lemang

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Noun

lemang (uncountable)

1. A traditional Asian food made of glutinous rice, coconut milk and salt, cooked in a hollow bamboo stick lined with banana leaves to prevent sticking.

Anagrams

• Gelman, Mangel, Mangle, leg man, legman, mangel, mangle

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lemang, from Classical Malay لمڠ (lĕmang), from Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləməŋ. Cognate of Minangkabau lamang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ləˈmaŋ/ [ləˈmaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: le‧mang

Noun

lêmang (plural lemang-lemang)

1. lemang (a type of food made of glutinous rice and coconut milk baked in a length of bamboo lined with banana leaf)

   bersandar di lemang hangat

   taking protection from a criminal, etc.

   (literally, “leaning against a hot lemang”)

   menyandang lemang hangat orang

   pulling the chestnuts out of the fire for someone

   (literally, “slinging someone else's hot lemang over the shoulder”)

Derived terms

• dilemang
• melemang

• bulan lemang
• nasi lemang
• seluar lemang

Further reading

• “lemang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləməŋ. Cognate of Minangkabau lamang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈmaŋ/ [ləˈmaŋ]
• Rhymes: -əmaŋ, -maŋ, -aŋ

Noun

lemang (Jawi spelling لمڠ, plural lemang-lemang or lemang²)

1. lemang (glutinous rice and coconut milk cooked in a bamboo vessel)
2. (Malaysia, Singapore, chiefly Internet slang) penis

   Synonyms: butoh, butuh, zakar, pelir, palat, burung

   Synonyms: (Indonesia) kontol, (Indonesia) peler, (Indonesia) titit

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• melemang [agent focus] (meN-)
• dilemang [patient focus] (di-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: lêmang

Further reading

• "lemang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017