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bancakan.

slametan: a (Javanese) communal feast, held to celebrate numerous types of event

8 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/banˈt͡ʃakan/
  1. slametan: a (Javanese) communal feast, held to celebrate numerous types of event

  2. dish(es) of food made available at such a feast

  3. something, such as money, distributed with corruptive nature, referring to previous definition and Sekaten tradition of tumpeng distribution

    derogatory · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Affixed bancak (“the container of tumpeng”) + -an, from Javanese ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦏꦤ꧀ (bancakan).

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