tepo
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtepo/ [ˈt̪e.po]
- Rhymes: -epo
- Syllabification: te‧po
Etymology 1
From Hokkien 賭博/赌博 (tó͘-phok, “to gamble”).
Noun
tepo (plural tepo-tepo)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦺꦥꦺꦴ (tépo, “rice formed into a roll and cooked in a banana leaf wrapper”).
Noun
tepo (plural tepo-tepo)
- (cooking) rice formed into a roll and cooked in a banana leaf wrapper.
Further reading
- “tepo”, 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