lontong
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English
Noun
lontong (uncountable)
- An Indonesian dish of rice compressed into a cylinder and wrapped in a banana leaf.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
lontong (plural lontong-lontong)
- a kind of rice cake, wrapped inside a banana leaf, then boiled until cooked, served as staple food
Etymology 2
From Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦛꦺꦴꦁ (lonthong).
Noun
lontong (plural lontong-lontong)
- a type of belt in Javanese traditional clothing
Further reading
- “lontong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.