bancakan
Indonesian
Etymology
bancak (“the container of tumpeng”) + -an, from Javanese bancakan (ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦏꦤ꧀).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banˈt͡ʃakan/
- Hyphenation: ban‧cak‧an
Noun
bancakan (first-person possessive bancakanku, second-person possessive bancakanmu, third-person possessive bancakannya)
- slametan: a (Javanese) communal feast, held to celebrate numerous types of event.
- Synonyms: kenduri, sedekah, selamatan
- (Java) dish(es) of food made available at such a feast
- (figuratively, derogatory) something, such as money, distributed with corruptive nature, referring to previous definition and Sekaten tradition of tumpeng distribution.
Further reading
- “bancakan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.