ketan

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦼꦠꦤ꧀ (ketan, “glutinous rice”), from Old Javanese kĕtan (“glutinous rice”).

Noun

kêtan (plural ketan-ketan, first-person possessive ketanku, second-person possessive ketanmu, third-person possessive ketannya)

  1. (cooking) glutinous rice
    Synonym: pulut
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

ketan

  1. (education) Acronym of ketua angkatan (“head of class”).

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

ketan

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦠꦤ꧀
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