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ketupat

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Brunei/kəˈtupat/Singapore/ˈkətupat/

ketupat noun: an Asian dumpling made from rice wrapped in a woven palm-leaf pouch and boiled.

ketupat: an Asian dumpling made from rice wrapped in a woven palm-leaf pouch and boiled
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Noun

ketupat (countable and uncountable, plural ketupats)

  1. (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) An Asian dumpling made from rice wrapped in a woven palm-leaf pouch and boiled.

Forms of ketupat

pluralketupats

Origin of ketupat

Borrowed from Malay ketupat.

Questions about ketupat

What does ketupat mean?
Ketupat means an Asian dumpling made from rice wrapped in a woven palm-leaf pouch and boiled.
What part of speech is ketupat?
Ketupat is a noun.
How do you pronounce ketupat?
Ketupat is pronounced /kəˈtupat/ (Brunei).
What is the plural of ketupat?
The plural of ketupat is ketupats.

Words near ketupat in the dictionary

  1. ketubbahs
  2. ketubbot
  3. ketubboth
  4. ketubot
  5. ketuboth
  6. ketupat
  7. ketupats
  8. Keturah
  9. Ketuvim
  10. ketyl
  11. ketyls

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