rendang
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay rendang, from Minangkabau randang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɹɛnˈdæŋ/, /ˈɹɛnˌdæŋ/
Noun
rendang (usually uncountable, plural rendangs)
- An Indonesian dish of beef (or sometimes other meat) slowly cooked in coconut milk.
- 2009 May 27, Dave Cook, “A Little Taste of Somewhere Else”, in New York Times:
- Look for gado-gado and lothek, a pair of vegetable salads with crunchy highlights, awash in sauce that’s hand-ground (and spiced to order) for each customer; combro, a deep-fried, chili-spiked croquette of grated cassava; satay plates of skewered beef and chicken, accompanied by peanut sauce and blocks of sticky rice; the long-simmered stew called beef rendang; chicken or beef noodle soup; and cendol, iced coconut milk laden with green rice noodles and tiny cubes of colored jelly, and laced with palm sugar.
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay rendang, from Classical Malay رندڠ (rĕndang), from Minangkabau randang. Compare Iban rendai, Urak Lawoi' เรอนัก (renak).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rənˈdaŋ]
- Rhymes: -daŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
- Hyphenation: rên‧dang
Noun
rêndang (plural rendang-rendang, first-person possessive rendangku, second-person possessive rendangmu, third-person possessive rendangnya)
- rendang (dish made of beef or other ingredients cooked in chilies and coconut milk until dry)
Alternative forms
- randang
Derived terms
- direndang
- merendang
- perendangan
- beras rendang
- kentang rendang
- pisang rendang
- sagu rendang
Further reading
- “rendang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology 1
First attested in the classical Malay literary work Hikayat Amir Hamzah as early as the 1550s, which had been translated into Malay from the Persian original.
From Proto-Malayic *randaŋ. Cognate of Minangkabau randang, Iban rendai, Urak Lawoi' เรอนัก (renak).
The second sense is a semantic loan from Minangkabau randang, a traditional dish of the Minangkabau people.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rənˈdaŋ]
- Rhymes: -daŋ, -aŋ
Noun
rendang (Jawi spelling رندڠ, plural rendang-rendang, informal 1st possessive rendangku, 2nd possessive rendangmu, 3rd possessive rendangnya)
- frying in nothing more than a little oil or fat; dry-currying
- rendang (a rich, spicy meat curry)
Derived terms
Regular affixed derivations:
- perendangan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- merendang [agent focus] (meN-)
- direndang [patient focus] (di-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: rêndang
- → English: rendang
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrɛn.daŋ]
- Rhymes: -daŋ, -aŋ
Adjective
réndang (Jawi spelling ريندڠ)
- shady (of tree)
Descendants
- Indonesian: rindang
Further reading
- “rendang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.