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7-letter words (1 found)

RENDANG,

6-letter words (6 found)

DANGER,GANDER,GANNED,GARDEN,GRANDE,RANGED,

5-letter words (12 found)

ANGER,DEARN,DENAR,GRADE,GRAND,RADGE,RAGDE,RAGED,RANGE,REDAN,REGNA,RENGA,

4-letter words (42 found)

AGED,AGEN,AGER,ARED,AREG,DANG,DARE,DARG,DARN,DEAN,DEAR,DERN,DRAG,DREG,EARD,EARN,EGAD,GADE,GAED,GAEN,GANE,GARE,GEAN,GEAR,GENA,GNAR,GRAD,GRAN,GREN,NANE,NANG,NARD,NARE,NEAR,NERD,RADE,RAGE,RAND,RANG,READ,REAN,REND,

3-letter words (36 found)

AGE,AND,ANE,ANN,ARD,ARE,DAE,DAG,DAN,DEG,DEN,EAN,EAR,END,ENG,ERA,ERG,ERN,GAD,GAE,GAN,GAR,GED,GEN,GER,NAE,NAG,NAN,NED,NEG,RAD,RAG,RAN,RED,REG,REN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AD,AE,AG,AN,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,EN,ER,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 112 words from rendang according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rendang

rendang

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rendang, from Minangkabau randang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɹɛnˈdæŋ/, /ˈɹɛnˌdæŋ/

Noun

rendang (usually uncountable, plural rendangs)

  1. An Indonesian dish of beef (or sometimes other meat) slowly cooked in coconut milk.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rendang, from Classical Malay رندڠ (rĕndang), from Minangkabau randang. Compare Iban rendai, Urak Lawoi' เรอนัก (renak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rənˈdaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -daŋ, -aŋ, -ŋ
  • Hyphenation: rên‧dang

Noun

rêndang (plural rendang-rendang, first-person possessive rendangku, second-person possessive rendangmu, third-person possessive rendangnya)

  1. rendang (dish made of beef or other ingredients cooked in chilies and coconut milk until dry)

Alternative forms

  • randang

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “rendang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology 1

First attested in the classical Malay literary work Hikayat Amir Hamzah as early as the 1550s, which had been translated into Malay from the Persian original.

From Proto-Malayic *randaŋ. Cognate of Minangkabau randang, Iban rendai, Urak Lawoi' เรอนัก (renak).

The second sense is a semantic loan from Minangkabau randang, a traditional dish of the Minangkabau people.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rənˈdaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -daŋ, -aŋ

Noun

rendang (Jawi spelling رندڠ, plural rendang-rendang, informal 1st possessive rendangku, 2nd possessive rendangmu, 3rd possessive rendangnya)

  1. frying in nothing more than a little oil or fat; dry-currying
  2. rendang (a rich, spicy meat curry)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: rêndang
  • → English: rendang

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛn.daŋ]
  • Rhymes: -daŋ, -aŋ

Adjective

réndang (Jawi spelling ريندڠ)

  1. shady (of tree)
Descendants
  • Indonesian: rindang

Further reading

  • “rendang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Source: wiktionary.org