puger). Semantic loan from Dutch herstellingsteken for music sense of natural.

sl

(music) natural: The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note


saus

saus-saus (plural)
saos (alternative)
sos (alternative Brunei Malaysia Singapore)

From Dutch saus (compare to Afrikaans sous), from Middle Dutch sause, from Old French sauce, from Latin salsus (“salt”).

Elemen cita rasa sajian Thailand terdiri dari empat rasa: manis, pedas, asam (dari cuka, air jeruk nipis, dan air asam), dan asin (dari kecap asin, saus ikan).

Thailand cuisine consist of four tastes, i.e. sweet, hot, sour (from vinegar, lime and sour liquid) and salty (from salted soy sauce, fish sauce).

(cooking) sauce, a liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food


luah

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese lwah (“river”) (compare to Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦃ (loh) and Balinese ᬮᬸᬯᬄ (luah)), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋ, *ruuŋ, *ruəŋ (“channel, river”).

der

(agriculture) the volume of liquid flowing through a surface per unit time


tempura

Borrowed from Japanese 天麩羅 (てんぷら, tenpura), from Portuguese, ultimately from Latin. Different dictionaries link two different original terms:
* Portuguese tempero (“seasoning”) or tempera (“he/she/it seasons; season!”), third-person present singular or imperative tense of temperar (“to season, to temper”), from Latin temperare (“to mix, to temper”).
* Portuguese têmpora (“Ember days”), from Latin tempora, plural of tempus (“time; period”). When Portuguese explorers (mostly Jesuit missionaries) arrived in Japan, they abstained from eating beef, pork, and poultry during the Ember days, a Catholic series of holidays. Instead, they ate fried vegetables and fish. This was the first contact of the Japanese with fried food, and since then they began associating the Portuguese word têmpora (which they pronounced tenpura) with such food.

(cooking) a Japanese dish made by deep-frying vegetables, seafood, or other foods in a light batter

Daijirin
Daijisen
Ember days
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
id:tempura
ja:松村明


Lukas

From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).

(biblical) the Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels


odeon

Internationalism, from Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).


blok

From Dutch blok (“block”), from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-Germanic *blukką, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate of Afrikaans blok.
* Semantic loan from English block for sense of (sport) an action to interfere.

(sports) an action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck)


BPM

(medicine, physiology, music) initialism of beat per minute


mirin

Borrowed from Japanese 味醂(みりん) (mirin), from 味 (み, mi, “flavour (UK); flavor (US)”) + 醂 (りん, rin, “remove astringency; bleach in water”).

(cooking) mirin, a type of Japanese sake used for cooking


vuvuzela

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.


samosa

From English samosa, from Hindi समोसा (samosā), from Classical Persian سنبوسه (sanbōsa).

(cooking) samosa: South Asian snack consisting of a deep-fried triangular turnover filled with vegetables (especially potatoes) or meat


da capo al fine

Unadapted borrowing from Italian da capo al fine.

ubor

(music) da capo al fine: repeat from the beginning up to the word fine ("end")


stadion

Borrowed from Dutch stadion, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), from στάδιος (stádios), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Doublet of stadium.

(sports) stadium (a venue where sporting events are held)


doping

(sports) doping, the use of drugs to improve athletic performance


balado

Reconstructed as ber- (“to have, contain”) + lada (“chili pepper”), from Minangkabau balado.

af

(cooking) dish with stir fried ground red hot chili pepper seasoning with other spices including garlic, shallot, tomato and kaffir lime (leaves, fruit, or both) in coconut or palm oil


curo

(cooking) churro: a fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage


panteon

Internationalism, learned borrowing from Latin Pantheon, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion).

(religion) a temple dedicated to all the gods.

pantheon
a temple dedicated to all the gods.


pulsa

(music) the beat or tactus of a piece of music

pulse,
the beat or tactus of a piece of music


futanari

From Japanese ふたなり (futanari, “hermaphrodite”).


Alkitab

From Malay Alkitab, from Arabic الْكِتَاب (al-kitāb, “the book”).


nato

Borrowed from Japanese 納豆(なっと) (natto, “natto”).

(cooking) natto: a traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans


sotto voce

Unadapted borrowing from Italian sottovoce.


rubato

Unadapted borrowing from Italian rubato.


porsi

From Dutch portie, from Middle Dutch porcie, borrowed from Middle French portion, from Latin portiō.


bahu

* Inherited from Malay bahu, from Classical Malay bahu, from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *baHźʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Doublet of baju.
* Semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦲꦸ (bahu, “arm, village assistant”), from Old Javanese bāhu (“arm”), from the same Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu). See also Javanese bahudendha (“powerful”), from Old Javanese bāhudaṇḍa (“arm; assistant, guard, protection”, literally “long arm, arm-staff”), from Sanskrit बाहुदण्ड (bāhudaṇḍa, “long arm, arm-staff”).

cog

(music, figurative) edge of musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet, such as gong (the shoulder of the instrument)


gyoza

From Japanese 餃子(ぎょうざ) (gyōza), from Chinese 餃子／饺子.

(cooking) gyoza: a Japanese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese jiaozi


banyo

banyo-banyo (plural)
banjo (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch banjo, from English banjo. Compare Malay banjo.


haram

id-adj

haram (comparative lebih haram, superlative paling haram)

lebih haram (comparative)
paling haram (superlative)

From Malay haram, from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Doublet of harem.

(Islam) haram: forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful


madrasah

Inherited from Malay مدرسة (madrasah), from Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="ms">madrasah</i>

(Islam, education) madrasah: a school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology


aliran

Inherited from Malay aliran. Equivalent to alir + -an.

(martial arts) style (a particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something)


solfeggio

Unadapted borrowing from Italian solfeggio.

ubor

(music) solfeggio, solfège: a method of sight singing that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the seven principal pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the moveable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B). The relative natural minor of a scale may be represented by beginning at la


gravi

(cooking) gravy: a thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked


lenso

→ Malay: lenso

From Ambonese Malay lenso, Manado Malay lenso, or Papuan Malay [Term?], from Portuguese lenço, from Old Galician-Portuguese lenço, from Latin linteum (“linen cloth”), from linteus.

(dance) tari lenso: a social dance with handkerchief as prop


ayat

From Malay ayat, from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”).


Markus

(biblical) Mark (disciple of Jesus, author of the Gospel of Matthew)


heng

(colloquial, sports, soccer) handball, the offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or hands on the field during play


trompet

trompet-trompet (plural)
terompet (alternative nonstandard)

(music) trumpet (a type of brass instrument)


bufet

bufèt (canonical)
bufet-bufet (plural)
bupet (alternative)

From Dutch buffet, from French buffet, from Middle French bufet, from Old French bufet, of uncertain origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing.

(cooking) food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves


faqih

(Islam, law, nonstandard) alternative spelling of fakih (“faqih”)


konduktor

Learned borrowing from Latin conductor. Doublet of kondektur.
* Semantic loan from English conductor for music sense.

(music) a person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting


makaron

makaron-makaron (plural)
makarun (alternative)

From Dutch makaron, from French macaron, from Italian maccarone.

(cooking) macaron: any of various pastries based on almond and egg white, traditionally made in France


nazir

From Classical Persian نَظِیر (nazīr), from Arabic نَظِير (naẓīr). Doublet of nadir.

(Islam) nazir: a group of people or legal entity tasked with maintaining and managing waqf objects


nazir

(Islam, Christianity) people who vow or pledge


cula

From Malay cula (“horn”), from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit cūlā, from Sanskrit चूडा (cūḍā).
* Semantic loan from Javanese ꦕꦸꦭ (cula, “horn of a rhinoceros”)
* Semantic loan from Sundanese [Term?]

sl

(fashion, dialect Sunda) the front part of the Sundanese headband is triangular in shape, protruding at the forehead when worn


kalori

From Dutch calorie, from French calorie, from Latin calor.

(nutrition, sports) kilogram calorie, large calorie: A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, approximately 4.2 kilojoules


katarsis

From Dutch catharsis, from Ancient Greek κάθαρσις (kátharsis, “cleansing, purging”), from καθαίρω (kathaírō, “I cleanse”).

der

(drama, literature) a release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy)


gawang

Inherited from Malay gawang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gawaŋ (“gate, opening”), *-waŋ (“wide open space”).


zen

From Japanese 禅 (ぜん, zen), from Middle Chinese 禪 (MC dzyen), from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “a type of meditation”).


koin

(numismatics) a piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle


tom yam

From Thai ต้มยำ (dtôm-yam, literally “boil mixture”).

bor

(cooking) tom yam: a Thai soup flavoured with fish sauce, lemongrass, lime juice, and chillies


manti

From Turkish mantı or Ottoman Turkish مانطی with possible cognate of Chinese 饅頭／馒头 (mántou).

(cooking) manti: A type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine


makaroni

Borrowed from Dutch macaroni, from Italian maccaroni, obsolete variant of maccheroni (“macaroni”), plural of maccherone.

(cooking) macaroni: A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general


divisi

divisi-divisi (plural)
divisie (alternative)
divisyen (alternative)

→ Malay: divisi

From Dutch divisie, from Old French division, from Latin divisio, divisionem. Cognate to Afrikaans divisie.

division,
(sports) a part of a sports competition

division,
a part of a sports competition


kurban

kurban-kurban (plural)
korban (alternative)

From Malay korban, from Arabic قُرْبَان (qurbān), from Aramaic קורבנא (qurbānā). Cognate to Hebrew קָרְבָּן (qorbān). Doublet of korban.

(Islam) the ritual sacrifice at Eid ul-Adha


TIC

(tourism) initialism of en:tourist information centre


meses

From Dutch muisjes (“a type of sprinkles”, literally “mice”) (later becoming a false friend of it), muis (“mouse”), from Middle Dutch muus, from Old Dutch *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs.

(cooking) hagelslag (a kind of chocolate granules sprinkled on slices of buttered bread or rusks)


kanon

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanun and qanun.
* For sense of land lease tax, via Arabic قَانُون (qānūn, “tax, law”).
* For sense in music and Christianity, via Dutch canon, from Old French canon, from Latin canōn.

(music) a piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round


stringendo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian stringendo (“tightening”).


servis

From Dutch service, from French service, from Old French servise, borrowed from Latin servitium, from servus.

(sports, tennis) act of initially serving the ball

service
act of initially serving the ball


servis

head

servis (active menyervis, passive diservis)

(ditransitive, sports) to serve (to lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.)


karateka

From Japanese 空手家 (からてか, karateka, “karate practitioner”).


harmoni

harmoni-harmoni (plural)
harmoni (root)
mengharmonikan (active)
terharmonikan (passive)
diharmonikan (passive)
harmonikan
harmonikanlah

From Dutch harmonie, from Middle Dutch harmonia, armonie, from Old French harmonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía).

(countable, music) process by which individual sounds are joined or composed into whole units or compositions


makam

From Malay makam, from Arabic مَقَام (maqām).


positif

From Dutch positief, from French positif, from Latin positivus.

(photography) positive, a positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative


toge

id-adj

toge (comparative lebih toge, superlative paling toge)

lebih toge (comparative)
paling toge (superlative)


dangdut

Altered from dang-ding-dut.
Coined by Tempo (Indonesian magazine).

(music) dangdut, a genre of Indonesian music that combines elements of Arab and Malay folk music


hio

From Hokkien, specifically Zhangzhou Hokkien 香 (hioⁿ, “joss stick; incense”).

bor

(Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism) joss stick; incense

Taoism; Confucianism; Taoism; Confucianism


majeur

Unadapted borrowing from French majeur (“major”).

ubor

(music) alternative spelling of mayor (“major”)


mineur

id-adj

mineur (comparative lebih mineur, superlative paling mineur)

lebih mineur (comparative)
paling mineur (superlative)


antena

antèna (canonical)
antena-antena (plural)
antènê (alternative)

Internationalism, learned borrowing from Latin antenna.

(volleyball) the vertical rods (normally white and red) mounted near the edges of the net which gives volleyball players and referees a visual aid to judge if a ball is in play or out of bounds as it travels over the net


agregat

agrégat (canonical)
agregat-agregat (plural)

From Dutch aggregaat, from Latin aggregātus.

(sports) the total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores


pulut

From Malay pulut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulut. Cognate of Tagalog pulot.


biola

Inherited from Malay biola, from Portuguese viola, from Old Galician-Portuguese viola, from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula, from Vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory.

(music) violin: A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family


can-can

Unadapted borrowing from French cancan (“cancan dance”).

ubor

(dance) cancan: a high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France


katsu

Borrowed from Japanese カツ (katsu, “cutlet”), shortening of カツレツ (katsuretsu), itself from English cutlet.

bor+

(cooking) katsu: Panko breaded and deep-fried Japanese food


arja

Borrowed from Balinese arja, probably from Sanskrit ऋज् (ṛj).

(drama) a Balinese dramatic performance, but often only a dance


akor

akor-akor (plural)
accoord (alternative)

From Dutch akkoord, from Middle Dutch accoort, from Old French acorder (Modern French accord), from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, ultimately from Latin cor (“heart”). Doublet of accoord and akur.

(music) chord: a harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously


Galatia

Learned borrowing from Latin Galatia, from Ancient Greek Γαλατία (Galatía).

(biblical) Galatians: The ninth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to the Galatians


konser

konsèr (canonical)
konser-konser (plural)
concert (alternative)
konsert (alternative Brunei Malaysia Singapore)

From Dutch concert, from French concert, from Italian concerto.


garam

→ Indonesian Bajau: garam

From Malay garam, from Classical Malay garam (“table salt”), from Proto-Malayic *garəm (“grain”). The chemistry sense is a semantic loan from Dutch zout (“salt”).

(cooking) ellipsis of garam dapur (“table salt”)


soto

From ellipsis of Hokkien 牛草肚 (gû-chháu-tō͘, “beef tripe; rumen”). Compare Tagalog goto.

bor

(cooking) a kind of soup, whose taste depends on the ingredients of the whole dish


surah

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

der

(Islam) sura: any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an


simit

Borrowed from Turkish simit, from Ottoman Turkish سمید (simit), from Persian سمید (semid, “semolina”), from Arabic سَمِيد (samīd, “semolina”), from Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/samīdu/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/samādu/, “to grind fine”).

Aramaic סְמִידָא

(cooking) simit: A ring-shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds


fals

From Dutch vals (“false”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”).


Petrus

Learned borrowing from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros).


iblis

(theology) an evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force


putu

Inherited from Malay putu, from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “puttu”).

(cooking) kue putu: an Indonesian (kue) traditional cylindrical-shaped and green-colored steamed cake


pâté de foie gras

Unadapted borrowing from French pâté de foie gras.

ubor

pâté de foie gras
pâté de foie gras#English


ifrit

Inherited from Malay ifrit, from Classical Malay ifrit, from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).


soko

(agriculture, dialectal) pests on barangan bananas that cause blackened banana fruit and yellow leaves


maktab

From Malay maktab, from Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab).

(Islam, Hajj) an office, bureau, particularly ones providing preparatory services for Hajj pilgrimages


alternate universe

alternative universe
alternative universe

(fandom slang) fan fiction, typically involving an alternative universe where the fan-fictionalized versions of the original characters or real-life figures are given different names and roles, usually published on microblogging sites


sekte

sèktê (canonical)
sekte-sekte (plural)
sekta (alternative)

From Dutch sekte, from Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band, particularly a heretical doctrine or sect, etc.”), possibly, from Latin sequi (“to follow”).

der

(religion) sect (split-off religious or philosophical group)


animater

Borrowed from English animateur, from French animateur (“presenter; leader; group leader”).

(tourism) animateur: one who promotes particular activity, especially one of a cultural or artistic nature


hors d'oeuvres

Unadapted borrowing from English hors d'oeuvres, plural form of hors d'oeuvre, from French hors-d'œuvre.

ubor

(cooking) appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre (small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal)


recitativo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian recitativo.


tapai

tapai-tapai (plural)
tape (alternative colloquial)

From Malay tapai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapay (“fermented [food]”), from Proto-Austronesian *tapaJ (“fermented [food]”).

inh

(cooking) tapai: a traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava


zalim

From Malay zalim, lalim, from Classical Malay ظاليم (zalim), from Arabic ظَالِم (ẓālim).


rames

Borrowed from Javanese ꦫꦩꦼꦱ꧀ (rames, “mixed rice”), from Old Javanese ramĕs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaməs (“squeeze, knead, to mix with the hands”). Doublet of remas.


lawa

Borrowed from Makasar [Term?] and Buginese [Term?].

(cooking) Buginese dish made from raw fish or banana blossoms, mixed with grated or fried coconut, spices, and vinegar


kantata

From Italian cantata, from Latin [Term?].

(music) cantata: a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music


abon

From Javanese ꦲꦧꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (abon, “shredded meat; part time labour; offering”), probably from Old Javanese awu (“ash, powder”) + -an, comparable to abu (“ash”) + -an.


orkestra

Learned borrowing from Latin orchestra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχοῦμαι (orkhoûmai, “to dance”) (an intensification of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “to go, come”), from Proto-Indo-European *ergh- (“to set in motion, stir up, raise”)) + suffix *-tra denoting "place". Doublet of orkes


haute cuisine

Unadapted borrowing from English haute cuisine, from French haute (“high”) + cuisine (“cookery”).


sepak bola

sepak-sepak bola (plural)
bola sepak (alternative)
sepakbola (alternative)

Compound of sepak (“kick”) + bola (“ball”), from earlier sepakbola. Compare with Japanese 蹴球 (shūkyū, “association football, soccer”, literally “kick ball”). Attested before 1948.

cog

(sports) football (association football, soccer)


kres

From Dutch kruis, from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux (“cross”).

(music) sharp, higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note)


pedofil

id-adj

pedofil (comparative lebih pedofil, superlative paling pedofil)

lebih pedofil (comparative)
paling pedofil (superlative)

Borrowed from Dutch pedofiel, from Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs).


amin

From Malay amin, from Arabic آمِين (ʔāmīn), from Aramaic ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmēyn), from Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn).


bek

From Dutch back, from English back, from Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰogo (literally “bending”).

(sports, soccer) back, (in some team sports, a position behind most players on the team)


maskara

(cosmetics) mascara: a cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes


margarin

margarin-margarin (plural)
marjerin (alternative)

From Dutch margarine, from French margarine, from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”).

(cooking) margarine: a spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter


nirwana

From Malay nirwana borrowing Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “nirvana”, literally “blown or put out, extinguished”).

bor

शून्य शून्य#Sanskrit

(Buddhism) absolute extinction or annihilation (= शून्य (śūnya)) of individual existence or of all desires and passions


asas

From Malay asas, from Arabic أَسَاس (ʔasās).


tunda

(agriculture) board 120 cm x 30 cm dimension with 2 m-stick connected


barong

Ultimately from Old Javanese baroṅ, barwaṅ (literally “bear”) via Balinese ᬩᬭᭀᬂ (“barong”), Javanese ꦧꦫꦺꦴꦁ (barong), and Sasak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀuaŋ (“bear”). Doublet of beruang.

der

(clothing, Java) certain batik design, with the head of a lion motif

(clothing, Sasak) woven fabric motif in the form of mist and purple base color


surjan

(fashion) formal Javanese traditional upper garment for men which was the work of Sunan Kalijaga


zina

From Malay zina, from Arabic زِنَاء (zināʔ).

(Islam) fornication (sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other)

(biblical) adultery (faithlessness in religion)


airan

Borrowed from Turkish ayran, from Ottoman Turkish آیران, from Proto-Turkic *ayran.

(cooking) airan: a Turkish cold drink made from yoghurt and water with salt and sometimes herbs


dolma

Borrowed from Turkish dolma, from Ottoman Turkish طولمه (tolma).

(cooking) dolma any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices


parkur

From English parkour, from French parkour, altered spelling of parcours, from Vulgar Latin percursus.

(sports) parkour: an athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, and other similar physical movements


dondurma

Borrowed from Turkish dondurma (“ice cream”), from Ottoman Turkish طوڭدرمه (doŋdurma).

bor+

(cooking) dondurma: a mastic ice cream, which is believed to originate from the city and region of Kahramanmaraş and is known as maraş dondurma in Turkish


dramatis

id-adj

dramatis (comparative lebih dramatis, superlative paling dramatis)

lebih dramatis (comparative)
paling dramatis (superlative)
دراماتيک (dramatik) (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch dramatisch, from German dramatisch or French dramatique, from Latin dramaticus, from Ancient Greek δραματικός (dramatikós).

dramatic:
(drama) of or relating to the drama


passe-partout

Unadapted borrowing from French passe-partout.

ubor

(art, photography) matte (decorative border around a picture)


botok

→ Afrikaans: bobotie

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦺꦴꦛꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (bothok)

bor+

(cooking) a traditional Javanese dish made from shredded coconut flesh which has been squeezed of its coconut milk


hadas

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic حَدَث (ḥadaṯ, “ordure, excrement”).

der

(Islam) impureness (in regard to Muslim rites)


banket

bankèt (canonical)
banket-banket (plural)

From Dutch banket, from Middle Dutch banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic *bank, *panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”).

(cooking) a pastry made of almond paste and puff pastry


basmati

From English basmati, from Hindi बासमती (bāsmatī, literally “fragrant”).

(cooking) basmati: a variety of long-grain rice, notable for its fragrance


panko

From Japanese パン粉(こ) (panko, “breadcrumb”), from パン (pan, “bread”) + 粉 (こ, ko, “flour, powder”).


blus

→ Ternate: bilus


baku

(dialectal, cooking) a kind of food, made from dried sago, fried together with coconut


oratorium

From Dutch oratorium, from Latin ōrātōrium (“place of prayer, oratory”), substantive of ōrātōrius (“oratorical”), from ōrātor (“public speaker, orator”) + -ōrius.

(Christianity, Roman Catholicism, music) an oratorio, a religiously-themed semi-operatic form of music


bokeh

From English bokeh, from Japanese 暈け (boke, “blur”), the nominalized form of 暈ける (bokeru, “to blur (intransitive)”).

(photography) bokeh, a subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens


prélude

Unadapted borrowing from French prélude (“prelude”), from Late Latin praeludium.

ubor

(music) prelude: a short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece


a tempo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian a tempo.

(music) return to normal tempo from a deviation


kofte

From Classical Persian کوفته (kōfta, “ground meat”), from کوفتن (kōftan, “to grind, break, beat”).

bor

(cooking) kofta: any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans


daging

(religion) flesh: the mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul


selat

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦠ꧀ (selat), from Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Italian salata. Doublet of salad and selada.

(cooking) a Javanese dish influenced by Western cuisine; consists of braised beef tenderloin served in thin watery sauce made from a mixture of garlic, vinegar, sweet soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, water, and spiced with nutmeg and black pepper


judogi

(judo) judogi (uniform used for judo practice and competition, based on traditional Japanese clothing)


bola sepak

Compound of bola (“ball”) + sepak (“kick”).

(sports, soccer) football: the ball used in any game called "football"


haji

From Malay haji, from Arabic حَجِّيّ (ḥajjiyy, “hajji”), حَجّ (ḥajj, “hajj”).

(Islam) hajj: the pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars of Islam

(Islam) hajji: one who has participated in a hajj


bolu

From Portuguese bolo, from bola. Doublet of bola.


lutut

(cooking) food made from turtle meat that is cut into pieces, put into bamboo, mixed with salt, then grilled


penghulu

pênghulu (canonical)
penghulu-penghulu (plural)

Affixed peng- + hulu, inherited from Malay penghulu.

(Islam) marriage officiant, imam, priest

chief, head, leader
marriage officiant, imam, priest

(Islam) head of Islamic religious affairs in the regency or municipality

(Islam) Islamic religious affairs counselor at the district court


botel

(tourism) botel: a floating hotel; a boat that acts as a hotel


komedi

komédi (canonical)
komedi-komedi (plural)

From Malay komedi borrowed from Dutch komedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía). Doublet of komidi.

(drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone


rokade

rokadê (canonical)
rokade-rokade (plural)


inkubator

(agriculture) an apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs


kroket

krokèt (canonical)
kroket-kroket (plural)

From Dutch kroket, from French croquette.

(cooking) a croquette filled with ragout


prêt-à-porter

id-adj

prêt-à-porter (comparative lebih prêt-à-porter, superlative paling prêt-à-porter)

lebih prêt-à-porter (comparative)
paling prêt-à-porter (superlative)

Unadapted borrowing from French prêt-à-porter (“ready-to-wear”).


Tuhan

From Malay Tuhan, from tuhan, from Proto-Malayic *tuhan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan. Doublet of tuan and tuhan.


dorama

Borrowed from Japanese ドラマ, from English drama. Doublet of drama.


qanun

nonstandard Indonesian (alternative)
Standard Malay (alternative)

From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanon and kanun.

(Islam) laws established by Muslim sovereigns, in particular the body of administrative, economic and criminal law, especially promulgated by Ottoman sultans, in contrast to sharia, the body of law elaborated by Muslim jurists


qanun

(music) qanun, a musical instrument similar to a zither


abdas

From Malay abdas, from Classical Malay ابدس (abdas), from Classical Persian آبدست (ābdast) of آب (āb, “water”) + دست (dast, “hand”). Cognate of Javanese ꦲꦧ꧀ꦢꦱ꧀ (abdas), Sundanese abdas.


petis

From Javanese ꦥꦼꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (petis), probably from Old Javanese pa- + tis, tes (“drop”). Cognate of Tagalog patis.


apam

apam-apam (plural)
apang (alternative)
apem (alternative)

→ Ternate: apang

Inherited from Malay apam, from Tamil ஆப்பம் (āppam).

(cooking) appam: a thin South Asian pancake made from rice flour and coconut


karet

(sports) rubber in the table tennis racket (paddle or bat)


partitur

From Dutch partituur, from German Partitur, from Italian partitura (“partition, musical score”), from Medieval Latin partitūra, from partiō, partior (“to divide, to partition, to share”) + -ūra.

der

(music) full score, conductor's score, partitur


solis

Borrowed from Dutch solist (“soloist”), from French soliste or German Solist, from Italian solista.


agoni

(dialect, Java, agriculture) weeding as preparation of rice planting


apem

From Javanese ꦲꦥꦼꦩ꧀ (apem, “appam”), from Tamil ஆப்பம் (āppam, “appam”).

(cooking) alternative spelling of apam (“appam”)


bariton

From Dutch bariton, from Italian baritono, from Ancient Greek βαρύτονος (barútonos), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + τόνος (tónos, “tone”).

(music) baritone:
the male voice between tenor and bass

the musical range between tenor and bass

a person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass


latar

From Malay latar, from Javanese latar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ (“flat”), ultimately Proto-Austronesian *dataR (“flat, flat or level land”). Doublet of datar and rata.

(drama) the mounting of a play, etc., for the stage


komponis

From Dutch componist, from German Komponist. Compare to Afrikaans komponis.


swike

From Zhangzhou Hokkien 水雞／水鸡 (súi-ke, “frog”, literally “water; river + fowl; chicken”).


biku

From Malay biku from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”).


awak

From Malay awak, from Classical Malay awak, from Proto-Malayic *awak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).
* Semantic loan from Minangkabau awak for sense of a Minangkabau person.
* Semantic loan from Javanese ꦲꦮꦏ꧀ (awak, “body”).
* Semantic loan from Batak
* Semantic loan from Acehnese [Term?] (“group of people”)
* Semantic loan from Kerinci [Term?] (“someone who is older, but younger than mother and father”)
* Semantic loan from Lun Bawang [Term?] (“felled wood pieces”)

sl

(archery, dialect Java) the white part on the archery target board


wali

From Malay wali, from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).


zaim

id-noun

zaim (plural zaim-zaim or para zaim or zuama)

zaim-zaim (plural)
para zaim (plural)
zuama (plural)


Aram

Yakub melarikan diri ke tanah Aram, dan Israel memperhambakan diri untuk mendapat isteri, ya, untuk mendapat isteri ia menjadi gembala.

1985, Alkitab Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari (BIS), Kitab Hosea 12:12:

Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel worked for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

(biblical) Aram (a historical region mentioned in the Bible, located in modern Syria as well as parts of Iraq, Lebanon and southeastern Turkey; inhabited by Aramaeans)


Isa

From Malay Isa, from Classical Malay Isa, from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

der

Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā)

(Islam) Jesus (Isa), son of Mary, revered as a major prophet in Islam


Yunus

From Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā).

(Islam, Christianity, Judaism) a prophet described in the scriptures of Abrahamic religions as having been swallowed by a large fish

(Christianity, Judaism, biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh

(Islam) the 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an

Jonah
the 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an


ilah

From Malay ilah, from Arabic إِلٰه (ʔilāh, “god”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.


bidai

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="ms">bidai</i>


gaya

From Malay gaya, probably from Sanskrit गय (gaya, “acquired or conquered properties”).


seser

(dance) the dancer's movement involves shifting his feet to the right and left


gangsa

Inherited from Malay gangsa (“bronze”), from Sanskrit कंस (kaṃsa). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦒꦁꦱ (gangsa, “musical instrument and/or ensemble”) and Balinese ᬕᬗ᭄ᬲ (gangsa) for musical sense.


ber-

base (verb)
base (noun)
base (adjective)
base (numeral)
be- (alternative)
bel- (alternative)

Inherited from Malay ber-, from Classical Malay ber-, from Old Malay bar-, denasalised from earlier Old Malay mar- (compare Old Malay ni- → di-), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maR-, from Proto-Austronesian *maʀ-. Cognate with Tagalog mag-, Cebuano mag-, Simalungun Batak mar-, Toba Batak mar-.

ber- + tiga (“three”) → bertiga-tiga (“three at a time, three by three”)

(acting) in a number of groups of [base] at a time


ragi

From Malay ragi, probably from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “seasoning, condiment”).

der

(cooking) starter: a yeast culture used to start a fermentation process

Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae#Translingual

(cooking) ragi: a type of yeast traditionally used in winemaking, baking, and brewing, now identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae


ragi

From Malay ragi, from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “colour, dye”). Doublet of raga and ragam.


yakisoba

Borrowed from Japanese 焼(や)きそば (yakisoba).


Daud

Inherited from Malay داود, داءوت (Daud), from Arabic دَاوُد (dāwud), from Hebrew דָּוִד (Davíd).

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="ms">Daud</i>

(Christianity, Islam, Judaism) the prophet David who was also a king of Judah


organik

id-adj

organik (comparative lebih organik, superlative paling organik)

lebih organik (comparative)
paling organik (superlative)
organis (alternative)

* From Dutch organiek, from French organique, from Latin organicus, from Ancient Greek [Term?].
* Other senses than belonging to a permanent organization is a semantic loan from Malay organik or English organic.

(agriculture) of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body


rusuk

Inherited from Malay rusuk, from Proto-Malayic *rusuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀusuk (“rib”), from Proto-Austronesian *ʀusuk (“rib”).

(sports, rare) an offensive player who plays on either side of the center; winger


bunyi

From Proto-Malayic *buñi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buñi.

sebunyi

have the same sound; homophonic, homophonous

(music) sound (a distinctive and styled sound)


TPA

taman pengajian Al Qur'an
taman pengajian Al Qur'an#Indonesian

(Islam) initialism of taman pengajian Al Qur'an


pantun

(drama) a Sundanese oral narrative performance


estafet

èstafèt (canonical)
estafet-estafet (plural)

From Dutch estafette, from French estafette, from Italian staffetta.


sabda

From Malay sabda, from Classical Malay sabda, from Sanskrit शब्द (śabda).

(religion) word of a God, a prophet, or a king


sogi

From Japanese 将棋(しょうぎ) (shōgi, “shogi”, literally “general strategy board game”).

ja-r

(sports) shogi, Japanese chess; a chess variant created and mainly played in Japan


agem

(dance) sideways horse stance with both legs open and the body leaning to the right or left in Balinese dance


selada

selada-selada (plural)
salada (alternative)
salada (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Italian salata. Doublet of salad and selat.


resep

From Dutch recept, from Middle Dutch recepte, from Old French recepte, from Medieval Latin recepta.

(cooking) a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes


mandu

Learned borrowing from Korean 만두 (mandu), semantic loan from Chinese 饅頭 /馒头 (“steamed bun”).

lbor

(cooking) dumplings in Korean cuisine, usually made of tofu


paramita

From Sanskrit पारमिता (pāramitā, “perfection; completeness”).

der

(Buddhism) paramita: perfection or culmination of certain virtues


oden

Borrowed from Japanese 御田(おでん) (oden). Doublet of odeng.

(cooking) oden: a Japanese one pot winter dish, of varying ingredients


hadis

From Malay hadis, from Classical Malay hadis, from Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ).


kiper

(sports) keeper (goalkeeper or wicketkeeper)


tambur

From Dutch tamboer, from French tambour, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr) or Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”).


ustaz

ustaz-ustaz (plural)
istaz (alternative)
ustad (alternative)
ustadz (alternative)

From Malay ustaz, ustad, from Classical Malay ustaz, ustad, ustadz, ustadh.


Pancasila

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पञ्चशील (pañcaśīla), पञ्च (pañca, “five”) + शील (śīla, “principle”). By surface analysis, panca- + sila.


balut

Inherited from Malay balut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut₂ (“roll or wrap something up”), from Proto-Austronesian *balut₁ (“mix”).

inh

(cooking) balut: Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell


tumis

(cooking) to sauté (to cook using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat)


tumis

(cooking, uncommon) sauté (a dish prepared this way)


mahram

mahram-mahram (plural)
muhrim (alternative)

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic مَحْرَم (maḥram).

(Islam) mahram: a family member who is haram to marry


produser

produsêr (canonical)
produser-produser (plural)

From Dutch producer, from English producer.

(art, drama) one who produces an artistic production like a CD, a theater production, a film, a TV program and so on


panir

From Dutch paneer, paneermeel (“breadcrumb”), from French panure (“breadcrumb”), pain (“bread”), from Latin panis (“bread”).


zawiat

From Malay zawiat (“edge, corner; small place of praying”), from Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya, “angle, corner, edge; street corner; cell, hermitage; column”).

der

(Islam, rare) a place for praying, smaller than a typical mosque; a musalla


tajwid

Borrowed from Arabic تَجْوِيد (tajwīd), literally "elocution".


ilham

From Malay ilham, from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām, “inspiration”).

(Islam) a supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated


juz

From Malay juz, from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).

(Islam) juz: any of thirty parts of varying length into which the Qur'an is sometimes divided


tumpeng

tumpêng (canonical)
tumpeng-tumpeng (plural)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦸꦩ꧀ꦥꦼꦁ (tumpeng, “cone of rice”), from Old Javanese tumpĕṅ (“a pyramid-shaped mass of cooked rice”).

der

(cooking) tumpeng: a cone-shaped rice dish of Indonesia


tamagoyaki

From Japanese 卵焼(たまごや)き (tamagoyaki, literally “grilled egg”).


makisu

Borrowed from Japanese 巻(ま)き簾(す) (makisu).


sujud

From Malay sujud, from Arabic سُجُود (sujūd), سَجَدَ (sajada, “to prostrate oneself, to bow down”).

(Islam) prostration to God facing the qiblah, usually done in salah


risoto

(cooking) risotto: an Italian savoury dish made with rice and other ingredients


slendro

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱ꧀ꦭꦺꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦺꦴ (sléndro).

bor+

(music) slendro: a pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog


oknum

→ Tetum: oknum

Borrowed from Arabic أُقْنُوم (ʔuqnūm), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܩܢܽܘܡܳܐ (qnōmā, “self, essence, person, hypostasis”). "Infamous person" sense was only popularized by Mochtar Lubis in late 1960, themed around PKI.

der

(theology, Christianity) person, hypostasis


pondok

→ Hokkien: 盆洛 (phûn-lo̍k)

From Malay pondok, from Classical Malay pondok, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon). The sense “hut” is a semantic loan from Betawi pondok. The sense “Islamic school” is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (pondhok).

semantic loan

pondok pesantren
pondok pesantren#Indonesian

(Islam) ellipsis of pondok pesantren (“an Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an, similar to other Islamic educational institutions, such as madrasah and maktab”)


tembang

têmbang (canonical)
tembang-tembang (plural)


pandita

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦠ (pandhita, “a Hindu priest, religious leader”), from Old Javanese paṇḍita (“sage, holy man”), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍitá, “scholar, philosopher”). Doublet of pandai and pendeta.


kokel

Borrowed from English coquille, from French coquille.


alhamdulillah

Inherited from Malay alhamdulillah, ultimately borrowed from Arabic اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu li-llāhi, literally “praise [be] to God”).

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ

Alhamdulillah, kita telah terhindar dari bahaya.

Thank God, we have been saved from danger.

(Islam) An expression used to express gratitude for receiving blessings from God; thank God.

(Islam) An expression of praise to Allah SWT recited as part of a series of zikir.


khitan

id-verb

khitan (active mengkhitan, passive dikhitan)

mengkhitan (active)
dikhitan (passive)
katan (alternative)
khatan (alternative)

Inherited from Malay khitan, from Arabic خِتَان (ḵitān, “circumcision”).

(Islam) to circumcise (to remove the foreskin from the penis)


takwa

takwa-takwa (plural)
taqwa (alternative)

Inherited from Malay takwa, from Arabic تَقْوَى (taqwā).

(Islam) taqwa: the care taken by a person to obey the commands of Allah


lumpia

→ Dutch: loempia
→ Papiamentu: lumpia

Borrowed from Hokkien 潤餅 /润饼 (lūn-piáⁿ).


gehu

(food, acronym) taoge (“bean sprout”) and tahu (“tofu”)


pupur

From Malay pupur, from Old Javanese pupur (“cosmetic powder”). Cognate with Javanese ꦥꦸꦥꦸꦂ (pupur).


lawas

Borrowed from Central Borneo Dayak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas (“internode of bamboo; section of something”). Probably doublet of ruas.

der

(cooking) bamboo sections for cooking food


paparan

(drama) protasis: the first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced

(photography) a transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen


batil

Inherited from Malay batil, from Classical Malay batil, from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil).


wihara

From Javanese ꦮꦶꦲꦫ (wihara, “monastery”), from Old Javanese wihāra, bihāra, from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “monastery, academy”). Doublet of biara.


suhu

(slang, prostitution) prostitution customer


hakam

Inherited from Malay hakam, from Arabic حَكَم (ḥakam).


kuali

From Malay kuali, from Tamil குவளை (kuvaḷai, “wide-mouthed vessel; cup”).


puasa

From Malay puasa, from Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa). Doublet of upawasa.

(Islam) one of the five pillars of Islam

fasting
one of the five pillars of Islam


Olimpiade

Olimpiadê (canonical)
olimpik (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch olympiade, from French olympiade.

(sports) Olympic Games: an instance of the ancient or modern Olympic Games


akting

From English acting, noun from act, from Old French acte, from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum (“decree, law”), from agō (“put in motion”).

(drama, colloquial) acting, the act of performing a role


umpan

From Malay umpan,
from Classical Malay umpan.


sahih

From Malay sahih, from Classical Malay sahih, from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ)

(Islam) authentic: said of a hadith that has been preserved and transmitted accurately


talak

Borrowed from Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq, “divorce”), from the root ط ل ق (ṭ l q).

ar-root

ط ل ق (ṭ l q)

(Islam) talaq: an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an


saren

From Javanese ꦱꦫꦺꦤ꧀ (sarèn), from Old Javanese sari, sāri (“pollen; quintessence”), from Sanskrit सार (sāra, “essence”). Equivalent sari + -an.


kibor

(music) a device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device


raksasa

Inherited from Malay raksasa, from Classical Malay raksasa, from Sanskrit राक्षस (rākṣasa, “demon”).

(Buddhism, Hinduism) a member of a race of usually evil human-like monsters who eat people; an ogre


lapangan

(sports) a place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; court

(cricket) the area of grass on which a match is played: a cricket field; ground


juru selamat

(religion, Christianity) Savior, Redeemer (Jesus Christ)


surau

From Malay surau, possibly from Sanskrit सुरौकस् (suraukas, “abode of the gods”).

(Islam) surau: a small mosque or other Islamic assembly building in parts of Sumatra and the Malay peninsula


mistar

From Arabic مِسْطَرَة (misṭara, “ruler (device)”).

(soccer) crossbar, the top of the goal structure

bar
crossbar, the top of the goal structure

(high jump, pole vault) a horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault

high jump; pole vault; high jump; pole vault


semur

→ English: semur

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦸꦂ (semur), from Dutch smoor, smoren (“to braise”).

(cooking) semur: an Indonesian stew normally made with beef


najis

From Arabic نَجِس (najis, “unclean, impure”).

(Islam) ritually unclean, such that contact with it puts a Muslim in a state of impurity


sangga

From Sanskrit सङ्घ (saṅgha, “group, assembly”). Doublet of sangha.


kiai

From Japanese 気合(きあい) (kiai, “yell; spirit, fight”).

(sports) kiai, the yell or shout uttered when performing a move in martial arts


HSS

(agriculture) initialism of hari setelah semai (“days after sowing”)


sahur

From Malay sahur,
from Classical Malay sahur, from Arabic سَحُور (saḥūr).

(Islam) suhur, a pre-dawn breakfast during the Ramadan fasting


surga

From Malay shurga, shorga, sorga, surga, swarga, syorga, syurga (Standard Malay syurga), from Classical Malay شرݢ (syurga), شرݢ (surga), from Sanskrit स्वर्ग (svarga).

(religion) paradise, heaven. (any religions)


mosaik

mosaik-mosaik (plural)
mozaïek (alternative)
mozaik (alternative nonstandard)
mozék (alternative)

From Dutch mozaïek, from Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses, (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

(photography) a composite picture made from overlapping photographs


memasang

From Malay memasang,
from Classical Malay memasang. Equivalent to
From meng- + pasang.

to put on (clothing, equipment or the like);

(clothing) to put on, to dress in; to don


Matius

(biblical) Matthew (disciple of Jesus, author of the Gospel of Matthew)


Ishak

Arabic إِسْحَاقَ (ʔisḥāqa)


siwar

(fashion) a woven thread, used as a separator and strengthener for the base of the tassel on a typical Sumbawa men's shawl


chef de cuisine

id-noun

chef de cuisine (plural chef-chef de cuisine)

Unadapted borrowing from French chef de cuisine (literally “chief of (the) kitchen”).

ubor

(cooking) chef de cuisine: the main or executive chef in a restaurant


asyik

asyik-asyik (plural)
asik (alternative)
asjik (alternative)
saik (alternative)
asoy (alternative informal slang)

From Malay asik, asyik, from Classical Malay اسيق (asik), عاشيق (asyik), from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq, “admirer, lover”).

(Islam) the person who sets his reflection and spiritual view on Allah SWT. because it is driven by love for Him and no longer afraid of death


riwayat

From Malay riwayat, from Classical Malay riwayat, from Arabic رِوَايَة (riwāya, “novel, story”).


Hagai

Hebrew חַגַּי

(biblical) Hebrew prophet associated with the Book of Haggai


yakiniku

Borrowed from Japanese 焼肉(やきにく) (yakiniku, literally “grilled meat”).


bubur

From Malay bubur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀbuʀ.

(cooking, literally) congee; gruel; porridge


balok

balok-balok (plural)
balak (alternative)
balak (alternative)

From Javanese ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok), from Dutch balk. Doublet of balak.

board:
(sports) takeoff board of long jump

(sports) balance beam: a gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics


mujarad

id-adj

mujarad (comparative lebih mujarad, superlative paling mujarad)

lebih mujarad (comparative)
paling mujarad (superlative)

(formal or Islam) intangible, incorporeal, abstract; pertaining to hypostatized or reified non-physical concepts


talkin

(Islam) talqin, the shahada that is whispered to someone that about to die or recited for the recently buried


menalkinkan

(Islam) to whisper or recite shahada to someone that about to die or recently buried


pasukan

Affixed pasuk + -an, from Malay pasukan, from Classical Malay pasukan.


nasi uduk

Compound of nasi (“cooked rice”) + uduk (“savoury, fatty”).

com

(cooking) nasi uduk: An Indonesian dish of rice cooked in coconut milk with spices


karak

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦫꦏ꧀ (karak). Doublet of kerak (“crust”).


apang

(cooking) alternative form of apam (“appam”)


BPK

(cooking) initialism of Babi Panggang Karo


gatra

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦠꦿ (gatra, “form; shape; clause”), from Old Javanese gātra (“appearance, shape, form, figure, lines; face; first lines, first colouring”, literally “body”), from Sanskrit गात्र (gātra, “body”).

der

(music) sentences or lines in traditional songs (tembang)

(music) the rhythm in karawitan which contains four beats


tahniah

From through Malay tahniah, from Arabic تَهْنِئَة (tahniʔa, “congratulation”).

(Islam or formal) words or expressions of congratulations, felicitations


zuhur

From earlier lohor, from Malay lohor, zohor, zuhur, from Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr, “noon”).

zohor (alternative)
duhur (alternative)
dzuhur (alternative)
zhuhur (alternative)
juhur (alternative uncommon)
lohor (alternative uncommon)


Zuhur

From earlier Lohor, from Malay Lohor,
Zohor, Zuhur, from Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr, “noon”).


nikmat

From Malay nikmat, from Arabic نِعْمَة (niʕma).


sundari

From Sanskrit सुन्दरी (sundarī, “beautiful”).

(music) sundari: a double-reed wind instrument with seven to nine holes, related to the shehnai


siter

sitêr (canonical)
siter-siter (plural)
sitar (alternative)
ziter (alternative)

From Dutch citer, from Middle Dutch cythaer, from Old Dutch cithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”).


mangut

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦔꦸꦠ꧀ (mangut, “a particular dish of hot and spicy fish cooked in coconut milk”), from Old Javanese maṅut (“a particular kind of fish”).

der

(cooking) hot and spicy fish cooked in coconut milk


doyo

Borrowed from Japanese 道場 (どうじょう, dōjō, literally “place of the ways”): 道 (どう, dō, “road; way”) + 場 (じょう, jō, “place; place where events are held; flattened area for ceremonies or festivals”).

bor

(martial arts, nonstandard) a training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training


terasi

têrasi (canonical)
terasi-terasi (plural)

From Javanese ꦠꦿꦱꦶ (trasi). Cognate of Dutch trassi.

(cooking) terasi: The Indonesian version of belachan, a shrimp-paste condiment


pangsit

penjual mi pangsit dekat Circle K

(cooking) wonton: a Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables


micin

micin-micin (plural)
mecin (alternative)
pecin (alternative)
vetsin (alternative formal)

From Hakka 味精 (mi-chîn), from a genericized trademark of Tien Chu Ve-Tsin food company. The "味精" trademark itself ultimately comes from Japanese 味(み)精(せい) (misei). Cognate of Vietnamese mì chính. Doublet of mecin.

micin adalah penyedap rasa

monosodium glutamate
monosodium glutamate

(colloquial, cooking) MSG, monosodium glutamate


kustar

kustar-kustar (plural)
kastard [kastad] (alternative)

(cooking) custard: A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert


angciu

From Hokkien 紅酒 /红酒 (âng-chiú, “red wine”).


gongyo

Borrowed from Japanese 勤行(ごんぎょう) (gongyō, “religious (Buddhist) service”), from 勤(ごん) (gon, “diligence, become employed, serve”) + 行(ぎょう) (gyō, “going, journey”).

ja-r

(Buddhism) Religious service practiced by Nichiren Buddhists


sinse

sinsé (plural)
sengsai (alternative)
singse (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ, “doctor; physician; teacher”), from 先 (sin, “earlier; first”) + 生 (seⁿ, “to be born”). Compare Japanese 先生 (sensei, “teacher; elder”). Doublet of sensei.


pesumo

(sports) Japanese traditional wrestler (sumo)


karategi

From Japanese 空手着 (からてぎ, karategi), from Japanese 空手 (からて, karate, “karate”) + 着 (ぎ, -gi, “clothes, outfit, uniform”, suffix).


onagata

From Japanese 女形 (おんながた, onnagata, “onnagata”).

bor

(drama) onnagata, male actor who plays female roles in kabuki theater


susyi

susyi-susyi (plural)
sushi (alternative nonstandard)

(cooking) sushi: vinegared rice served with fish or vegetables, etc


sancan

From Hokkien 三層 /三层 (saⁿ-chân, “pork belly”, literally “three layers”). Doublet of samcan.


samcan

From Hokkien 三層 /三层 (sam-chân, “pork belly”, literally “three layers”). Doublet of sancan.

(cooking) alternative spelling of sancan (“beef flank”)


sekak

From Dutch schaak (“chess, check”), from Middle Dutch schaec, from Old French escac or directly from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”).

(sports) chess, (a board game for two players)

(sports, chess) check (a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece)


lahad

lahad-lahad (plural)
lahat (alternative)

Inherited from Malay lahad, from Arabic لَحْد (laḥd).

(Islam) niche (cavity, hollow, or recess)


Nasrani

Inherited from Malay Nasrani, from Arabic نَصْرَانِيّ (naṣrāniyy, “Christian”).


imamah

From Arabic إِمَامَة (ʔimāma). Doublet of imamat.


biksu

biku (alternative archaic)
bikuni (alternative archaic)
biksuni (alternative)

From Malay biksu, from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”).

(Buddhism) bhikkhu, a Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha


pasraman

Reconstructed as asrama + peng- -an, from Javanese pasraman (ꦥꦱꦿꦩꦤ꧀ (pasraman), “monastery, hermitage”), from Old Javanese pāśraman (“hermitage”). Cognate of Balinese pasrama (“boarding-house”).


kinako

Borrowed from Japanese きなこ (kinako, literally “yellow flour”).


cakram

From Sanskrit चक्रम् (cakram), the singular declension of Sanskrit चक्र (cakra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos. Doublet of cakra and siklus.


jemaah

jêmaah (canonical)
jemaah-jemaah (plural)

From Malay jemaah, from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa). Doublet of jemaat.


cetiya

Learned borrowing from Pali cetiya, from Sanskrit चैत्य (caitya).

(Buddhism) cetiya: places used by Buddhists to remember Gautama Buddha


peran

Inherited from Malay ڤرن (peran, “clown”).

inh

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inh+

(drama) clown, jester (in makyung show or menora show)


lawazim

From Arabic لَوَازِم (lawāzim), plural form of لَازِم (lāzim). Doublet of lazim.


selamatkan

(theology) to redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation


Habil

From Malay Habil, from Arabic هَابِيل (hābīl).


benteng

bèntèng (canonical)
benteng-benteng (plural)

From Malay benteng.
* The sense “bulwark” is a semantic loan from Javanese bètèng.
* The sense in chess is a semantic loan from Dutch kasteel (“rook (dated)”, literally “castle”).

sl

(sports) children's games are carried out in two groups by each group forming a fort (in the form of poles, stones, etc.) and trying to protect the fort from enemy attacks


ketumbar

From Malay ketumbar, from Tamil கொத்தமல்லி (kottamalli), from Sanskrit कुस्तुम्बरी (kustumbarī). Cognate of Cebuano and Chavacano katumbal.

Coriandrum sativum
Coriandrum sativum#Translingual

(cooking) the annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines

(cooking) the dried fruits thereof, used as a spice


daun ketumbar

Compound of daun (“leaf”) + ketumbar (“coriander”), from Malay daun ketumbar

(cooking) cilantro (leaves of the coriander plant)


gulai

From Malay gulai. Probably from Tamil குழை (kuḻai, “to become soft, well cooked”).

der

(cooking) gulai: a type of food containing rich, spicy and succulent curry-like sauce


aliah

From Arabic علية (ʕaliyya, “high, tall”).

(Islam, education) Islamic modern senior high school (US) or upper secondary school (UK)


madrasah ibtidaiah

id-noun

madrasah ibtidaiah (plural madrasah-madrasah ibtidaiah)

madrasah-madrasah ibtidaiah (plural)
madrasah ibtidaiyah (alternative)
MI (alternative)

Compound of madrasah + ibtidaiah, calque of Arabic اَلْمَدْرَسَة اَلاِبْتِدَائِيَّة (al-madrasa(t) al-ibtidāʔiyya) as اِبْتِدَائِيَّة (ibtidāʔiyya, “primary, elementary”) + مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

clq

اَلْمَدْرَسَة اَلاِبْتِدَائِيَّة

compound

اِبْتِدَائِيَّة

(Islam, education) elementary school (US), primary school (UK)


bagian

bagian-bagian (plural)
bahagian (alternative)

From Malay bagian, a variant of the standard bahagian. Equivalent to bagi + -an.
* The sense “duty” is a semantic loan from English part.
* The sense “subdivision” is a semantic loan from Dutch sectie.
* The sense “fate” is a semantic loan from Arabic نَصِيب (naṣīb, “destiny”, literally “portion”).
The superseded spelling bahagian was used as translation of Japanese 部(ぶ) (bu, “department”) during the Japanese occupation.

semantic loan

(music) the melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece


Ibrani

From Malay Ibrani, from Arabic عِبْرَانِي (ʕibrānī).

der

Arabic عِبْرَانِي (ʕibrānī)

(biblical) Jude: The second last book of the New Testament of the Bible


takraw

From Malay takraw, borrowed from Thai ตะกร้อ (dtà-grɔ̂ɔ). Attested before 1951.

(sports) a rattan ball used in the game sepak takraw


kitab suci

From kitab (“book, scripture”) + suci (“holy, sacred”).

compound

(religion) holy book, sacred writing, scripture


syahadat

From Malay syahadat,
from Classical Malay syahadat, from Arabic شَهَادَات (šahādāt).

der

Arabic شَهَادَات (šahādāt)

Syahadat Rasul

(Islam) shahada, the basic Islamic creed


angsio

(cooking) a cooking style in which fish or meat is brazed in soy sauce


prasmanan

Possibly borrowed via Betawi, analysed as *prasman + -an.
The reconstructed lexeme *prasman is, in turn, possibly a borrowing from Dutch Fransman (“Frenchman”). Alluding to service à la française, from which the buffet is derived.


sutradara

From Sanskrit सूत्रधार (sūtradhāra, literally “thread-holder”).


birama

From Sanskrit विराम (virāma, “termination, stop”).

a vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value

(music) bar
one of those musical sections


Almasih

عِيسَى عيسى#Arabic

Isa, عِيسَى (ʕīsā)


beriani

bêriani (canonical)
beriani-beriani (plural)

From Persian بریانی (beryâni, “roasted”).

(food) biryani, a spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables


langgar

From Malay langgar, from Classical Persian لنگر (langar, “the house or monastery of the Calendars or Muhammadan monks”, literally “anchor”),
* from Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“corner, hirn”).
* from Iranian, from Indo-Iranian. Cognate to Sanskrit लङ्गल (laṅgala, “anchor”).


tajuk

(Islam) surau: a small mosque or other Islamic assembly building in parts of Sumatra and the Malay peninsula


perkedel

pêrkêdèl (canonical)
perkedel-perkedel (plural)

(food) an oblate-spheroid ball of North European origin, eaten hot or cold, and typically consisting of: minced potato, beef; chopped onions; eggs; milk or water; flour; salt; pepper; cabe rawit, spring onion, shrimp, peeled corn, or mashed tofu


gudeg

→ English: gudeg

(cooking) gudeg: traditional Javanese dish of unripe jackfruit spiced and stewed with palm sugar and coconut milk


berhala

bêrhala (canonical)
berhala-berhala (plural)

→ Ternate: barhala

From Malay berhala, from Classical Malay berhala, from Old Javanese bharāla, from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra). Doublet of batara.

(religion) idol (representation of anything revered)


pesantren

pêsantrèn (canonical)
pesantren-pesantren (plural)
pesantrian (alternative)

Reconstructed as santri + peng- -an, from Javanese ꦥꦼꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀꧈ ꦥꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀ (pesantrén, pasantrén).

bor

ꦥꦼꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀꧈ ꦥꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀

(Islam) ellipsis of pondok pesantren: an Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an,


PSSI

Initialism of Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia.

(soccer) the Football Association of Indonesia, the governing body of football in Indonesia


kwetiau

kwétiau (canonical)
kwetiau-kwetiau (plural)
kuetiau (alternative)

From Hokkien 粿條 /粿条 (kóe-tiâu, “kway teow”).


taoco

taoco-taoco (plural)
tauco (alternative)

From Zhangzhou Hokkien 豆醬／豆酱 (tāu-chiòⁿ).

zh-l

豆醬／豆酱 (tāu-chiòⁿ)


tongcai

[ˈtɔŋt͡ʃai̯]

From Mandarin 冬菜 (dōngcài, “preserved vegetable”, literally “winter vegetable”).