balacang

Borrowed from Kupang Malay [Term?].

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /baˈlat͡ʃaŋ/ [baˈla.t͡ʃaŋ]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃaŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧cang

balacang (plural balacang-balacang)

1. (cooking, Kupang) a typical dish from East Nusa Tenggara consisting of beef or pork, cooked with spices (shallots, garlic, chilies, lemongrass, lime leaves, and other spices), then cooked until the sauce is dry.

• “balacang”, 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

From Malay belacan.

• IPA^(key): /baˈla.t͡ʃaŋ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧cang

balacang

1. belacan, terasi, shrimp paste

• → Ternate: balacang

From North Moluccan Malay balacang, from Malay belacan.

• IPA^(key): /baˈla.t͡ʃaŋ/

balacang

1. belacan, terasi, shrimp paste

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh